Two US Sailors Arrested in Japan

U.S. and Japanese officials moved swiftly to limit potential damage to their bilateral defense relations Wednesday after two U.S. Navy sailors were arrested on suspicion of raping a local woman.

Japanese police arrested the two sailors after a 27-year-old Okinawan woman reported being attacked early Tuesday in a parking lot near her home as she returned from work. She told police the assault lasted for 45 minutes, during which she suffered a minor neck injury.

U.S. Ambassador John Roos met with top Japanese officials and promised "full, complete and unequivocal cooperation" with Japanese authorities in their inquiry.

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