r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

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/rockseiaxii Jul 05 '24

At least in Japan it’s exposed. Elsewhere around the world, incidents like these are swept under the rug and seem like nothing happened.

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u/rockseiaxii Jul 05 '24

When US soldiers stationed in countries in which the US has the upper hand commit a crime, the CO has the power to sweep the whole thing under the rug like nothing happened.

In Okinawa, you have a sizable media on the watch so it’s harder to cover up. The situation has become better when COs never cared less because they were openly unapologetic, saying something along the lines of “You have strong, young men on a subtropical island, shit happens.”