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Editorial Board, New York Times, November 2/3, 2012
The accusation against two American sailors for the rape of a woman in Okinawa in October has worsened tensions on the island, already inflamed by the recent deployment of the troubled MV-22 Osprey aircraft to the Marine Corps base in the city of Ginowan . Okinawans may be running out of adjectives to express their resentment and anger at being unwilling hosts for more than half of the 50,000 American military personnel stationed in Japan [....]
Comments
Yeah, the U.S. military has a long record of rape in Okinawa. One Okinawan historian says there were 10,000 rapes in the battle for the island(although since there are no written records, that estimate probably can't ever be confirmed).
by Aaron Carine (not verified) on Sun, 11/04/2012 - 4:55pm