INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Recent Sex Assault Cases Illustrate Strained Relationship Between Okinawa, Japan, and the United States
Beginning in late June, Okinawan authorities indicted or arrested three US military personnel for kidnapping, sexual assault, or groping Okinawan teenagers and women. The incidents occurred as the Okinawa Prefectural Police admitted that it did not make public 15 out of the 30 sexual assault cases committed by US military personnel since 1995.