Rape victim wants Japan to do more on US military crimes
TOKYO — A woman who says she was raped by a U.S. sailor in Japan is demanding Tokyo do more to protect crime victims of U.S. military personnel stationed here.
Catherine Fisher met for an hour Friday with foreign and defence ministry officials in the Japanese parliament.
Fisher, an Australian and longtime Japan resident, was raped in 2002, and awarded damages by a Japanese civil court. Japanese prosecutors however refused to pursue criminal charges.
She tracked the sailor she accused of assaulting her on her own because he had already left for the U.S.