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New U.S military chief in Japan promises to prevent further crimes

The new commander of U.S. forces in Japan pledged Monday, during talks with a senior Japanese official, to implement measures to prevent crimes involving U.S. soldiers following the alleged rape of a junior high school girl by a Marine in Okinawa... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Tue, Feb 26 2008

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15 Feb 08 visit Gov't to compile its own measures to prevent U.S. military crimes  »  Japan Today Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura indicated Friday the government will compile measures possibly next week to prevent crimes by U.S. military personnel following the alleged rape of a junior high school girl by a U.S. Marine in Okinawa...
21 Feb 08 visit U.S. military to be stricter on soldiers living off base  »  Japan Today The top commander of U.S. forces in Japan told Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday that he will apply stricter measures on soldiers living off base following the alleged rape of a junior high school girl by a U.S. Marine in Okinawa...
16 May 08 visit Crime › USFJ top commander vows continued efforts to prevent crimes  »  Japan Today The top commander of U.S. forces in Japan promised on Friday to continue the "tremendous investment" of efforts to prevent crimes by U.S. service members,…
26 Feb 08 visit U.S. military's curfew to run at least through March 3  »  Japan Today The U.S. military will continue at least until March 3 the curfew imposed last week in the wake of a Marine's alleged rape of a local junior high school girl in Okinawa Prefecture, the U.S. forces in Okinawa said Monday. Lt Gen Richard Zilmer, commander...
19 Feb 08 visit U.S. military puts curfew on all personnel in Okinawa  »  Japan Today The U.S. military started a curfew on all military personnel in Okinawa Prefecture from 7:30 a.m. Wednesday following a series of recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen such as an alleged rape of a Japanese junior high school student by a Marine,...

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