Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Japan PM calls Okinawa rape case "unforgivable" (Reuters)

Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda speaks to reporters on his way to a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 26, 2008. Top Japanese officials on Tuesday deplored the suspected rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine on the southern island of Okinawa, an episode with echoes of a 1995 incident that jolted the U.S.-Japan security alliance. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)Reuters - Top Japanese officials on Tuesday deplored the suspected rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine on the southern island of Okinawa, an episode with echoes of a 1995 case that jolted the U.S.-Japan alliance.


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