U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton executes a close-quarters combat drill during Warrior Shield 24 at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex. Clayton was arrested June 27, 2024 on suspected rape and assault in Okinawa Yomitan.

Another U.S. soldier charged with sexual assault in Okinawa

A building in Naha housing the Naha District Public Prosecutor's Office | JIJI

JIJI
Jun 28, 2024

NAHA, OKINAWA PREF. – Public prosecutors in Okinawa Prefecture said Friday that they have indicted a 21-year-old U.S. Marine on charges of nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury.

The Naha District Public Prosecutor's Office filed charges against Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton on June 17.

According to the indictment, Clayton squeezed a woman's head with sexual intent in the village of Yomitan on May 26, causing subconjunctival hemorrhage and other injuries that required about two weeks to heal.

The news follows the revelation earlier this week that a U.S. airman at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa had been charged with sexually abusing a girl, and is expected to further inflame local sentiment against the U.S. military presence there.

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US Marine arrested in Okinawa for woman injured in attempted rape

by Kelly Rose
June 28, 2024


OKINAWA, JAPAN -- A U.S. Marine in his 20s was arrested in Okinawa Prefecture in May on suspicion of injuring a woman in an attempted rape, investigative sources said Friday, while local police withheld the information.

This revelation came just days after a US Air Force soldier was indicted in Japan's southernmost island prefecture in March on charges of kidnapping and sexually abusing a girl under the age of 16 in December, further fuelling anti-American sentiment in the region.