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The incident resulted in large protests in Okinawa calling for the men to be charged by Japanese authorities rather than American, where they were then charged and sentenced by the Naha District Court. [14] Protests spread across the island, 80,000 Okinawans protested the rape at the Ginowan City Convention Center. [13]
The site of the riot roughly 15 years prior, c. 1955. The Koza riot (コザ暴動, Koza bōdō) was a violent and spontaneous protest against the US military presence in Okinawa, which occurred on the night of December 20, 1970, into the morning of the following day.
But persistent protests and lawsuits between Okinawa and Tokyo have held up the plan for nearly 30 years. Tokyo and Washington say the relocation within Okinawa, instead of moving it elsewhere as ...
The case involving the assault of the teenager is a reminder to many Okinawans of the high-profile 1995 rape of a 12-year-old girl by three U.S. servicemembers, which sparked massive protests ...
Onaga and a majority of Okinawa residents want the base moved off the island.", commented USA Today. [73] On 14 December 2018, landfill on a controversial new U.S. military runway that will one day facilitate the relocation and closure of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma began in Okinawa following years of protests and legal challenges. [74]
In 2016, the rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman by a former US base worker in Okinawa triggered mass protests in the island’s capital, with tens of thousands of residents demanding the US ...
The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly passed a resolution to protest against the actions of the U.S. military. [14] On October 21 the anti-base movement reached its apex, a rally was held in Ginowan City to protest the incident and the US military bases. [15] About 85,000 residents participated in the rally, including the Governor of Okinawa ...
The protest marked a new low for the United States and Japan and threatens plans to move the U.S. Marines air station to a less populous part of the island. Thousands protest U.S. bases on Okinawa ...