The arrest of a US Marine on charges of raping a 14-year-old girl on the Japanese island of Okinawa has deeply aggravated the Japanese people. Now the American military is investigating a second allegation of sexual assault against a woman in Okinawa, which has once again stirred civilian resentment.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 1:53:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/27674/okinawa-marine-gets-4-years-for-teen-sex-abuse.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe US marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl was sentenced by court martial today to four years in prison, after pleading guilty to abusive sexual conduct, Reuters reports. The other charges against 38-year-old Sgt. Tyrone Hadnott, including rape and kidnapping, were dropped. With his plea deal, Hadnott will serve only three of the four years. He was dishonorably discharged.http://www.newser.com/story/27674/okinawa-marine-gets-4-years-for-teen-sex-abuse.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 16 May 2008 7:23:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25635/us-charges-marine-with-okinawa-rape.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe US military has charged a Marine with rape of a child, adultery, and kidnapping after an assault on a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa, CNN reports. Japanese officials had released the Marine earlier this year after the girl, apparently not wanting to be in the public eye, dropped the allegations. But US officials investigated for violations of the military justice code. The incident has infuriated residents of Okinawa.http://www.newser.com/story/25635/us-charges-marine-with-okinawa-rape.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Apr 2008 5:08:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23309/japan-busts-us-sailor-in-murder-robbery.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJapanese police arrested a US sailor today on suspicion of stabbing a taxi driver to death and then robbing him, Reuters reports. The 22-year-old Nigerian national serving in the American Navy was already in US custody on charges of desertion. The American ambassador to Japan was forced to apologize for yet another US serviceman implicated in a crime in recent months.http://www.newser.com/story/23309/japan-busts-us-sailor-in-murder-robbery.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 03 Apr 2008 5:12:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22324/okinawa-protesters-rip-us-military-crimes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThousands poured into the streets of Okinawa today to protest crimes by US servicemen and to demand a smaller American military presence on the Japanese island, Reuters reports. "Crimes and accidents have happened over and over," said the mayor of Okinawa City. "But each time, our voices have been trampled and there has been no end to the heinous crimes."http://www.newser.com/story/22324/okinawa-protesters-rip-us-military-crimes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 23 Mar 2008 8:38:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20887/4-marines-face-court-martial-in-hiroshima-rape-case.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe American military has announced it will court-martial four Marines on charges of gang-raping a Japanese woman in Hiroshima last year. The first two Marines will face a general court-martial in late April or early May. Japanese prosecutors had concluded that there was not sufficient evidence to charge them in a civilian proceeding.http://www.newser.com/story/20887/4-marines-face-court-martial-in-hiroshima-rape-case.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 06 Mar 2008 5:26:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20395/marine-in-okinawa-rape-case-released.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA US Marine was released into US custody today after Japanese prosecutors dropped rape charges against him, Reuters reports. The Okinawa arrest had sparked outrage across Japan, but prosecutors backed off when the alleged victim withdrew her accusations. The 38-year-old Marine had admitted holding down his 14-year-old accuser but maintained he’d only kissed her.http://www.newser.com/story/20395/marine-in-okinawa-rape-case-released.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 29 Feb 2008 9:58:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20175/rice-deeply-regrets-okinawa-rape-case.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice met today in Japan with the prime minister and other top officials and expressed regret for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a US Marine stationed on Okinawa. "We just regret deeply that it happened," said Rice, who added that she hopes the "long-standing and strong alliance" between the world's two richest countries would not be damaged, Reuters reports.http://www.newser.com/story/20175/rice-deeply-regrets-okinawa-rape-case.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 27 Feb 2008 3:39:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19642/new-sexual-assault-charge-shocks-okinawa.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe American military is investigating a second allegation of sexual assault against a woman on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Reuters reports that a soldier has been taken into custody, accused of sexual assault against a Filipina living on the island. The new allegation comes only a week after a Marine was arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl.http://www.newser.com/story/19642/new-sexual-assault-charge-shocks-okinawa.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Feb 2008 13:17:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19530/us-troops-confined-to-base-in-japanese-uproar.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe US military has ordered 45,000 American troops, civilian employees and their families in Japan restricted to their military bases, homes and workplaces in a move to quell growing Japanese outrage at problem Marines. The orders, in place indefinitely, will effectively bar Marines nationwide and all military personnel on Okinawa from visiting local restaurants and nightclubs.http://www.newser.com/story/19530/us-troops-confined-to-base-in-japanese-uproar.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Feb 2008 13:17:36 CST