TOKYO, July 22 (Xinhua) — Higher info sharing is demanded from the central Japanese authorities by each the general public and native governments, as extra beforehand undisclosed intercourse crime circumstances associated to U.S. navy personnel within the nation had been revealed in prefectures together with Okinawa.
A complete of 166 circumstances involving intercourse crimes by U.S. servicemen and people linked to the U.S. navy in Japan have been recorded from 1989 to Could this 12 months, in response to the Nationwide Police Company (NPA).
The circumstances included 91 situations of nonconsensual intercourse and 75 circumstances of indecency with out consent, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported, citing the NPA knowledge.
Among the many circumstances that occurred in numerous prefectures, together with Aomori, Iwate, Saitama, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, and Okinawa, the Okinawa prefectural police recorded 16 circumstances, whereas the Metropolitan Police Division in Tokyo had 14.
The details about the sexual assault circumstances, nonetheless, was usually not communicated to the native governments internet hosting U.S. navy services, resulting in a lack of expertise on the native degree, the newspaper added.
An investigation carried out by the newspaper discovered that in Aomori prefecture, two circumstances involving troopers from the U.S. base in Misawa had been referred to prosecutors however not made public, with each the prefectural and Misawa metropolis governments reporting that the central authorities didn’t notify them of those incidents.
Equally, incidents in Aomori and Kanagawa prefectures weren’t communicated to native governments, prompting requires the central authorities to enhance its information-sharing practices.
The Japanese authorities is now coordinating to make sure that info on intercourse crimes by U.S. navy personnel is promptly communicated to native authorities, even when the circumstances aren’t publicly disclosed, the newspaper added.■
