Thousands of Okinawans rally in Chatan town to protest against crimes committed by U.S. troops and to demand a smaller U.S. military presence on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa March 23, 2008, after last month's arrest of a Marine on suspicion of raping a schoolgirl.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Okinawan people hold anti-U.S. rally

    TOKYO, March 23 (Xinhua) -- About 6,000 people held an anti-U.S. rally on Sunday in southern Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, calling for revising a basic Japan-U.S. security law and reducing the U.S. military presence on the island.

    The rally, organized by local women's groups and labor unions in the town of Chatan, was in protest against a series of crimes involving U.S. servicemen since mid February, when a U.S. Marine allegedly raped a local minor girl. Full story

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