Two US sailors who raped a Japanese woman in Okinawa last October were jailed on Friday for a crime that reignited long-smouldering anger against the American military in Japan.
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- May 23, 2013
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12 Nov 2012
A US serviceman who allegedly hit a Japanese schoolboy in the face after drunkenly breaking into his home in Okinawa has apologised, an official said on Monday.
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6 Nov 2012
Two US servicemen were indicted on Tuesday on charges of raping a Japanese woman in Okinawa, news reports said, in a case that has fanned the flames of anti-Americanism on the island.
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3 Nov 2012
A US airman is suspected of assaulting a young boy yesterday on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, authorities said.
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2 Nov 2012
The US ambassador to Japan on Friday rushed into firefighting mode for the second time in a month after a soldier allegedly attacked a schoolboy on an island already angry with the US military...
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20 Oct 2012
The US military said yesterday it was imposing a curfew on all military personnel in Japan after two servicemen allegedly raped a local woman in Okinawa.
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The US envoy to Japan has vowed "complete and unequivocal co-operation" over the alleged rape of a local woman by two servicemen on an island fed up with American military presence.
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The United States ambassador to Japan vowed “complete and unequivocal cooperation” on Wednesday over the alleged rape of a local woman by two servicemen on an island fed up with hosting the US...
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