Two US marines investigated over alleged rape at military base in Okinawa

Two US marines based on the Japanese island of Okinawa are being investigated for alleged rape, days after local authorities stepped up efforts to deter sexual and other crimes by US service personnel. A marine in his 20s is suspected of raping a Japanese woman in a bathroom at a US military base last month, while a second man, also a marine in his 20s, allegedly raped a woman at a base in January, according to media reports. The men, who were not named publicly, had been referred to Japanese prosecutors, the Kyodo news agency said. The first man is…