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Japan protests alleged sex assault cases involving US military in Okinawa

Protesters raise placards during a rally opposing the relocation of a key US military base in Japan's southern island of Okinawa [File: Kyodo/Reuters]

Japan has lodged a protest at the United States embassy in Tokyo over at least two alleged sexual assault cases involving American service members in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa that were only recently made public.

Japan’s Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano met the US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, on Friday, requesting disciplinary and preventive measures over the two attacks, which occurred within months of each other in December and May.

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