The US military in Okinawa will impose a midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew for a month from Friday after a Marine was arrested on suspicion of robbing and killing a local woman, Kyodo reported.
The US military in Okinawa will impose a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. for a month starting Friday after a Marine was arrested on suspicion of robbing and killing a local woman, its regional coordinator said, Kyodo News reported from Naha. The digest item was published on Wednesday.
Kyodo described the step as a response to the arrest. It did not name the suspect in the summary used here, and the allegations have not been tested at trial. A separate secondary report said personnel began a 48-hour operational pause at noon on Wednesday, with limits on leaving bases and on alcohol. That pause detail is not in the Kyodo wording cited here and is not treated as confirmed.
The case has renewed local attention to conduct by US personnel on the island, which hosts a large American military presence. Kyodo did not report a statement from the Okinawa prefectural government in the digest line.
The curfew is scheduled to begin Friday and run for a month. No charge outcome was reported on Wednesday.
The next formal step is the criminal case in Japan. Kyodo did not give a court date.