1995 Okinawa Rape Incident

Date: September 4, 1995 • Location: Uruma Shi, Japan

Three U.S. servicemen stationed at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan, raped a 12-year-old girl, after kidnapping, beating, and torturing her.

Camp Hansen is a United States Marine Corps base located in Okinawa, Japan. The camp is situated in the town of Kin, near the northern shore of Kin Bay, and is the second-northernmost major installation on Okinawa, with Camp Schwab to the north. The camp houses approximately 6,000 Marines nowadays, and is part of Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, which itself is not a physical base and comprises all Marine Corps installations on Okinawa.