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US Marine indicted for murder of Japanese woman in Okinawa

Kyodo News reported that 20-year-old US Marine Devin Ballard strangled a 39-year-old Japanese woman with a telephone cord at a hotel in Naha on October 3 and stole her backpack.

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US forces blamed as Japan's Okinawa reports record COVID cases

Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture reports record daily coronavirus infections fueled by the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant largely blamed on US forces stationed there.

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Japan to declare COVID-19 curbs in three regions hosting US bases

Japan decided on Friday to declare quasi-emergency measures in three regions in order to stem a COVID-19 surge that some officials have linked to US military bases in the country.

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