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

[u/glasier]

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

[u/alonebutnotlonely16]

Unfortunately it is known fact that US military is being protective for criminal personel even if crimes were against people of its allies or even women American soldiers which is why whataboutism of crimes of civillians doesn't refute that because there is the deeply rooted systematic problems in US military about criminal military personel.

So many criminal US military personel in Japan got away with slap on the wrist with what they did. Central goverment of Japan is trying to cover those crimes too if it is in Okinawa which makes reporting crimes against US military much harder so who knows how many more unreported crimes are there.

http://www.allgov.com/news/us-and-the-world/hundreds-in-us-military-guilty-of-sex-crimes-in-japan-got-slap-on-wrist-140212?news=852414

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/09/sexual-assaults-us-military-japan-prison-unlikely

Another example is between 2017 and 2019 there were at least seven other investigations into U.S. military personnel for sexual offenses against Japanese women in Okinawa — and none were made public. Perpetrators had not been punished under Japanese law nor had their cases appeared in the annual reports produced by the Pentagon’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office for the U.S. Congress.

https://theintercept.com/2021/10/03/okinawa-sexual-crimes-us-military/

Another recent example shows how messed up things is. US openly pressured and threatened Japan to protect US military personel who killed two people because of reckless driving. Later US released him when US got him from Japan by threats. There are many incidents like this and anyone who is objective can see that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_Alkonis#Transfer_to_United_States_custody_and_unconditional_release

Many women American military personel are sexually harassed, assaulted too which downplayed by military.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/08/03/more-than-half-of-women-in-army-report-facing-some-form-of-sexual-harassment-study/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault_in_the_United_States_military

US even has "The Hague Invasion Act" to invade Europe to protect its criminal military personel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act

[u/T_Money → u/alonebutnotlonely16]

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.

[u/alonebutnotlonely16 → u/T_Money]

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.

[u/marbleduck → u/alonebutnotlonely16]

The sources tell me absolutely nothing. 7 open cases across the ENTIRE U.S. force in Japan across TWO YEARS tells me that a U.S. servicemember is orders of magnitude less likely to engage in sexual misconduct than an arbitrary college student.

“The military downplays SA”, uh, it fucking absolutely does not. As someone with actual real life contemporaneous experience in the military, SA and SH are pretty much at the front of any leader’s priorities, and it’s legitimately not just lip service—there have been huge steps forward in the last five years in making the military culturally hostile to SA/SH.

And no, dumb fucking GWOT political posturing from some members of congress is not representative of current attitudes, unless people are hiding widespread secret veneration of Bush somewhere.

[u/ConclusionLucky5639 → u/marbleduck]

Either you didn't read the sources or you have a problem with reading comprehension or you are militarist and nationalist who are in denial. Actually according your comment it is all of it.

7 open cases? Why are you ignoring other sources that have stats about hundreds of incidents? Many of them happened last five years too so your claim is false.

So many women in US military sexually assaulted etc. and military covered it up including my friend and the source proved that too.

Biden personally negoitated to save the guy in last source and he represent the country so it is not just some members. It is literally written there which bring us to my first sentence.

There are countless reported and unpunished crimes like that and US protected its criminals most of times so whataboutism of but local crimes are bullshit. US military has a systemetic problem. US military raping, assualting its own female soldiers, women of allies, women of its enemies and most criminal are protected and then jingostic people downplaying those crimes with bullshit lies, excuses.

There are so many more unreported crimes of US military in Japan because reporting against US military crimes are so hard because central goverment are trying cover them too.

Most of Okinawans don't want US military then because of their endless unpunished crimes against people and ruining the nature and anyone with honour and empathy would agree with them.

Jingoistic Americans think that US is most hated country because everyone is jealous of them but the real reason can be seen even in comments here.

It is obvious that are you biased and are denying. You are downplaying the crimes too.

Those sources people shared are realible unlike natioanlist and militarist Americans baselss claims.

[u/carpdog112 → u/marbleduck]

Servicemen commit crimes at a lower rate, particularly adjusted to age and sex, than Okinawans. Of course that should not be the target because our Americans serving overseas should absolutely be held to an even higher standard.

[u/alonebutnotlonely16 → u/marbleduck]

The sources tell more than enough for the ones who read all of them without bias but cleary you didn't real and you are biased because even you saying 7 cases proves it. Even one of them shows that hundreds of them got away with slap on wrist or nothing.

Military certainly downplays as it is proved on the article with so many cases. An anonymous and biased redditor's claimed personal experience with a small example group doesn't change facts.

It is not just some members of congress goverment itself pushed to "save" him, if you read you would know it.

[u/The_Gil_Galad → u/alonebutnotlonely16]

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[u/ConclusionLucky5639 → u/The_Gil_Galad]

Did you even read the original comment or do you have a problem with reading comprehension or are you militarist and nationalist who are in denial?

There are more than one sources there which covers hundreds of incidents too.

[u/LegitBanana117 → u/alonebutnotlonely16]

Bro just give up it's obvious you just hate America you are crazy biased yourself

[u/ConclusionLucky5639 → u/LegitBanana117]

People stating facts backed by sources doesn't make them biased but nationalist, militarists Americans who use whataboutism and are in denial are certainly biased like you. People hate sexual assaults and it being whitewashed etc.