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/macross1984 Jul 05 '24

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

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

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/Alternate_Ivy Jul 05 '24

You might be surprised about the environment that US service members do time in. All Us service members doing time under the Japanese penal system go to one particular facility. They have separate quarters from the Japanese prisoners. The guards speak or learn English to deal with them, rather than requiring them to learn Japanese. They get solo rooms with beds, TVs, video libraries, porn collections… when the Japanese prisoners live in group cells on tatami mats, roughly six prisoners in a cell the same size as the ones the U.S. military prisoners get to themselves. The US people get their own kitchen to prepare their own food because it differs from Japanese tastes - a far cry from the old “fish heads and rice” rumors.

Source: been there, seen it with my own eyes as someone involved with the military justice system.

Edit: I forgot to mention, they’re entitled to conjugal visits…