Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday urged the U.S. military to implement changes to prevent further sexual assaults such as a recent incident involving a U.S. Marine in Okinawa. The latest case, in which the serviceman in his 30s is accused of rape resulting in injury to a…

“We will urge U.S. forces in Japan to tighten discipline and fully implement preventive measures,” Hayashi, who serves as chief cabinet secretary, told a press conference.

The case is the latest in a series of violent attacks on women and the accused has been referred to prosecutors, according to an investigative source.

Under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement, U.S. military personnel will in principle remain in the custody of the United States until being charged by Japan, unless they are arrested at the scene of a crime.

  • RogueBananaEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    Why would usa even accept those terms? Literally no reason to and their allies don’t have much choice.

    • Stovetop@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 days ago

      Why? Because the US needs to respect the sovereignty of other countries. If they want bases outside of their borders, it should come with a reciprocal agreement for the allied nation to create a base within the US.

      America is the threat.

      • RogueBananaEnglish
        22·
        6 days ago

        Lol they literally don’t have to. Its military, morals and ideal world doesn’t exist here. I am not talking about how it should be but the reality where they don’t have a single reason to consider that.