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Japan's Okinawa demands US rein in troops after alleged rape
0 Comments | AFP, February, 2008
NAHA, Japan (AFP) — Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Thursday demanded the US military rein in the thousands of troops stationed there after an American Marine was arrested for allegedly raping a local girl.
The Okinawa assembly unanimously adopted a resolution urging the US military to improve ethical training for its forces after the alleged rape of the 14-year-old on Sunday.
"Okinawa prefecture has repeatedly demanded stricter discipline for US servicemen and action to prevent criminal offences, but still an incident like this happened. We feel fierce anger," said assembly member Seiichi Oyakawa, reading out the resolution.
"We demand the US government take effective and specific preventive actions that are clear to the eyes of the people of Okinawa,...
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