Okinawa assembly adopts protest resolution over alleged rape
The Okinawa prefectural assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a protest resolution against the US military and the United States over the recent alleged rape of a local junior high school girl by a US Marine, while the US Marines launched two-day programs to boost morality and ethics among members.
Four US Marines based in southwest Japan have been charged with raping a Japanese woman last October, a US military spokesman said on Friday, days after the arrest of another Marine for suspected rape of a schoolgirl on the southern island of Okinawa.