The government will announce soon measures to improve information-sharing with local governments on sexual crimes and other major incidents involving U.S. military personnel in the country, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Thursday.
Kamikawa clarified the plan at an extraordinary news conference at the Foreign Ministry following recent revelations of sexual offense cases involving U.S. servicemen in Okinawa Prefecture, where U.S. military facilities are highly concentrated.
"We're thinking about how information (on such crimes and incidents) can be better shared with local governments," she said.