The governor of Okinawa Prefecture has conveyed his concern to US officials following allegations of sexual assaults by US military personnel in his prefecture.

Denny Tamaki told a gathering of reporters in Washington, D.C., that the incidents -- three in total revealed this summer -- ...

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Several service members have recently been indicted on sexual assault or attempted sexual assault charges. Okinawa leaders ...

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The FBI’s Boston division recovered nearly two dozen historic artifacts believed to have been looted from Japan during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, some of which date as far back as the 18th ...

The governor said that the prefecture will lodge a protest with the Japanese and U.S. governments over the case.

NAHA—Police informed the Okinawa prefectural government on Sept. 5 about a sexual assault case sent to prosecutors that day, ...

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