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U.S. Marine Accused of Rape in Japan

HeadlineFeb 12, 2008

In Japan, a U.S. Marine has been arrested for the alleged rape of a fourteen-year-old Japanese girl on the southern island of Okinawa. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced the charges before the Japanese parliament.

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda: “It is unforgivable. Despite the fact that these kind of crimes have occurred in the past, the same kind of thing occurred again. We have to take it seriously.”

Some 50,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Japan, most of them in Okinawa.

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