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Murder in Okinawa: The US military’s history of alleged crime in Japan



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xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoPeople in Tokyo protest against the killing of a woman in Okinawa allegedly committed by a US Marine Corps member, on October 5, 2026 [AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and ReutersPublished On 5 Oct 20265 Oct 2026The murder of a Japanese woman allegedly committed by a US Marine on the southern island of Okinawa has prompted public outrage in Japan, amid a long string of incidents involving American personnel.

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi described the incident on Monday as a “heinous crime” and said the government had lodged a strong protest with Washington, urging their “full cooperation with the investigation” and “strict discipline among US military personnel”.

About 100 people participated in a rally in Naha, the capital of Okinawa, on Sunday, as news spread that a US marine had, a day earlier, allegedly killed a 39-year-old woman at a hotel in the city and stolen her wallet.

Public broadcaster NHK reported that security camera footage from near the scene showed a foreign man entering a room with a woman and later leaving alone with her belongings. Police then found a 20-year-old man who matched the description. The suspect has reportedly denied the allegations.

Police identified the suspect as Devin Jacob Ballard and the victim as Anna Yagi.

Kozue Akibayashi, a professor of gender and peace studies at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, said the incident reflects a decades-long issue. “The Japanese government has always chosen the US-Japan alliance over the safety and lives, and voices of the people of Okinawa,” she told Al Jazeera.

The United States has about 54,000 military personnel stationed in Japan. Okinawa bears a disproportionate burden, hosting about 70 percent of US military facilities in the country, set up under a bilateral security treaty and Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed first in 1951 and then revised in 1960.

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