U.S. Military's Crimes and Privilege: U.S. Military and Modern Colonialism #3

Japan restored its sovereignty in 1952. However, the U.S. military still has privileges today, and most members' crimes are not tried or punished.

The scene of a U.S. air force civilian employee abandoning a woman's body after raping and killing her in 2016 Okinawa

A Lot of Victims 

From 1952 to 2016, in Japan, the members of the U.S. military, civilian components, and their dependents committed 210,750 crimes and killed 1,092 Japanese people, according to the Japanese Defense Ministry.

The number of crimes committed on official duty was 49,699, and Japanese deaths were 521; the number of crimes committed off official duty was 161,051, and Japanese deaths were 571.

These statistics didn't include the number of crimes in Okinawa before the U.S. returned it to Japan in 1972.

 U.S. Military's Privilege

Japan lost World War II and was occupied by the U.S. until 1952. On September 8, 1951, Japan and the 48 countries signed the Treaty of Peace, but on the evening of the same day, Japan and the U.S. signed the old Security Treaty. Besides, on February 28, 1952, Japan and the U.S. signed the Administrative Agreement.