US forces in Japan to strengthen measures to prevent sex crimes

Okinawa accounts for just 0.6 per cent of Japan’s land mass but hosts about 70 per cent of all the US military bases and facilities in the country. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

OKINAWA (Japan News/ANN): The US forces will strengthen measures to prevent a recurrence of sexual assaults by US military personnel serving in Japan, in response to a series of recent incidents in Okinawa prefecture.

US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Lieutenant-General Roger Turner, the Okinawa area coordinator and head of US forces in the prefecture, issued a joint statement on July 12 to announce the reinforcing of relevant measures.