Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostTokyo is on the brink of agreeing that Australian troops convicted of serious crimes while in Japan for training will not face the death penalty, according to Japanese media reports.
Such a decision would remove a final sticking point in negotiations for a defence cooperation agreement between the two nations, but is expected to prove controversial among the Japanese public given long-standing resentment over its Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States.
Under the agreement,…Read More