Okinawa

• Country: Japan

Takaichi mentions Okinawa murder in parliament speech as U.S. military weighs response

The U.S. side was weighing a period of mourning, among other measures, after a U.S. Marine was arrested in connection with the killing.

• Country: Italy

Okinawa to Directly Protest Japan Govt over Arrest of U.S. Troop

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)–Okinawa Governor Genta Koja said Monday he will travel to Tokyo this week to directly lodge a protest to the Japanese government following the arrest of a U.S. Marine in Okinawa on suspicion of murder and robbery. During the planned visit to the capital…

• Country: United States

Japan Demands Tighter US Troop Discipline After Okinawa Killing

Japan is demanding tighter discipline among American troops after a Marine Corps lance corporal was arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman on the southern island of Okinawa, Tokyo’s top government spokesman said.

• Country: Ghana

Japan PM protests to US after Marine arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa

A US Marine was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murder and robbery after a woman’s body was discovered in a hotel room in Japan, prompting the country’s prime minister to express her outrage to the US over the alleged incident she called “ extremely brutal and heinous.” A 39-year-old woman was…

• Country: United Kingdom

Outrage in Japan after US Marine arrested over death of woman on Okinawa

• Country: India

U.S. Marine arrested for alleged killing of woman on Okinawa, triggers outrage from Japan

Some 50,000 US troops are deployed in Japan under a bilateral security pact, about half of them on Okinawa

• Country: United States

U.S. Marine held in killing on Okinawa

TOKYO — Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, officials said Sunday, the latest criminal case on the southern island where the heavy American troop presence has remained a sensitive issue.

• Country: Taiwan

US marine arrested in Okinawa

• Country: Iran

American Marine arrested over brutal murder of Japanese woman in Okinawa

TEHRAN — Japanese authorities lodged a formal protest with Washington on Sunday after Okinawa police arrested a 20-year-old U.S. Marine on suspicion of robbing and murdering a local woman in Naha, reigniting fury over the massive American military footprint in Japan.

• State-funded broadcaster
• Country: Qatar

Japan summons US envoy as marine arrested over Okinawa murder

Ambassador vows cooperation as Japan protests after a US marine’s arrest in connection to Okinawa murder case.