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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Finley

US military restricts troops from leaving the base in Okinawa after Marine is arrested in a killing

Japan Okinawa - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The U.S. military in Okinawa, Japan, is pausing all operations for two days, restricting the ability of troops to leave their base and ordering training after a Marine was arrested on suspicion of killing a local woman.

Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, commander of III Marine Expeditionary Force, said in a letter posted on social media Tuesday that episodes like these "demand we pause for reflection” and that serving on the Japanese island “comes with responsibility."

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