I was stationed in Okinawa with the Navy during the time of the rape. I remember the backlash from the Okinawan govenment and the US military. 90% of the buy-me-drinky bars were shut down. All of the flipina bargirls without working permits were deported. Maybe those were good things... The nighclub districts were off limits and there was a curfew at 11pm - 6am. This remained in one form or another for the next 4 years I lived in Okinawa.
I knew the Master at Arms that brought Marcus Gill to the Japanese police. As he was dropping him off he told Marcus that "If what they say you did is true, I hope you fucking dies a slow death in Japanese prison."
My wife is Okinawan, she was shocked to read they are free. Words can't describe the hate I feel for those pieces of shit.