Gov't deplores alleged rape, urges U.S. to prevent recurrence

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka (L) meets with Joseph Donovan, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Japan, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 12 over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine in Okinawa. Japan has lodged a protest with the United States over the incident and has called for thorough measures to prevent similar occurrences, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said.

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