Onaga has been bitterly against plans to relocate a US airbase in Futenma to the Henoko area of Nago on the island. This is largely down to tension between the local population and US servicemen, which dates back to a crime committed in 1995, when three US marines kidnapped and raped a 12-year-old schoolgirl.
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No time to read article right now: Furious because the sailor might have raped or furious because the sailor was arrested?
[–] PM_ME_YOUR_ARCHES [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Because of the rape. There is some history there.
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That's what I thought, thanks