U.S. Marine in Okinawa indicted over rape, injury

US Marine in Okinawa indicted over rape, injury

NAHA (Kyodo) -- A 27-year-old U.S. Marine in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture was indicted on Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman and injuring another in

U.S. Marine in Okinawa indicted over rape, injury

A 27-year-old U.S. Marine in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture has been indicted for allegedly raping a woman and injuring another in a U.S. military base restroom last month, according to local prosecutors.

US Marine indicted for raping woman, injuring her rescuer at military base in Japan

Austin Wedington, 27, handed over to Japanese authorities from US military base in Okinawa - Anadolu Ajansı

Rape Charge Against Marine Damages U.S.-Japan Relations

In Japan, residents of the city of Okinawa want their government to expel U.S. soldiers on various charges of rape. According to surveys published by local newspapers, seven out of ten people want the military to be expelled from the bases “occupied” by Washington. In 1972, the U.S. returned control to Tokyo, but in return it was to allow U.S. troops to remain there indefinitely. Since then, and until now, 6,235 cases of sexual assault and rape …

US marine in Japan's Okinawa indicted for sexual assault

A U.S. marine stationed in Japan's Okinawa has been indicted by the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office on charges of non-consensual sexual intercourse and bodily harm, Kyodo News reported Wednesday. According to the indictment, the incident occurred in March at a U.S. military base in central Okinawa, where the marine in his 20s allegedly assaulted a local Okinawan woman in a restroom. He is also accused of injuring another woman who came t…