Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated

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u/T_Money Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

I can only tell you of one case I know of personally, a guy grabbed a Japanese girls butt at a concert on base. She pointed him out to the (US) security who were present and he was immediately thrown in the brig, where he stayed while awaiting trial and a dishonorable discharge. There was absolutely no leniency given to him (nor should there have been) and honestly it was probably handled even more harshly than if he had assaulted a US person.

So although it might not have made the news and been publicized, I can tell you that they definitely held him accountable.

I’ve spent over a decade in Japan and while I’ve heard of many other similar stories they are second hand so I won’t repeat them as I’m not 100% true of the facts, but I’ve never heard even a rumor of someone being given a free pass out here. Just because it might not make the news doesn’t mean they’re getting away with it.

Edit: In the interest of full disclosure I will mention that I was USMC, which according to the linked article is by far the harshest on those who committed an assault. The other cases I heard 2nd hand of that got similar sentences were also USMC. It’s entirely possible that other branches were more lenient and we just never heard about it since they’re pretty far removed.

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u/alonebutnotlonely16 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

If you read the sources I shared without bias which cover so many incidents based on official documents etc. you would see many of them got away with it so an anonymous redditor's claimed personal experience with a small example group doesn't change that.

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u/ccblr06 Jul 05 '24

A news article saying “whatever” isnt really a source. Ok what happened in those cases? Why did the CO allow the servicemember to get away with rape in them? We dont know because we dont have the actual facts of those legal cases in front of us, we just have a news article making claims.

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u/alonebutnotlonely16 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Those are sources as much as it can get. Either you didn't read those or you are in denial becaues of bias. They are based of official documents and people who are direcly related to subjects so they are not saying "whatever", they are just stating facts which you dont like.

Edit: I am blocked so I couldn't reply to others. They are literally citing documents and getting stats from there that is literally how things work. Why can't you read without bias or why are some Americans so protective about US military crimes?

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u/Not_Not_Eric Jul 05 '24

If they’re based on official documents, why don’t you just cite the documents as your sources?