Why does Java not see the updated value from another thread?

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Your explanation is right.

The compiler detects than stopReq is never modified in the loop and since it is not volatile, optimizes the while(!stopReq) instruction to while(true).

Even though the value changes later, the thread does not even read it any more.

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