The United States might be sending a senior delegation to Okinawa, an island in southern Japan, to try to ease anger over a U.S. marine accused of raping a14-year-old girl, the State Department said Tuesday.
"Rape is a horrendous crime and we take these allegations very seriously," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.
"I would expect that there will be some senior level U.S. visitors, not from the United States but from inside Japan, who might make a trip down there to Okinawa," McCormack said.
The spokesman declined to say whether the trip would involve U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer.
It was reported that a 38-year-old U.S. marine has been accused of attacking the Japanese girl in a parked car Sunday night in Okinawa. The American soldier has not been charged.
Three American servicemen raped a 12-year-old girl in 1995. The United States has more than 40,000 troops deployed in Japan under an alliance treaty.
Source: Xinhua
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