It has been learned through interviews with related parties that the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Akutagawa Prize-winning author Shun Medoruma on the 3rd on charges of property damage for damaging fences and other structures at Camp Schwab, a U.S. military base. The Okinawa Defense Bureau filed a damage report with the prefectural police.
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On the 5th, the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office announced that it had indicted Shun Medoruma, a native of Okinawa Prefecture and winner of the Akutagawa Prize, on charges of property damage for damaging a fence owned by the Okinawa Defense Bureau in Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture, in October and December 2024.
It has been learned through interviews with related parties that the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Akutagawa Prize-winning author Shun Medoruma on the 3rd on charges of property damage for damaging fences and other structures at Camp Schwab, a U.S. military base. The Okinawa Defense Bureau filed a damage report with the prefectural police.