U.S. officer jailed in Japan over fatal car crash to return home

A U.S. Navy officer jailed in Japan over a car crash in 2021 that killed two people was released and is on his way to the United States following an active campaign, his family said Thursday.Lt. Ridge Alkonis was sentenced to three years in prison over the accident, in which two Japanese citizens died -- an 85-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man -- and another was injured after the officer's car veered into a restaurant parking lot and crashed on May 29, 2021, in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka.His appeal was turned down by a higher court in July 2022, with Japanese authorities de…READ FULL ARTICLE