TOKYO: A Japanese court is due Tuesday to give a verdict in the landmark trial of three ex-soldiers accused of sexual assault in a country where still very few victims come forward.

Rina Gonoi, 24, won praise but also hate when she went public last year — after a military probe found insufficient evidence — accusing fellow soldiers of assaulting her while others watched and laughed.

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