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During her visit to Tokyo this week, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologized to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura for the alleged rape on Feb. 10 of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine in Chatan, Okinawa... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Feb 29 2008

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28 Feb 08		Rice states regrets for alleged rape of teen in Okinawa » Japan Times Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed her deepest regrets to Japan on Wednesday over the alleged Feb. 10 rape of a 14-year-old Okinawa girl by a U.S. Marine. Read the full story . . .
20 Jun 08		Keep North on list: Komura » Japan Times When U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits next week, Japan will tell Washington that it should continue using its terrorist-sponsor designation for North Korea as leverage against Pyongyang, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Friday. "The...
11 Aug 08		Politics › Rice assures Komura U.S. will not remove N Korea from blacklist » Japan Today U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura on Monday the United States will not remove North Korea from its list of…
17 Feb 08		Hill, Rice express regret over alleged rape by Marine in Okinawa » Japan Today Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, expressed deep regret Sunday over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture. "These are incidents that are extremely regrettable...

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