Rupert Murdoch's WSJ reports: US sailors arrested in rape case

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Two U.S. Navy sailors were arrested on suspicion of raping a local woman. Japanese police arrested the two sailors after a 27-year-old Okinawan woman reported being attacked early Tuesday in a parking lot near her home as she returned from work.



She told police the assault lasted for 45 minutes.



U.S. Ambassador John Roos met with top Japanese officials and promised "full, complete and unequivocal cooperation" with Japanese authorities in their inquiry.



For many in Japan, the attack was a reminder of the rape of a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl by three American servicemen in 1995, an attack that set off the largest anti-U.S. base protests in recent decades. The demonstrations forced Washington and Tokyo to initiate a wide-ranging plan to reduce the military footprint on the small island, a complex process that is still going on.




http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444734804578062322813167486.html
 
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