Bomb Threats Target Okinawa Governor-Elect Koja's Children's Schools to Demand Resignation
It has come to light that Genta Koja (42), who was newly elected as the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture, has received bomb threats demanding his immediate resignation and the staging of a new election. The threats warned that if the demands were not met, the schools attended by Koja's children as well as the Okinawa Prefectural Government building would be bombed. Following consultations with Koja's camp, the Okinawa Prefectural Police are investigating the incident, considering charges such as forcible obstruction of business. According to sources and news reports, the bomb threats were sent to multiple schools attended by Koja's children. The messages demanded that he "step down and hold a re-election," threatening to blow up the schools and prefectural government offices if he failed to comply. This constitutes an extremely malicious act that jeopardizes the safety of unrelated educational institutions and innocent children in an attempt to overturn a democratic...