This was kept pretty quiet...
The young American was drinking at a bar on the first floor of an apartment building. He was allegedly drunk and became violent, then leaving the bar and going up to the third floor of the building, entering the apartment. The 13 year old boy was sleeping in his room when the serviceman punched him, followed by breaking a TV. The man left by jumping out of a window, injuring himself and requiring hospitalization. Okinawa police haven’t made any official comments on the incident, but it has been discovered that the soldier was stationed at the Kadena Air Force Base, and is now in a military hospital.
Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba has lodged a formal complaint with U.S. officials, referring to the incident as “outrageous.” It is expected that U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos will be summoned to the foreign ministry by Friday afternoon. Roos was one of the U.S. officials who expressed condolences and apologies to the people of Okinawa after two 23 year old sailors were arrested for raping a young woman in the early morning hours. With Okinawans already angry over the deployment of the U.S.’s controversial MV-22 Ospreyaircrafts, the sexual assault incident resulted inoutrage and protests for military forces to be relocated. Today’s incident will surely only add to this fire, and could do serious further damage to Japan-U.S. relations.
source: http://japandailypress.com
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