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U.S. airman gets 32 months for raping Okinawa woman

NAHA, Japan - Three lawyers for U.S. Air Force Senior Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland speak to reporters at the Naha District Court on March 28 after the court sentenced Woodland to 32 months in prison for raping a Japanese woman in Chatan on June 29 last year. The case set off widespread anger in Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan and where a number of crimes involving U.S. military personnel have occurred.

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People queue for tickets to U.S. airman's trial

NAHA, Japan - People line up at the Naha District Court in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 11 for tickets to the first hearing of the trial of U.S. Air Force Senior Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, who is accused of raping a Japanese woman in the prefecture in June.

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Students protest rape case in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Students stage a rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on July 19 to protest an alleged raping of a Japanese woman by U.S. Air Force Senior Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland. Japanese prosecutors indicted woodland, 24, later in the day.

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Woodland sent to prosecutors

NAHA, Japan - A police car escorting U.S. Air Force Senior Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland suspected of raping a Japanese woman arrives at the Naha District Prosecutors' Office on July 7. The airman was arrested July 6 by Okinawa police after the United States handed him over to Japanese authorities before indictment.

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Okinawa police arrest U.S. airman over rape

OKINAWA, Japan - A car escorting U.S. Air Force Senior Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, 24, arrives at Okinawa Police Station in the city of Okinawa on July 6. The airman suspected of raping a Japanese woman in Okinawa was arrested four days after the police obtained the man's arrest warrant.

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U.S. to respond about handover of alleged rapist Friday

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks at a press conference at her ministry in Tokyo on July 5 about the possible handover to Japanese police of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, who is suspected of raping a Japanese woman in Okinawa Prefecture on June 29.

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Airman escorted to police station

OKINAWA, Japan - As members of the media await, a car carrying U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, who is suspected of raping a woman in Okinawa Prefecture, arrives at Okinawa Police Station in the city of Okinawa on July 5.

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Police waiting U.S. handover of airman over rape

NAHA, Japan - A car carrying Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, suspected of raping a woman in her 20s on June 29 in a parking lot in Chatan, central Okinawa, enters Okinawa Police Station on July 4 for questioning. Police obtained an arrest warrant on July 2 after detecting Woodland's fingerprints at the crime scene and establishing his possible involvement in the rape case through witness accounts.

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Okinawa gov. demands early handover of rape suspect

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4 about the handover of Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, suspected of raping a woman on June 29 in Chitan, central Okinawa. He demanded that both Japanese and U.S. governments strive for Woodland's swift handover to the Okinawa police.

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Okinawans march over alleged rape by U.S. airman

CHATAN, Japan - Okinawans march in front of the U.S. Kadena Air Base July 3 to protest last week's alleged rape of a Japanese woman by a U.S. airman. Police obtained an arrest warrant the previous day for Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, who is posted at the base in central Okinawa.

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