US marine jailed in Japan over sexual assault


FILE PHOTO: US military personnel, Okinawa prefectural police and others patrol an area of Okinawa City in April 2025, after a series of sexual assaults by US service members. - Yomiuri Shimbun via The Japan News/ANN

TOKYO: A Japanese court sentenced a US marine to seven years in prison, a spokesperson for the judiciary said Wednesday (June 25), in the latest sexual assault case involving American military personnel.

James Clayton, 22, who pleaded not guilty, was accused of choking and attempting to rape a woman in her 20s last year in Okinawa, according to Kyodo News and other local media.

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