A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a U.S. Marine to a suspended, two-year prison term for assaulting two Japanese people, one a 76-year-old woman, in November.
American and Japanese commanders at a Marine base near Hiroshima recently took to the streets to demonstrate, they said, a shared commitment to keeping the peace in their communities.
The commander of Marine forces in Japan has ordered a liberty policy update following a rise in misconduct by U.S. military personnel in the island nation.
The commander of this base south of Hiroshima has ramped up patrols and is considering liberty policy changes after an uptick in off-base incidents, a local official said.