Northwest Indiana man jailed in Japan despite overturned sexual assault conviction breaks silence

Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the ...

Japan protests sex assault cases involving U.S. military on Okinawa

Japan’s government protested Friday to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American ...
Digital Journal

Suspended sentences in Japan army sexual assault case

Rina Gonoi, 24, recevied both praise and vitriol when she took to YouTube to share her account after the military dropped its inquiry – Copyright AFP/File Philip ...
Malay Mail

Ex-Japan prosecutor who accused boss of rape urges reform

An ex-Japanese prosecutor who publicly accused her boss of rape said on Tuesday that her former office needs reform, adding that victims’ allegations are ...
Stars and Stripes

Japanese appeals court upholds Marine’s conviction for attempted sexual assault

NAHA, Okinawa — A Japanese court on Thursday upheld a U.S. Marine’s conviction for strangling and attempting to sexually assault a woman at her Okinawa home in May 2024. Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton, 23, ...
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Marine will not appeal attempted sexual assault conviction to Japan’s Supreme Court

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A U.S. Marine convicted of strangling and attempting to sexually assault a woman at her Okinawa home in May 2024 will forgo a final appeal and serve the remainder of his ...

NW Indiana man jailed in Japan despite overturned sexual assault conviction breaks silence

Chris Payne, in his own handwriting, sent a letter to CBS News Chicago from his prison cell in Chiba, east of Tokyo. He was ...