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Japan's government is calling for stricter oversight of U.S. troops stationed in the country after a soldier was charged over the alleged sexual assault of a Japanese teenager in Okinawa. Prosecutors in the southern island region charged the U.S. soldier in March, top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters on Tuesday.

Local media said the 25-year-old man had been accused of assault, adding that he knew the girl was under 16, the age of consent in Japan.

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[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 38 points 3 days ago

Local media said the 25-year-old man had been accused of assault, adding that he knew the girl was under 16, the age of consent in Japan.

A litany of base-related woes has long grieved Okinawans, from pollution and noise to helicopter crashes and COVID-19 outbreaks, leading to complaints that they bear the brunt of hosting troops.

The 1995 gang rape of a 12-year-old girl by three U.S. soldiers in Okinawa prompted widespread calls for a rethink of a 1960 pact that outlined the legal status of Japan-based U.S. military personnel.

What the fuck america

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 22 points 3 days ago

That 1995 thing was a huge fucking deal at the time. It came out that shit like that happened before more than once and the army protected the perpetrators. But that particular potato was just too fucking hot and those fuckers did time in a Japanese prison.

Might've been the incident that made me realize the rest of the world might not think we are big damn heroes.

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago

It came out that shit like that happened before more than once and the army protected the perpetrators.

Why am I not surprised

[-] corus_kt@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Imagine the uproar if a Japanese soldier sexually assaulted local girls on US soil. This dude needs to be made an example of

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm happy that there's no trolls on here spreading misinformation about Japan

Also here's some repellant because I am aware some of those trolls are likely 50 cent army:

50 Cent Army Repellant:

六四

1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago
[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago

I too have no idea what China has to do with this

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

https://lemm.ee/comment/12872741

You'll find mention of it in the archived reddit discussions

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It was more prevalent on reddit but when posts about Japan hit the front page on reddit it always got barraged with negative comments with the same accusations

https://web.archive.org/web/20230607100318/https://old.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/79ex2q/why_is_every_thread_on_front_page_reddit_about/

https://web.archive.org/web/20240628064507/https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fjapanlife%2Fcomments%2F1ciwpip%2Fwidespread_outdated_misinformation_about_japan%2F

The second link may take awhile to start working because Internet archive is being slow woth updating that particular one for some reason

[-] corus_kt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

对中国来说,日本的事不是重要的问题

You need the full Tiananmen Square copypasta to repel 5 star generals like me, you noob

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago
[-] faizalr@kbin.run 3 points 3 days ago

Threat to humanity.

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