People in Okinawa are coming out in force to protest a series of cases of alleged sexual abuse involving US military personnel stationed in the southwestern Japanese prefecture. It came to light ...

Japanese prosecutors on Okinawa will not pursue charges against a U.S. Marine accused of sexually assaulting and injuring a ...

Unless corrective measures are made, and quickly, the anti-U.S. military base sentiment ... residents of Okinawa continue to protest the militarization of their homeland. Civil society groups ...

Reuters Tens of thousands protested in Okinawa last year against the US military after Shinzato was ... and a formal protest by the Japanese government to the US. The US has about 26,000 troops ...

He promised the US military will fully cooperate with the investigation by the local authorities and the courts. Okinawa Vice Governor Takekuni Ikeda told Evans and other officials that the ...

The presence of US military bases in Japan, particularly in Okinawa due to its strategic ... leading to extensive protests. In 2012, a car crash caused by a US Navy officer resulted in the deaths ...

along with a photo of a 2016 protest against US military bases in Okinawa (archived link). Screenshot of the false post shared on X, captured on December 24, 2024 The claim was shared after the ...

When considering the“protesters,” most are older people ... to Guam just getting underway. The number of US military facilities on Okinawa has shrunk, too. And the training activities US ...

A U.S. Marine allegedly sexually assaulted an Okinawan woman in November, which is the fourth alleged sexual assault by U.S. service members in Okinawa in 2024.

For now, they will again ask the U.S. military to provide countermeasures ... of the U.S. Air Force in Okinawa at that time. He also visited the United States last September and pleaded directly ...

The US military handed the 25-year-old serviceman ... failing to provide case-related information to the Okinawa prefectural government. Protesters demanded accountability from the Ministry ...

The rape of a 12-year-old girl in 1995 by three U.S. Marines prompted large protests ... Okinawa. "The self-defense forces cannot protect Japan, unless the U.S. military comes to support us.