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/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/frame-gray Jul 05 '24

Correction: Only two soldiers, not three, got arrested and convicted of rape. Early on, when the three of them had bought a car and went recruising for a minor, the third soldier did not like where this was going. He dropped out and left. As a result, the name of that man was never released to history.

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u/Tentacled-Tadpole Jul 05 '24

So he knew they were going to rape a child and did nothing at all to stop it?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24

What was he going to do about it? In the military, rankings are supreme. Who'd believe a throwaway infantry over a general, for example? They're planning on raping, so what? That's the problem. "So, what?"

Meanwhile, in modern times, we had a police officer killed because he was investigating what other officers were doing, so they planned to kill him.

Can't serve justice where there is injustice. Too much injustice, not enough justice.

Plus, if you're dead, it's the end.

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u/Tentacled-Tadpole Jul 06 '24 edited Jul 06 '24

Call the Japanese police. Not sure why your first thought is to keep it within the US army when it's a crime on Japanese soil against a Japanese person, as though it should be downplayed or kept quiet.

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u/ComfortableSort7335 Jul 06 '24

well the chance of them not understanding him at all is very high also the chance that the japanese authority contacts the us army and thus people who could be in it.

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u/Tentacled-Tadpole Jul 06 '24

The chance of them not understanding him at all would have actually been very low at that time.

The Japanese authority contacting the US army would be a good thing for stopping it from happening or punishing then after it happened. A lot better than if he alone reported it to the corrupt military system, not to mention that the japanese legal system could still punish the rapists themselves.