Japan Police Send U.S. Rape Suspect to Prosecutors
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An American man working for the U.S.  military was handed to Japanese prosecutors for questioning on  Saturday following his arrest on suspicion of raping a woman on  the island of Okinawa, a police spokesman said.
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An American held in Hong Kong on allegations that he raped his underage daughter and posted video footage of it on the Internet has been returned to the United States, federal authorities said Thursday.
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TOKYO Japanese leaders are struggling to make contact with Islamic militants in Iraq holding a Japanese traveler hostage. The Japanese government says it has few details on the kidnapping of the 24-year-old tourist.
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A Japanese government delegation on a visit to North Korea met Friday with a man supposed to be abductee Megumi Yokota&#39;s husband and a doctor at a hospital where Pyongyang claimed she committed suicide, according to the top government spokesman.
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Turning the tables on Tokyo, North Korea has called on Japan to investigate the case of one of its nationals who went missing in 1991 while working in Russia, saying it presumed Japan had abducted him.
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The U.S. ambassador visited Okinawa on Wednesday to quell rising anger over the arrest of an American Marine on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl Â the type of crime that sparked massive protests against the U.S. military in the 1990s.
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Prosecutors in the Kobe Bryant rape case will ask a judge on Wednesday to drop the rape charge against the basketball player, a source close to the case said.
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Japanese police arrested an American sailor Thursday on suspicion of attempted murder after two women were stabbed near a naval base south of Tokyo, officials said.
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The United States embassy said on   Wednesday it had received a possible threat against U.S.   facilities in Japan and urged U.S. citizens to exercise   caution.
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The district attorney prosecuting three Duke lacrosse players accused of rape asked a judge Wednesday to compel defense lawyers to tell him whether they hired a pollster to test the mood of potential jurors.
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan voiced anger Tuesday over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa by a United States marine.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A decapitated body wrapped in an American flag and found in an insurgent-controlled section of Baghdad was that of a Japanese man kidnapped by Islamic militants, a Japanese official said Sunday.
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Japanese prosecutors have decided not to press charges against four military instructors investigated over the leak of sensitive defense data in violation of a security pact with the United States, officials said Friday.
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Japanese police have decided not to seek arrest warrants for four U.S. Marines who were being investigated for the alleged rape of a 19-year-old woman, Kyodo news agency said on Friday, citing sources involved.
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Japanese wife, Hitomi Soga, resolving a diplomatic headache for Japan and its close ally, the United States. Japan has asked for leniency out of sympathy for Jenkins wife.
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Japan's operation of military brothels during World War II was "deplorable," but the issue can only be resolved by Tokyo and its Asian neighbors, a top U.S. official said Friday, as victims expressed outrage at the Japanese prime minister's denial that women were forced into sexual slavery.
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Japan sought international help on Thursday for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq, with less than 24 hours to go for a deadline set by his captors to behead him unless Tokyo withdraws its troops.