Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine for the alleged sexual assault of a woman on the island of Okinawa, where similar incidents in the past have led to protests against the American military presence.
Marine Sergeant Phillip Edward Sawyerr, 28, was taken into custody in the capital of Naha early this morning on suspicion of breaking into the house of a woman in her 20s and sexually assaulting her, police spokesman Motoki Haneji said by phone. The U.S. serviceman has denied the charges, Haneji said, adding that American authorities in Japan had been notified.
A spokesman at U.S. Forces in Japan headquarters in Yokota referred calls to a local office in Okinawa. Calls to an American spokesman in Okinawa were unanswered...
IIRC active duty service men and women are currently under a curfew, where they must not patronize off-base businesses after midnight that serve alcohol. Have to see if I can find any news source for that...yup. They are not prevented from being out after midnight, just are forbidden to go to bars and such. Still see them often anyway, so it must not be enforced very strictly.