The United States was condemned by sexual assault by the Japanese Court, adding to the concerns of anger and safety on Okinawa

Tokyo – A Japanese court said on Wednesday that it had found the American navy guilty of sexual assault on a woman in Okinawa in a case that caused this Fears of anger and safety On the southern Japanese island, which has heavy American forces.

A local court, Naha Lance CPL. Jamal Clayton, 22, from Ohio, was sentenced to seven years in prison in the case.

Cleiton was convicted of attacking women in her twenties in the two daily village of Okinawa Island in May, 2024, suffocation, sexual assault and injury.

Obata said that the victim’s testimony, which was submitted remotely and unknown, was very reliable, although the defendant denied the charges filed by the prosecutors, who demanded 10 years in prison, according to Kyodo News.

The French News Agency reported that Clayton’s behavior “is so dangerous that it could have threatened her life and very malicious.”

Caliton’s lawyers are studying the appeal of the verdict, and Agence France -Presse has been martyred for local media.

It was one of a A series of sexual assault last year Where the arrest of the suspects was initially withholding by the local authorities on the basis of protecting the privacy of the victims, which leads to anger and cover -up.

Okinawa, where one of the greatest battles of World War II has fought 80 years ago and under the US profession until 1972, is still home to a majority of about 50,000 American soldiers stationed in Japan under a bilateral security agreement. Al -Jazeera, which represents only 0.6 % of Japanese territory, hosts 70 % of American military facilities.

The frustration extends over Okinawa due to its continued burden with our heavy presence in the United States, which includes noise, pollution, aircraft accidents and crime related to American forces.

Defense Minister General Nakatani, who attended the eighties of the eighties at the end of the battle of Okinawa, raised concerns about the recent sexual assault issues that included the American service members when he met the Panther Roger Turner, commander of the third marine force, asking for discipline and preventive measures.

There were increasing calls to review the state of forces that grant the United States the right to investigate most of the incidents and crimes that occur on Japanese soil.

On Tuesday, the Japanese Council of Ministers, Chigero Ishiba, adopted a statement that Japanese prosecutors had brought down criminal cases against more than 300 American service members in the past decade between 2014 and 2024, including the issue of sexual assault in Okinawa in 2020.