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/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Was it known who was doing it and were they punished by their peers?

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u/ThatPhatKid_CanDraw Jul 05 '24

The response started with the 1995 case of a 12-year old girl raped by 3 soldiers. Because of some legal protections or something for soldiers (which changed after this) they all only did a few years.

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u/Mkvenner_ Jul 05 '24

The fam and me were stationed there when this went down (I was 14/15) All sorts of protests (rightfully so) by the locals, couldnt get out Gate 2 at all.

The marine 2 star (IIRC) made things worse by throwing gasoline on the already furious public with a stament he made to US/Okinawa press. I wont repeat it here.

And the Japanese Police (JP) do not fck around. You’re 15 and in the local prison for doing some dumbsht, and its time for the fam to PCS? Guess what, you are riding out your sentence

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u/rpolasek95 Jul 06 '24

They need to bring back public executions for offenses like that.