Naha District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old U.S. Marine to seven years in prison for nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury to a woman in Okinawa Prefecture in May last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/crime-legal/sexual-assault-okinawa-seven-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #sexcrimes #japanesecourts
Yoshiko Goya, 88, has never forgetten the days when she desperately tried to flee the ravages of war with her family and relatives during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/society/okinawa-wartime-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #wwii #okinawa #battleofokinawa