Tokyo — Japan's government is calling for stricter oversight of U.S. troops stationed in the country after a soldier was charged over the alleged sexual assault of a Japanese teenager in Okinawa.

NAHA, Okinawa — A U.S. airman convicted on Dec. 13 in Japanese court of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl last year on Okinawa has appealed the verdict. Senior Airman Brennon Washington, 25, of ...

NAHA—In a case that drew outrage in Okinawa Prefecture, a U.S. airman was sentenced to five years in prison on Dec. 13 over the abduction and rape of a girl under 16. The Naha District Court found ...