japan protests another us troop related incident

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TOKYO (AP) -- A U.S. airman is suspected of assaulting a young boy Friday on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, authorities said. The incident comes just two weeks after a curfew was imposed on all 52,000 U.S. troops in Japan after the arrest of two Navy sailors for allegedly raping a local woman.

Authorities on Okinawa said the 24-year-old airman was suspected of entering an apartment and punching the 13-year-old boy before breaking a TV set and trying to escape through a third-floor window. The airman - whose name has not been released - fell and was taken to a military hospital.

Japan's Foreign Ministry said the government had lodged a formal complaint with U.S. Ambassador John Roos.

"Let me be absolutely clear: I am very upset - it's an understatement to say I'm very upset - with the reported incident in Okinawa," Roos said after meeting Japanese officials. "It is incredibly unfortunate that the purported actions of a few reflect badly on thousands of young men and women here in Japan, away from their homes, that are here for the defense of Japan."