Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


0

Rice 'Deeply Regrets' Okinawa Rape Case

Bid to soothe fury over Marine arrest

Share

(Newser) – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met today in Japan with the prime minister and other top officials and expressed regret for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a US Marine stationed on Okinawa. "We just regret deeply that it happened," said Rice, who added that she hopes the "long-standing and strong alliance" between the world's two richest countries would not be damaged, Reuters reports.

The alleged rape has sparked outrage across Japan, and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda called the incident "unforgivable." But both Fukuda's government and the Americans hope public anger over the arrest will not jeopardize the future of 50,000 US troops stationed on Okinawa. A similar incident in 1995 sparked massive protests again the military bases and damaged the US-Japan alliance.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the latter's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the latter's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008.   (Associated Press)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice descends from a plane upon her arrival at Tokyo International Airport for a two-day visit in Japan Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. Rice has ordered her top Asia diplomat to stay in China to look at fresh ways of unblocking the stalled effort to...
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice descends from a plane upon her arrival at Tokyo International Airport for a two-day visit in Japan Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. Rice has ordered her top Asia diplomat...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, arrives for a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the latter's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Everett Kennedy Brown, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, arrives for a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the latter's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Everett Kennedy...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, is greeted by Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura at Japan's Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, is greeted by Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura at Japan's Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Shizuo...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the latter's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the latter's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008.   (Associated Press)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.24.09
Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar
11.23.09
Books Are Bad for You
0 comments
VIEWING:
 
LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

202 Stories

Condi: Want a Terror Attack? Abandon Afghanistan

She says liberals are wrong about wanting to pull out

Sep 22, 09 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the GOP is serious about overcoming its current status as the party of naysayers and talk-show cranks, it should try to get Condoleezza Rice back in the game, writes Nina Easton for Fortune. At a recent women's summit, Rice earned a standing ovation from a diverse crowd after proving... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Condoleezza Rice • GOP • candidate • Fortune • liberal

OPINION

 Save the Trauma Excuses: 
 You Failed on 9/11 

Cheney, Rice too often resorted to the extreme without doing their homework

May 31, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ironically, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice have defended their post-9/11 decisions by appealing for empathy, arguing that only those in charge on that bleak day could understand. “I have little sympathy for this argument,” Richard Clarke, who was there, retorts in a withering piece for the Washington Post,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • Condoleezza Rice • Richard Clarke • terror suspects • George W. Bush • wiretapping • 9/11 attacks

(Newser) - A Democratic state lawmaker in Rhode Island thinks George W. Bush and some of his top cronies should be waterboarded for charity, reports the Westerly Sun. State Rep. Rod Driver sent letters via certified mail to Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice offering to donate $100 for every second they... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Dick Cheney • torture • Condoleezza Rice • Rhode Island • waterboarding • George W. Bush • enhanced interrogation techniques • Rod Driver

202 Stories


Marines remain under curfew until March 3
Marine Corps Times


World 
TwitterFollow @NewserWorld on Twitter

 
Condoleezza Rice • Okinawa

from our news partners