NAHA -- Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima expressed anger at the alleged rape of a junior high school girl by a U.S. marine on Monday.

"I can never forgive this. I feel a burning resentment over the incident," Nakaima told reporters at the prefectural government headquarters on Monday. "Whenever an incident like this occurred, we urged U.S. forces to take every precaution to prevent it happening again. It's a tragedy ..."

However, Nakaima denied the incident will adversely affect the proposed relocation of U.S. Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to an area off Camp Schwab in Nago in the same prefecture.

"It's natural that the incident will adversely affect prefectural residents' sentiment. However, I believe it's significant that the land occupied by Futenma Air Station will be returned to its owners through negotiations on the restructuring of U.S. forces in Japan, and will be reused," he said.

Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38, a marine stationed at Camp Courtney in Okinawa Prefecture, on Monday for raping the 14-year-old victim in Chatan.

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