A young Japanese woman was gang-raped early Friday on the southern island of Okinawa, reluctant host to the bulk of the U.S. military forces in Japan, by several foreign men, police said. Kyodo news agency reported that the men appeared to be members of the U.S. military, but police could not immediately confirm that.
The suspects were still at large and few details were available, a police spokesman said. ''We are questioning the woman, who is in her 20s,'' he said, after the rape
The news came just a day before Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is due to visit the United States, where the U.S. military presence on Okinawa is one of the topics certain to be on the agenda for his summit with President George W. Bush. Bureau Report