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Originally Posted by MMM
Cranks has supplied you the sources.
You have found that crime rates by soldiers stationed in Okinawa is lower than other parts in the world. Why is that fishy? Every time a crime is committed by an Okinawan soldier the base goes into lockdown. I remember a very public case about 15 years ago, and the local bars complaining that when the base goes into lockdown it really hurts local businesses, like bars, restaurants and other stores the soldiers would frequent.
You are not addressing my answers to your questions. You stated there was an accusation of attempted rape by a soldier in Okinawa in recent weeks (a tenuous statement at best... "Hey young lady, can I buy you a drink" can be construed as an attempted rape these days)... but I know of cases were ALTs (foreign English teachers) have been sent home for sexual assault.
Therefore should all ALTs be kicked out of Japan?
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My ability to read Kanii is not strong. My point is , I don't trust data that comes from Okinawan police or U,S, MP. The data was tampered before, why is it accurate now?
United States Forces Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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While 73.4% of Japanese citizens appreciate the mutual security treaty with the U.S. and the presence of the USFJ,[5] a portion of the population demand a reduction in the amount of U.S. military bases in the region.[6] Many of the bases, such as Yokota Air Base, Naval Air Facility Atsugi and Kadena Air Base, are located in the vicinity of residential districts, and local citizens have complained about excessive aircraft noise as well as various crimes perpetrated against local civilians.[7][8][9]
From 1952 to 2004, there were approximately 200,000 accidents and crimes involving U.S. soldiers, in which 1,076 Japanese civilians died. Over 90% of the incidents were vehicle or traffic related.[10] According to the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement U.S. personnel have partial extraterritorial right, so in most cases suspects were not arrested by Japanese authorities.[10] In 1995, the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl by two U.S. Marines and one U.S. sailor led to demands for the removal of all U.S. military bases in Japan. Other controversial incidents include helicopter crashes, the Girard incident, the Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident, the death of Kinjo family and the death of Yuki Uema. In February 2008, a 38-year-old U.S. Marine based on Okinawa was arrested in connection with the reported rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl.[11] This triggered waves of protest against American military presence in Okinawa and led to tight restrictions on off-base activities.[12][13] Although the accuser withdrew her charges the U.S. military court marshalled the suspect and sentanced him to 4 years in prison under the stricter rules of the military justice system.[14] U.S. Forces Japan designated February 22 as a Day of Reflection for all U.S. military facilities in Japan, setting up a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Task Force in an effort to prevent similar incidents.[15]
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I remember that story: It uncovered that U.S. Military crimes were not being recorded and cases of obvious rape judged innocent. If you looked up U.S,. crime rate back then it would look rosy too.(BECAUSE THE DATA WAS CORRUPT!). Here is the link to 1995 story:
1995 Okinawa rape incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and here is the latest rape about 20 days ago:
Marine indicted on sexual assault and trespassing charges on Okinawa - Okinawa - Stripes
Last point. I'm in California(living here 20 years) and I don't know were the rest of you is at. But, the people in Okinawa or more precisely, the people that are coming into contact with the U.S,. forces are the backbones of this "get the U.S. bases out" movement. the people making a lot of money off the soldiers want them there of course, outside of the profiteers, if things are so rosy, why are the people living next to this bases the core of the voices that want U.S. bases gone? Data is not always reliable depending on the source, like "where are the WMDs??" but the opinion of a community usually was some reason for it.
If enough ALTs cause problems, there should be restrictions on visa, say interviews and questions to find out the type of person who wants this visa to Japan. The ones that do cause crimes should be dealt with as the law provides.