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  • February 2008

    • 4 More US Marines Face Rape Charges in Japan

      Reuters  |  Feb 15, 08 5:00 AM CST

      4 More US Marines Face Rape Charges in Japan

      (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. More »

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      Japan  • rape  • Marine  • Okinawa  • sexual assault

    • Okinawa Rape Case Reignites Anti-US Ire

      Reuters  |  Feb 14, 08 4:21 PM CST

      Okinawa Rape Case Reignites Anti-US Ire

      (Newser) - The arrest this week of a US Marine on charges of raping a 14-year-old girl on the Japanese island of Okinawa has stirred long-simmering resentment of the nearly 50,000 American troops stationed there, Reuters reports. “Considering that such vicious, atrocious incidents have never ceased to occur, we must question the way the US military enforces discipline,” reads a statement from Okinawa's assembly. More »

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      Japan  • US military  • rape  • Marine  • Okinawa  • Tyrone Hadnott

    • Japanese Fury Mounts Over US Marine Rape Case

      Reuters  |  Feb 12, 08 3:30 AM CST

      Japanese Fury Mounts Over US Marine Rape Case

      (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." More »

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      Japan  • US military  • rape  • Okinawa  • military bases

    • US Marine Busted in Rape of Okinawa Schoolgirl

      Reuters  |  Feb 11, 08 5:23 AM CST

      US Marine Busted in Rape of Okinawa Schoolgirl

      (Newser) - A US Marine has been arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old Japanese schoolgirl in Okinawa, where resentment is already running high against American military presence, Reuters reports. The 38-year-old Marine allegedly raped the teen in a car yesterday, officials said. "This kind of crime cannot be forgiven, especially when you remember that the victim is a middle school student," said Okinawa's governor. "I feel extremely angry." More »

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      Japan  • US military  • rape  • military  • Marine  • Okinawa

  • January 2008