US Air Force soldier charged with kidnapping and raping minor in Japan – Times of India
A US Air Force soldier, aged 25, has been charged with kidnapping and raping a teenage girl under the age of 16 in Okinawa, Japan, where the largest American military base in the region is located, BBC reported.The alleged assault took place on December 24, and the soldier was identified through security camera footage after the girl's family reported the incident.He has been in the custody of Japanese authorities since late March.The case has reignited long-standing opposition to the US military presence in Okinawa, which hosts more than half of the 54,000 US soldiers serving in Japan. Sexual assault cases involving US service personnel have fueled anger in the past, with one of the most high-profile incidents occurring in 1995 when a 12-year-old girl was raped by three US service pers...