Japanese women's group demands U.S. forces' withdrawal from Okinawa

A group of Japanese women demands that U.S. military forces leave Okinawa during a press conference at the Okinawa prefectural building in Naha on March 15, 2016, two days after a U.S. Navy sailor was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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