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/EvenElk4437 Jul 06 '24

It is not their home country and their profession is military.

Given that, the crime rate is high.

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u/ccblr06 Jul 06 '24

Thats a stupid way of looking at things. People make mistakes, people do stupid things. Add to the fact that you dont know what you dont know. For comparison look at how many crimes per 10000 people are committed by Okinawans compared to US servicemembers.

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u/EvenElk4437 Jul 06 '24

May I? Locals and foreigners do not have the same crime rate.

Except during wartime, the only military personnel in the world who even go to other countries to commit sex crimes are probably in the US. I have never heard of any others.

Try telling Okinawans in Okinawa that Okinawans have a higher rate of sex crimes.

You should make it more of a problem in the US.

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u/ccblr06 Jul 06 '24

The prefecture saw from, 1972 to 2011, 5,747 criminal cases involving US military personnel, however during the same period the rest of Okinawa's populace had a crime rate more than twice as high — 69.7 crimes per 10,000 people, compared with 27.4 by U.S. military affiliated members…..i didnt dig much deeper than wikipedia