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| TOKYO — The United States military imposed a curfew on Friday on all of its nearly 50,000 uniformed personnel stationed in Japan, as it tried to respond to public outrage over the suspected rape of a woman in Okinawa by two American sailors. | |
| The commander of United States forces in Japan, Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella, apologized for the case, saying that American military personnel will also be required to take “core values training.” Earlier Friday, the United States ambassador to Japan told the Japanese defense minister and the governor of Okinawa that the United States would cooperate “in every way possible” with the investigation of the two sailors, who are in Japanese custody. | The commander of United States forces in Japan, Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella, apologized for the case, saying that American military personnel will also be required to take “core values training.” Earlier Friday, the United States ambassador to Japan told the Japanese defense minister and the governor of Okinawa that the United States would cooperate “in every way possible” with the investigation of the two sailors, who are in Japanese custody. |
| “I want to personally apologize for the grief and trauma the victim has endured and the anger it has caused among people on Okinawa,” Gen. Angelella told a press conference at the United States Embassy in Tokyo. He said the curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. would take effect immediately at bases in Okinawa and the rest of Japan. | “I want to personally apologize for the grief and trauma the victim has endured and the anger it has caused among people on Okinawa,” Gen. Angelella told a press conference at the United States Embassy in Tokyo. He said the curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. would take effect immediately at bases in Okinawa and the rest of Japan. |
| The case struck a nerve in Okinawa, with its uncomfortable echoes of the 1995 gang rape of a schoolgirl by three American servicemen. That crime prompted huge demonstrations that for a time seemed to threaten the entire American military presence on the island. | The case struck a nerve in Okinawa, with its uncomfortable echoes of the 1995 gang rape of a schoolgirl by three American servicemen. That crime prompted huge demonstrations that for a time seemed to threaten the entire American military presence on the island. |
| The current case comes during what is perhaps the largest wave of anti-base sentiment in Okinawa since the 1995 rape. Last month, as many as 100,000 demonstrators gathered to protest the deployment of the Marine Corps Osprey aircraft, which many Okinawans see as adding to what is already an unfairly heavy American base presence. | |
| Okinawa hosts more than half of all American military personnel in Japan, a legacy of the tropical island’s control by the United States after World War II. | Okinawa hosts more than half of all American military personnel in Japan, a legacy of the tropical island’s control by the United States after World War II. |
| Among Okinawans’ complaints are that they say American bases are a source of crimes on their otherwise peaceful island. Okinawan leaders have expressed outrage over the attack, using it to renew calls for a reduction in the size of the American military presence. | Among Okinawans’ complaints are that they say American bases are a source of crimes on their otherwise peaceful island. Okinawan leaders have expressed outrage over the attack, using it to renew calls for a reduction in the size of the American military presence. |
| Japanese police say the two sailors had been out drinking when they attacked the woman, who is in her 20s, as she walked home before dawn on Tuesday. Seaman Christopher Browning and Petty Officer 3rd Class Skyler Dozierwalker were arrested soon after by Japanese police. The Navy has also launched its own investigation. | Japanese police say the two sailors had been out drinking when they attacked the woman, who is in her 20s, as she walked home before dawn on Tuesday. Seaman Christopher Browning and Petty Officer 3rd Class Skyler Dozierwalker were arrested soon after by Japanese police. The Navy has also launched its own investigation. |