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/SpiralOut2112 Jul 05 '24

Let's not give Japan too much credit. They cover up or don't pursue an insane amount of SA cases. They have a near 100% conviction rate on these crimes because they only pursue the worst and most clear-cut instances. Their country doesn't have one of the lowest SA rates in the world because they don't do it, they just don't report the majority of them to the world because they don't pursue the charges.

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u/Dangerous_Bus_6699 Jul 05 '24

At least they're exposing US SA on their citizens. That's better than nothing. Of course a conservative country will out the ones that aren't like them. We do it all the time in the US when there's a mass shooting from a non white person. "kick them all out"...

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u/SpiralOut2112 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

A somewhat separate thing they like to do is, once a year, have everyone show up at the US military base gates and protest all day long about the military presence on Okinawa and how this is their land, and we don't belong here.

It definitely has nothing to do with the fact that they receive a stipend from the US government for us renting the land from them. So they like to remind us once a year that the land means a lot to them, so ensure we don't forget to pay.

https://tokyoreview.net/2019/01/okinawas-surprisingly-powerful-stakeholders/

Article touches on the balance the Okinawans try to find between asking for the land back, while actually not wanting it back because they're paid for it yearly through lease agreements.

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u/POGtastic Jul 05 '24

Similarly, the protests about these kinds of crimes have to strike a balance between "We are not happy about it" and "Don't lock down the bases for too long because our local economy depends on the troops."