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US Marine arrested for alleged robbery-murder in Okinawa

Original: US Marine arrested for alleged robbery-murder in Okinawa | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Japanese authorities have arrested a US Marine on suspicion of robbery-murder in Okinawa, according to NHK. The case is likely to renew long-standing tensions over the American military presence on the island, where crimes involving US service members have repeatedly sparked local protests and diplomatic friction between Washington and Tokyo.

Why now: Crimes involving US military personnel in Okinawa are highly sensitive and reliably inflame debates over the American bases there

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• US Marine arrested for alleged robbery-murder in Okinawa | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News · nhk.or.jp

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