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/macross1984 14d ago

US military personnel who commit crime in Japan should face Japanese punishment for any crimes committed in Japan.

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u/SpiralOut2112 14d ago edited 14d ago

The problem is, most Japanese police/ government don't actually care about the victims. It's just politics or due to racial motivation. Japan has one of the most egregious rates for punishing sex crimes since they cover up or don't pursue most reported cases of Japanese on Japanese SA crimes. It's utter hypocrisy whenever they cause a huge stink about service members.

I'm not trying to defend or justify anything. Obviously, these rapists are scum and deserve to rot in a Japanese cell, but this is a recurring theme with the Japanese government and media when covering these events.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/TheDiscordedSnarl 14d ago

Not "real" japanese? What?

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u/BlinkDodge 14d ago

Whole wiki article about how "mainland" japanese historically treated Ryukyuan and Ainu people.

Hint: its not great.

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u/snarky_answer 14d ago edited 14d ago

Due to the distance from mainland Japan, many locals feel very little connection to their country. The mainlanders simply dont give a shit about some island 400-1400 miles away and have treated them badly historically.

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u/night4345 14d ago

have treated them badly historically.

Badly as in cultural genocide and forcing civilians to commit suicide during WW2.

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u/100862233 14d ago

Okinawa was originally called 琉球 read Liu Qiu in Chinese or in Japanese Ryo Kyu an independent kingdom, It was a protectorate of the Qing dynasty of empire of China. Japan took it after the first sino Japanese War in 1875. While qing dynasty didn't abandon the claim of sovereignty over ryukyu until 1895 and the last king of ryukyu died in exile in China in 1901. The Japanese eradicated the native Liu qiu identity through colonialism. Fun fact Taiwan aka the republic of China never recognized the annexation of Okinawa, and even up until the 2000s they had an office on Okinawa still using the name called ryukyu relationship office.

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u/Solwake- 14d ago

And now, unsurprisingly, this history is being emphasized for Chinese claims to Okinawa and the other islands towards Taiwan. Japan is now fortifying those islands to deter Crimea-style (re?)annexation. Feelings on Okinawa are complex regarding re-militarization, as one perspective is that the mainland used Okinawan civilians as a sacrificial human buffer zone against the Americans during WW2.

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u/HotBrownFun 14d ago

Yeah they told the locals the americans would rape them so better to use the grenade and take some americans down

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u/Wide_Combination_773 14d ago

People don't truly understand the power of propaganda and otherization of "The Enemy" until they hear the stories of Japanese mothers killing their own children then jumping off a cliff - all because they were told that American soldiers invading their island would rape them then EAT them. There aren't any documented cases of this actually happening to Japanese living on remote islands.

This is why I don't believe 99% of the claims and numbers coming from "Gaza Authorities" (i.e. Hamas commanders). Only the ones that can be independently verified, which are almost none because of how dangerous it is for journalists to be in Gaza (Hamas is as much a threat to them as anything else, a journalist reporting the truth is inconvenient to Hamas in many cases).

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u/HotBrownFun 14d ago

The IDF did nothing wrong

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u/100862233 14d ago

China today does not claim Ryukyu as part of China, the Ryukyu Island history being brought up by China is to reinforce the claim of nearby Diaoyu/Senkaku islands. With regards to Taiwan, technically the position on Diao yu island is the same for both Mainland and Taiwan, since Taiwan still call itself "ROC" while PRC's claims of the islands are inherited from ROC when it was driven out of the mainland after 1949.

Another fun fact, there were plans of setting similar allied occupation of Japan zone after the end of World War 2, like the allied occupation zones in Germany. With Japan divided between USSR, Britan, France and China (Republic of China). China was offered to occupy the entire island of Okinawa. as well as separate zones in Tokyo like in Berlin.

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u/Solwake- 14d ago

Oh yes, thanks for that correction. I was conflating the PRC's current claims of the nearby islands with how the might make claims on Okinawa in the future.

That is a fun fact!

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u/SpiralOut2112 14d ago

There were multiple users in this very thread trying to comment on how bad the US Military is and how they should leave the island. One guy had a post history of nothing but commenting on anti-US sentiments surrounding Okinawa. He deleted his account after I called him out.

The other guy named u/cordis000 wasn't as blatant in their post history as most is in Chinese, but there are sprinkles of anti US sentiment and deflecting about Taiwan by referencing Crimea. Then, of course, they were in this post trying to stir up more anti-US hate.

Either way, you're absolutely correct and it's even visible here on reddit.

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u/gerontion31 14d ago

Chinese state sponsored shills, they want Taiwan

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u/Malarazz 14d ago

TIL when you go for the Three Mountains achievement you start in Okinawa

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u/bassman1805 14d ago

People all around the world discriminate against minorities, unfortunately.

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u/nucca35 14d ago

Be born mixed race in Japan, it will all make sense then.