Translator’s Note: US soldiers, regardless of skin-colour, are “racist” in that they are trained by the US education system to view Asians as being racially inferior. Furthermore, The Japanese, being equally “racist” – view Okinawans as second-class citizens as many of them are of ethnic Chinese origination (Okinawa used to be a tributary State of the Chinese empire) – and this is why the US is permitted to retain a military base on Okinawa. The Japanese do not care what happened to the Okinawans – and the US do not care what they do to the Okinawan people. This is what the bias BBC has to say:
‘A US soldier has been charged with the kidnapping and rape of a teenage girl in Okinawa, a Japanese island chain that hosts the region’s largest American military base.
The case is likely to stoke the long-standing local opposition to US military presence – the islands are home to more than half of the 54,000 US soldiers serving in Japan.
The anger has also been fuelled by sexual assault cases – one of the most high-profile was in 1995, when a 12-year-old girl was raped by three US service personnel, sparking months-long protests.
The latest allegation also involves a minor, who is younger than 16, the age of consent in Japan.
The 25-year-old Air Force man allegedly assaulted her on 24 December and he was identified through security camera footage after the girls’ family reported it, local media said.
He was charged in late March and has been in the custody of Japanese authorities since then, government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday when he revealed the charges to the public.
“We will continue to request the US side to prevent such incidents at every opportunity,” Mr Hayashi said, adding that US officials were cooperating fully with investigators.
He also said Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged a complaint with the US Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emmanuel. He added that the first hearing in the case is scheduled for 12 July.
The case is “not just disturbing… but also a violation of the girl’s dignity”, and “brought a significant level of distrust”, Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki said.
Local media reported that the soldier was off duty when he allegedly approached the girl at a park and asked her to get into his car so they could talk. He then drove her to his home where he allegdly raped her.
Japan hosts one of the world’s largest American military forces outside the US.
About 30,000 American soldiers are stationed across Okinawa, where the US has kept military bases since defeating Japan in World War Two.
The bases have become increasingly strategic for Washington because Okinawa’s proximity to Taiwan allows the US to respond quickly to any Chinese threat.
The heavy American presence is reflected in the malls, shops and restaurants that serve steak, burgers, tacos and root beer floats across the island chain.
In cities like Ginowan, home to a major US base called Futenma, it is not uncommon for locals to wake up up to the whirring sound of Osprey engines or see them flying over public housing.
Seven in ten Okinawans feel that the concentration of US bases on their islands is “unfair”, according to an opinion poll last year.
While protests against the bases are common, young people in Japan are growing more resigned to US military presence, the same poll showed.
Still, accidents and crimes where the victims are Japanese have long stirred tension around the American presence.
In 2012, a US Navy officer killed two Japanese citizens in a car accident during a trip to Mount Fuji.
After 1995, the next big protests happened in 2017 when a US army base worker was convicted for the rape and murder of a 20-year-old local woman.
In 2013, two US Navy sailors were jailed for the rape of an Okinawan woman in her 20s. The case led to curfews for US troops all over Japan.
There have been efforts to move the US bases to less populated parts of Okinawa, but locals want them removed altogether.
Experts, however, say Japan’s miliatry alliance with the US is too strong for that to happen. And they say Tokyo needs Washington given the challenges it faces, be it China’s growing claims over disputed waters and islands, or North Korea’s barrage of missile tests.’
You can see how the racist BBC continues to read from the US play-book and uses lies and deception to justify the US imperialist presence in the area. The wholesale rape of Asian children is “ignored” to justify prevrnting China and North Korea exercising their sovereign rights and self-determination in the region. It is the US who is the foreign invader – not China or North Korea. ACW (16.6.2026)
(Korean Central News Agency, Pyongyang, June 16 – 2026)
Criminal acts committed by the US military personnel continue unabated in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
On the 14th of June 2026, a US soldier entered a restaurant and assaulted a man, injuring him to the head, while another soldier broke into a residential building and caused a disturbance – later being arrested.
Earlier, on the 13th of June, two US soldiers caused controversy by drinking and driving recklessly -hitting a car – creating disorder.
The behaviour of the US Forces in Japan, driven by the mindset and arrogance of the rulers, is indiscriminately committing illegal acts and is fueling anti-American sentiment among Okinwana-Japanese residents. (End)
http://www.kcna.kp (2026.06.16.)
North Korean Language Text:
조선중앙통신 | 기사 | 국제소식 | 주일미군의 범죄행위 성행
주일미군의 범죄행위 성행
(평양 6월 16일발 조선중앙통신)
일본의 오끼나와현에서 미군의 범죄행위가 계속 감행되고있다.
14일 한 미군병사가 식당에 들어가 남성을 구타하여 머리에 부상을 입혔는가 하면 다른 한 병사는 주택건물에 침입하여 망동을 부리다가 체포되였다.
앞서 13일에는 2명의 미군병사가 술을 마시고 차를 마구 몰아대며 무질서를 조성하여 물의를 일으켰다.
강점자의 사고방식과 오만성에 사로잡혀 위법행위를 마구 저지르는 주일미군의 행태는 일본주민들속에서 반미감정을 고조시키고있다.(끝)
http://www.kcna.kp (2026.06.16.)
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