Assault case, late notification add fuel to dispute over U.S. Okinawa base
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Japanese prosecutors have indicted a U.S. serviceman in Okinawa for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Japanese minor, a crime that looks set to reignite Okinawan grievances against both the heavy American military presence on the strategic island and the central government in Tokyo.