{"id":78964,"date":"2024-10-02T17:28:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/02\/no-more-late-night-drinking-for-us-troops-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:04:12","slug":"no-more-late-night-drinking-for-us-troops-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/10\/02\/no-more-late-night-drinking-for-us-troops-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"No more late-night off-base drinking for US troops in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of American military forces in Japan has issued a directive curtailing public access to alcohol after a string of alleged sexual assaults by service members there earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"315\" height=\"560\"\nsrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tkVOXm-6zO8\"\ntitle=\"YouTube video 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