{"id":219035,"date":"2012-10-18T08:32:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T13:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=219035"},"modified":"2012-10-19T02:39:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T07:39:03","slug":"two-u-s-sailors-arrested-in-alleged-rape-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=219035","title":{"rendered":"Investigation Continues into Alleged Rape in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=219059\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-219059\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/10\/fort_worth_naval_air_station-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"fort_worth_naval_air_station\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-219059\" \/><\/a>TOKYO (AP\/Staff) \u2014 The investigation continues in an alleged rape in Japan, in which an East Texan is one of two people accused.   Police say they have arrested two U.S. sailors in the alleged rape of a Japanese woman in Okinawa, which has sparked a diplomatic protest. Japanese police say the two 23-year-old suspects were arrested Tuesday. They were identified as Seaman Christopher Daniel Browning of Athens, Texas, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Skyler Dozierwalker, both from the Fort Worth Naval Air Base.<\/p>\n<p>Cmdr. Kenneth Marshall, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy in Japan, said military authorities are cooperating with and supporting the investigation by Okinawan police. Marshall says the Naval Criminal Investigative Service has also launched its own investigation, although Japan has primary jurisdiction. Vice Foreign Minister Shuji Kira lodged a protest with U.S. Ambassador John Roos, who promised full cooperation with the investigation. Okinawa prefectural spokesman Susumu Matayoshi said the suspected rape &#8220;shocked all Okinawans and is unforgivable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Okinawa hosts more than half of the nearly 50,000 American troops in Japan. Local opposition to the U.S. bases over noise, safety concerns and crime flared into mass protests after the 1995 rape of a schoolgirl by three American servicemen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO (AP\/Staff) \u2014 The investigation continues in an alleged rape in Japan, in which an East Texan is one of two people accused. Police say they have arrested two U.S. sailors in the alleged rape of a Japanese woman in Okinawa, which has sparked a diplomatic protest. Japanese police say the two 23-year-old suspects were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=219035\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Investigation Continues into Alleged Rape in Japan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-04 02:51:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=219035"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219393,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219035\/revisions\/219393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=219035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=219035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}