Okinawa Postwar Tragedy 2

（Unknown at the end of a sentence means that the details after that are unknown.）
September 30, 1984
A 19-year-old female US Army private was raped by privates and burned to death along with her car (Ginowan City) - 13 years in prison.

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October 29, 1985
A woman in her 40s was abducted and raped by privates from Camp Hansen on her way home (Kin Town) - arrest in the act, sentence unknown.

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May 1993
A 19-year-old woman was abducted and raped by an Army sergeant. The victim withdrew the charges and was discharged.
May 10, 1995
A 24-year-old female insurance saleswoman was hit in the face with a hammer by a US soldier and died (Ginowan City)...litigation ongoing.

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At the time, Admiral Richard, commander of the US Pacific Command, commented on the incident, "You could buy a woman with the money you would have spent on a rental car," which caused controversy as a sexist remark and led to his dismissal in November 1995 and punitive demotion to rear admiral.

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June 12, 1998
Abduction and rape of an elementary school student by three US soldiers (Defense Facilities Agency: US military announced that it had paid a settlement and the Japanese government also paid a condolence payment to the victim girl)...three sentenced to prison.

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July 3, 2000
A 19-year-old Marine was arrested for indecent acts, including breaking into an apartment and groping a 14-year-old junior high school girl. ...Unknown.

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January 9, 2001
Marine Corporal arrested for taking photos of high school girl's lower body with her skirt lifted...Unknown.

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June 29, 2001
A woman in her 20s on her way home from a restaurant is raped in a parking lot by a sergeant from Kadena Air Base...Unknown

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November 2, 2002
Attempted indecent assault by a US soldier in Okinawa...Extradition refused.

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May 25, 2003
A 19-year-old woman eating and drinking with friends A Marine Corps corporal took her out of a restaurant, beat her in an alleyway, and raped and injured her... unknown
August 22, 2004
A woman in her 20s was raped by a 34-year-old US military officer working at Kadena Air Base who broke into her home (the same officer also committed a rape in 1998)... unknown
July 3, 2005
A 27-year-old Air Force staff sergeant committed a case of indecent assault on a 10-year-old girl... unknown
October 1, 2007
A 22-year-old restaurant employee was raped and injured by her mother's 21-year-old son who lived with her... unknown
February 10, 2008
A 14-year-old junior high school girl was raped in a car by a 38-year-old Marine... unknown
February 18, 2008
A 22-year-old Filipino woman Raped in a hotel by a 28-year-old Army soldier... unknown
August 18, 2012
A Marine Corps corporal was arrested on suspicion of indecent assault and injury to an adult woman... unknown
October 2012
Two Navy soldiers assaulted a woman on her way home in the central part of the main island... unknown
March 2016
A Navy private arrested on suspicion of attempted rape of a female tourist... unknown
April 2016
A former Marine Corps employee assaulted and killed a woman on a street in the central part of the main island... unknown
April 2021
An Air Force employee attempted to force sex on an adult woman on the street... unknown
October 2021
A Marine in the southern part of the main island forced sex and injury... unknown

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