Why do we have troops in Japan?
Rape case leads to restrictions on U.S. military in Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AP) – The U.S. military imposed tight restrictions on all personnel in Okinawa Wednesday, limiting troops to bases, places of work or off-base housing, amid a furor over the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of rape.
The restriction, which tightens a midnight curfew for enlisted personnel on the southern Japanese island, started early Wednesday and was indefinite, the U.S. Forces Japan said in a statement.
The arrest last week of 38-year-old Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott in the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa has sparked outrage in Japan, which is host to some 50,000 U.S. troops under a security treaty.</em>
US troops are loathed in Japan, as they should be, since they bring rape, pollution and destruction of the local’s way of life, all based on a one-sided SOFA agreement. Read Chalmers Johnson for more.
