US troops in Okinawa go dry off base
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December 3, 2012, Monday
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US troops in Okinawa, southern Japan, have been banned from drinking off base following a spate of crimes including the alleged rape of a local woman.
Alcohol is off limits for all US military personnel at any hour of the day or night at restaurants and friends' homes anywhere other than on their base, Kyodo News quoted US military officials as saying yesterday.
The only exception is drinking in their own homes.
Bases are also officially dry between 10pm and 8am, Kyodo quoted the officials as saying.
The US military will conduct snap inspections of those leaving base after sunset to prevent them from going out under the influence of alcohol, Kyodo said.
The US military in Japan imposed an 11pm to 5am curfew on all its servicemen in Japan after two US navy sailors were arrested on charges of raping a woman on the main Okinawan island in October.
Despite the curfew, misconduct involving US servicemen has continued fuelling anti-US military sentiment in Okinawa, including trespassing incidents involving an airman and a marine under the influence of alcohol and drink-driving by another marine.
The US military in Japan has also ordered all military personnel not to go off base alone.
The order in principle requires all military personnel in Japan to be accompanied by someone - such as a colleague or family member - when they leave US bases outside the curfew hours.
Alcohol is off limits for all US military personnel at any hour of the day or night at restaurants and friends' homes anywhere other than on their base, Kyodo News quoted US military officials as saying yesterday.
The only exception is drinking in their own homes.
Bases are also officially dry between 10pm and 8am, Kyodo quoted the officials as saying.
The US military will conduct snap inspections of those leaving base after sunset to prevent them from going out under the influence of alcohol, Kyodo said.
The US military in Japan imposed an 11pm to 5am curfew on all its servicemen in Japan after two US navy sailors were arrested on charges of raping a woman on the main Okinawan island in October.
Despite the curfew, misconduct involving US servicemen has continued fuelling anti-US military sentiment in Okinawa, including trespassing incidents involving an airman and a marine under the influence of alcohol and drink-driving by another marine.
The US military in Japan has also ordered all military personnel not to go off base alone.
The order in principle requires all military personnel in Japan to be accompanied by someone - such as a colleague or family member - when they leave US bases outside the curfew hours.
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