The accusation against two American sailors for the rape of a woman in Okinawa in October has worsened tensions on the island, already inflamed by the recent deployment of the troubled MV-22 Osprey aircraft to the Marine Corps base in the city of Ginowan. Okinawans may be running out of adjectives to express their resentment and anger at being unwilling hosts for more than half of the 50,000 Ameri
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