1996 Padilla car crash

The 1996 Padilla car crash occurred in Okinawa, Japan, on 7 January 1996. Lori Padilla, a member of the United States Marine Corps in Okinawa, was speeding in a car which swerved off the road, killing Rojita Kinjo and her young daughters Mitsuko and Mariko. The crash sparked outrage in Okinawa and strengthened opposition to the U.S. military presence in Japan, which was already facing scrutiny over the 1995 Okinawan rape incident that occurred only a few months earlier.

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