US envoy to Japan expresses regret over alleged sex crimes by military personnel in Okinawa

TOKYO: US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel expressed regret on Saturday for the handling of two cases of sexual assaults allegedly committed by American military personnel on Okinawa, which have again stoked resentment of the heavy US troop presence on the strategic island in Japan’s far southwest.
The issue broke out late last month, triggering an uproar over reports that two American service members had been charged with sexual assaults months earlier.