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Okinawa lawmakers demand measures against U.S. bases

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Oyakawa (2nd from R), an Okinawa Prefectural Assembly member and chairman of the assembly's special committee on U.S. bases, hands a paper to Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (3rd from R) in Tokyo on Feb. 18, calling for effective measures to prevent recurrence of criminal cases by U.S. bases' staff. Oyakawa met Ishiba following the arrest Feb. 11 of a 38-year-old Marine staff sergeant based at Camp Courtney in the prefecture on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl the previous day. (Kyodo)