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Japan delivers ‘strong protest’ to U.S. after marine arrested in Okinawa robbery-murder

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A 20-year-old US marine was arrested on Sunday in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture on suspicion of robbing and murdering a local woman, police said. Davin Ballard stationed at the Futenma Airbase is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, and taking her wallet and backpack in the early hours of Saturday at a hotel in Naha, according to the Okinawa prefectural police. The suspect has denied the charges, they added.

Ballard was seen entering the hotel with Yagi, who was found dead on Saturday morning, the... The 20-year-old man is suspected of killing a 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and stealing her wallet. The 20-year-old suspect, who has denied the charges, is suspected of killing a woman and stealing her backpack and wallet at a hotel in Naha.

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