U.S. soldier in Japan charged with sexually assaulting teenage girl in Okinawa

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U.S. soldier in Japan charged with sexually assaulting teenage girl in Okinawa
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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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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