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Indeed, it is historically accepted that the catalyst for the Koza Incident was a vehicle accident involving a United States service member and an Okinawan in the early morning hours of 20 December 1970. However, the scene was initially set by a traffic accident occurring weeks earlier in Itoman. The Itoman accident led to the death of an Okinawan and no charges brought against the United States Service Member.

This followed a chemical weapons accidents earlier in the year and the explosion of a fully-laden B-52 Bomber on Kadena.