米軍性犯罪、２件非公表　県は把握せず―神奈川

　米軍関係者による性犯罪を巡り、神奈川県内で２０２１年以降、米軍人らによる性犯罪が２件あったものの、いずれも非公表だったことが１８日、県警への取材で分かった。県警は非公表の理由について「被害者のプライバシー保護などを考慮した。米軍関係者であることが理由ではない」としている。
　県警国際捜査課によると、２２年に強制性交致傷容疑で米軍人が書類送検されたほか、今年に入って不同意わいせつ容疑で米軍属が逮捕された。２人はいずれも不起訴処分となった。（2024/07/18-15:37）

Two cases of sexual crimes allegedly by people linked to the U.S. military have occurred since 2021 in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, but were not publicly disclosed, prefectural police officials said Thursday.
   The police reported both cases to the U.S. military, but the prefectural government was not aware of the incidents.
   When U.S. forces-related personnel are arrested or referred to prosecutors, police inform the U.S. military, which then relays the information to prefectural governments via the Japanese Foreign Ministry and others.
   The Kanagawa police cited the protection of victims' privacy as the reason for not disclosing the cases and denied that the suspected perpetrators' connection to U.S. forces were behind the move.
   According to the police, a U.S. military member was referred to prosecutors in 2022 on suspicion of forcible sexual intercourse resulting in injury, while a civilian employed by the U.S. military was arrested this year over alleged indecent assault without consent. Prosecutors did not press charges in either case.