Japan police failed to disclose 5 sex crime cases linked to U.S. troops

Police said Thursday they did not disclose five cases sent to prosecutors of suspected sexual assault involving people related to the U.S. military in Japan in three prefectures since 2021, after revelations of unreported cases in Okinawa last month triggered a public outcry.The three prefectures are Aomori, Kanagawa and Yamaguchi, all of which host U.S. military facilities, although the bulk of bases exclusively used by U.S. forces in Japan are located in Okinawa, which was under U.S. administration until 1972.The prefectural police of Kanagawa, near Tokyo, said they did not make an announ…READ FULL ARTICLE