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May 2008
- Okinawa Marine Gets 4 Years for Teen Sex Abuse
  
  Reuters | May 16, 08 8:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl was sentenced by court martial today to four years in prison, after pleading guilty to abusive sexual conduct, Reuters reports. The other charges against 38-year-old Sgt. Tyrone Hadnott, including rape and kidnapping, were dropped. With his plea deal, Hadnott will serve only three of the four years. He was dishonorably discharged. More »
  
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  Japan • US military • Okinawa • child rape • military law • court martial • Tyrone Hadnott
April 2008
- US Charges Marine With Okinawa Rape
  
  CNN | Apr 25, 08 9:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US military has charged a Marine with rape of a child, adultery, and kidnapping after an assault on a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa, CNN reports. Japanese officials had released the Marine earlier this year after the girl, apparently not wanting to be in the public eye, dropped the allegations. But US officials investigated for violations of the military justice code. The incident has infuriated residents of Okinawa. More »
  
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  Japan • US military • Okinawa • child rape • military law • court martial • Tyrone Hadnott
March 2008
- Okinawa Protesters Rip US Military Crimes
  
  Reuters | Mar 23, 08 11:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Thousands poured into the streets of Okinawa today to protest crimes by US servicemen and to demand a smaller American military presence on the Japanese island, Reuters reports. "Crimes and accidents have happened over and over," said the mayor of Okinawa City. "But each time, our voices have been trampled and there has been no end to the heinous crimes." More »
  
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  Japan • rape • military • Okinawa • military bases
- 4 Marines Face Court-Martial in Hiroshima Rape Case
  
  AFP | Mar 6, 08 6:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The American military has announced it will court-martial four Marines on charges of gang-raping a Japanese woman in Hiroshima last year. The first two Marines will face a general court-martial in late April or early May. Japanese prosecutors had concluded that there was not sufficient evidence to charge them in a civilian proceeding. More »
  
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  Japan • US military • Condoleezza Rice • Marine • US Marine Corps • Okinawa • court martial • Hiroshima
February 2008
- Marine in Okinawa Rape Case Released
  
  Reuters | Feb 29, 08 10:22 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A US Marine was released into US custody today after Japanese prosecutors dropped rape charges against him, Reuters reports. The Okinawa arrest had sparked outrage across Japan, but prosecutors backed off when the alleged victim withdrew her accusations. The 38-year-old Marine had admitted holding down his 14-year-old accuser but maintained he’d only kissed her. More »
  
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  Japan • Condoleezza Rice • rape • Marine • Okinawa • Tyrone Hadnott
- Rice 'Deeply Regrets' Okinawa Rape Case
  
  Reuters | Feb 27, 08 4:22 AM CST
  
  (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. More »
  
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  Condoleezza Rice • Okinawa
- New Sexual Assault Charge Shocks Okinawa
  
  Reuters | Feb 21, 08 9:31 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The American military is investigating a second allegation of sexual assault against a woman on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Reuters reports that a soldier has been taken into custody, accused of sexual assault against a Filipina living on the island. The new allegation comes only a week after a Marine was arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl. More »
  
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  Japan • US military • rape • protests • Okinawa • sexual assault • Christopher Hill
- US Troops Confined to Base in Japanese Uproar
  
  Associated Press | Feb 20, 08 6:44 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The US military has ordered 45,000 American troops, civilian employees and their families in Japan restricted to their military bases, homes and workplaces in a move to quell growing Japanese outrage at problem Marines. The orders, in place indefinitely, will effectively bar Marines nationwide and all military personnel on Okinawa from visiting local restaurants and nightclubs. More »
  
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  Japan • US military • rape • US Marine Corps • Okinawa • military bases
- 4 More US Marines Face Rape Charges in Japan
  
  Reuters | Feb 15, 08 5:00 AM CST
  
  (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
  
  (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
  
  (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
  
  (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
August 2007
- FAA Orders Inspections of Boeing 737s
  
  Bloomberg | Aug 28, 07 4:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to inspect hundreds of Boeing 737s after a loose bolt punctured a China Airlines jet last week, causing a fire that destroyed the aircraft. Southwest, Delta, Continental, AirTran, Alaska Air, ATA and Aloha Airlines have 24 days to check for loose nuts on a wing assembly used during takeoff and landing. More »
  
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  Boeing • airline • FAA • explosion • Southwest Airlines • fires • plane • Okinawa • Aloha Airlines • Delta • ATA • Southwest • China Airlines • AirTran • Continental
- Jet Catches Fire in Japan; Passengers, Crew Escape
  
  Associated Press | Aug 20, 07 7:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A jet burst into flames after landing in Okinawa today, moments after all 165 people onboard escaped. The China Airlines plane skidded while landing on arrival from Taipei, and its left engine exploded shortly afterward. The cause of the fire is unknown, the AP reports. Firefighters took an hour to put out the blaze, leaving a blackened hulk. More »
  
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  Japan • Taiwan • explosion • fires • plane • Okinawa • Taipei • China Airlines
July 2007
- Typhoon Drowns Southern Japan
  
  ABC News (Australia) | Jul 13, 07 1:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A massive typhoon is pummeling the Japanese island of Okinawa, stirring up 40 foot waves and 150mph winds which are overturning trucks and ripping trees from the ground. Super typhoon Man-yi has injured at least 17 people and cut the electricity to nearly 100,000 homes. "This is one of the biggest typhoons we've experienced in Okinawa," says a local. More »
  
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  Japan • weather • storm • Tokyo • Okinawa • rain • winds • typhoon • flights • waves