A Japanese court has jailed two members of the US Navy for the rape of a Japanese woman on Okinawa.
Christopher Browning and Skyler Dozierwalker were sentenced to ten and nine years in prison respectively.
The judge at Naha district court said the sailors, who both pleaded guilty, were "contemptible and violent".
"The ruling may seem severe, but the damage to the feelings of the victim and residents is more severe," Judge Hideyuki Suzuki was quoted by Kyodo news agency as saying.
The attack caused a backlash against the US military presence in Japan and all troops were placed under a night-time curfew.
There are around 26,000 US troops on Okinawa under the terms of a long-standing security alliance with Japan.
