All US military personnel stationed in Okinawa are being banned from drinking alcohol for 48 hours, and will then face a month-long overnight curfew. Described as a “Period of Training” for all personnel, the strict new rules have been imposed following the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of killing a Japanese woman at a hotel.
Stars and Stripes reports that three days ago, 20-year-old Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard was arrested on suspicion of killing and robbing 39-year-old local Anna Yagi at a hotel in the city of Naha. Cops say she died of asphyxiation after Ballard allegedly “pressed on her neck”. He denies the allegations.
