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Japanese authorities are investigating our seas for attack, rape claims

Listen to the article A sea maritime station located in the prefecture of Okinawa, Japan, was accused of raping a Japanese political woman and the attack of another woman who tried to intervene, according to officials familiar with the investigation. The incident allegedly took place in March in a toilet located on a US military base in Okinawa. Japanese police, in coordinating with the US military authorities, began an investigation shortly afterwards. The suspect, a man in his 20s, whose identity has not been revealed, remains under US jurisdiction by the bilateral forces agreement (sofa), which governs the legal handling