US soldiers arrested in Okinawa for suspected rape
By Agencies in Tokyo | China Daily | Updated: 2012-10-18 08:08
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Civic group members hold placards to protest the alleged rape of a local woman by two US servicemen in Okinawa, in front of the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Wednesday. Yoshikazu Tsuno / Agence France-Presse |
Two US servicemen were arrested on Japan's southern island of Okinawa on suspicion of raping a Japanese woman, police said on Wednesday, a case that could again strain Tokyo's ties with its closest ally, Washington.
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