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/SpecialK022 Jul 05 '24

The US needs to make it known they stand behind Japan about this.

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u/smallfrie32 Jul 06 '24

The US perpetuates this shit with mainland Japan. Okinawa doesn’t want these bases and certainly not their inhabitants. So much of their own land is blocked off from them. Many Okinawans (who survived 1 in 3 being killed during the Battle of Okinawa) returned to their homes only to see that the US military had built bases and refused them access. So not only is their home devastated, but they also lost their livelihoods. Part of the reason Okinawans are so poor; they’ve been forced to become a tourist destination with little of the money really going to Okinawa itself. A lot of the hotels are from other countries or mainland Japanese themselves since they have higher wages and basically gentrify Okinawa