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Japanese Fury Mounts Over US Marine Rape Case

'Unforgivable' crime threatens alliance

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 12, 2008 3:30 AM CST

(Newser) – Tensions continued to mount in Japan today in the aftermath of the arrest of a US Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Okinawa. "It is unforgivable," Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told a parliamentary panel. "It has happened over and over again in the past and I take it as a grave case." The nation's foreign minister warned that it's "unthinkable that this would have no impact. Enough is enough."

Okinawan officials lodged formal protests with the Marines today, and the Japanese government has decided to send a senior diplomat to the island. The Marine remains in Japanese custody. He has admitted to forcing the girl to kiss him and to fondling her, but denies raping her, according to a local press report. Officials said the girl called friends for help from her cell phone after the attack, and they called police.

Okinawa City Mayor Mitsuko Tomon, in a car, arrives at United States Marine Corps camp in Okinawa Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda called for measures Tuesday to prevent a recurrence... (Associated Press)

U.S. Embassy Tokyo Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph Donovan, right, is greeted by Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka prior to their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday,... (Associated Press)

Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda appears in this January 2008. Fukuda has called the suspected rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl by a US Marine 'unforgivable'. (Associated Press)

A woman strolls an area where Tyrone Luther Hadnott, a 38-year-old marine of Camp Courtney in Okinawa, is believed to meet a Japanese schoolgirl, in Okinawa city, southern Japan, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008.... (Associated Press)

A van carrying U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott leaves police station as he is trensferred to prosecutors in Okinawa city Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Top Japanese officials urged the U.S. military... (Associated Press)

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