Abuse Killed a Man

Before being killed in a possible battle with China over occupation of small rocks of Senkaku in East China Sea, or dead in missile attacks from maddened North Korea, a man in Marine Self-defense Force killed himself with disappointment on his situation, suffering from abuse of his superior. Being a crew on a destroyer, the man was consecutively an object of violence by a master sergeant. The ministry is going to indict the master sergeant with a crime of violence and destroying property. This is how Japanese defense organization is doing before protecting the nation or contributing international security efforts.

The ministry has strictly been restricting information about the issue. It has not revealed name of the man, what rank was the man affiliated, or when the man killed himself. According to a little pieces of information, the master sergeant started abusing him last October. The master sergeant hit his head with a penlight, hit his face with hand, hiding his cell phone, pinched his hand on the edge of a hatch and closed it. After appealing to change his position to another vessel in vein, the man killed himself in the destroyer.

On the day before the suicide, leaders of the vessel recognized the abuse on him. The master sergeant let him stand with buckets with water on his both hands for a long time. After the man killed himself, the master sergeant threw the cell phone away. But no one accused the master sergeant of the violence.

There is an inclination in Japanese Self-defense Force to abuse the lower class. A young man on a destroyer killed himself after being abused by his superior in 2004. His family filed a lawsuit against Ministry of Defense, claiming compensation. Tokyo High Court sentenced payment of seventy three million yen, recognizing that the suicide could be avoided, if Marine Self-defense Force had properly treated the issue. A student of National Defense College fell in depression by violence from students in higher class. He also indicted the ministry, this summer.

At the time of World War II, violence was common in the troops. When a superior realized a man would not follow his order, he would hit the man in the name of education. However, such violence was often done with jealousy on the talent of his subordinate. Meaningless violence prevailed in the Imperial Army, especially at the end of the war. This is not maintaining morale of troops, but emerge of cowardice. It is necessary to educate military leaders about what is to raise a man, before coward leader educate young men.