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4 More US Marines Face Rape Charges in Japan

Posted Feb 15, 08 5:00 AM CST in World 

(Newser) – US military authorities are charging four Marines with raping a young Japanese woman, just days after a Marine was arrested by Japanese authorities and charged with raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in a separate case. The four men are accused of assaulting a 19-year-old woman in October after meeting her at an event hall in Hiroshima.

Similar incidents involving US servicemen have sparked fury in Japan where an increasing number of residents are demanding American bases be shut down. The top commander of US forces in Japan yesterday announced the creation of a task force to deal with the problem. "It is our job to do everything we can to restore the confidence of the Japanese people in the US forces stationed here in Japan," he said.

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Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright, commander of the U.S. forces in Japan, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Wright said the U.S. military in Japan has ordered a review of...   (Associated Press)
Iwakuni Air Base in western Japan is pictured in this file photo. Military authorities at Iwakuni are holding hearings to determine if four US marines accused of raping a Japanese woman last October should...   (Associated Press)
Civic group members holding banners during protest against a US Marine accused of raping a Japanese girl.   (Getty Images (by Event) Individuals)
Japanese protesters shout slogans in front of a U.S. camp on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, after American Marine was arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa, Tuesday,...   (Associated Press)
Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima, right, receives a letter to a family of a victim from U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer at prefectural government in Naha, Okinawa Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Schieffer went...   (Associated Press)
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