The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly passed a resolution Wednesday protesting an indecent act allegedly committed Monday by an Okinawa-based U.S. Marine on a 14-year-old girl in the city of Okinawa.
The resolution, which demands that the Japanese and U.S. governments take measures to prevent any incidents from occurring and strictly enforce discipline among U.S. soldiers, was unanimously approved by the assembly.
On Monday, the police arrested a 19-year-old U.S. Marine, who is based at Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, on suspicion of breaking into a home in the city of Okinawa and molesting a junior high school girl while she slept.
According to investigations, the suspect entered the apartment, where the girl lives with her mother and siblings, at around 4:45 a.m. through an unlocked door.