قدمت=Yابان=Y=Y=Y protest=Y rare=Y against=Y the=Y United=Y States=Y on=Y Sunday=Y after=Y Devin=Y J.=Y Ballard=Y,=Y a=Y 20-year-old=Y U.S. Marine=Y,=Y was=Y arrested=Y in=Y connection=Y with=Y the=Y death=Y of=Y Anna=Y Yagi=Y,=Y 39=Y,=Y in=Y Naha=Y,=Y Okinawa=Y. Ballard=Y,=Y a=Y lance=Y corporal=Y assigned=Y to=Y the=Y Third=Y Marine=Y Expeditionary=Y Force=Y,=Y was=Y detained=Y by=Y Okinawan=Y authorities=Y. The=Y case=Y revives=Y long-standing=Y tensions=Y over=Y the=Y American=Y military=Y presence=Y in=Y Okinawa=Y,=Y which=Y hosts=Y about=Y 30,000=Y active-duty=Y U.S. personnel=Y.
Japan=Y’s=Y foreign=Y ministry=Y filed=Y a=Y grievance=Y with=Y the=Y U.S. embassy=Y in=Y Tokyo=Y,=Y which=Y confirmed=Y awareness=Y of=Y the=Y matter=Y and=Y pledged=Y cooperation=Y with=Y investigators=Y. The=Y embassy=Y expressed=Y condolences=Y to=Y the=Y victim’s=Y family=Y. The=Y Marine=Y Corps=Y stated=Y it=Y takes=Y the=Y allegations=Y seriously=Y and=Y expects=Y Marines=Y to=Y uphold=Y high=Y behavioral=Y standards=Y.
Surveillance=Y footage=Y reportedly=Y showed=Y Ballard=Y entering=Y the=Y hotel=Y with=Y Yagi=Y early=Y Saturday=Y. In=Y 2017=Y,=Y a=Y former=Y Marine=Y,=Y Kenneth=Y Franklin=Y Shinzato=Y,=Y was=Y sentenced=Y to=Y life=Y in=Y prison=Y for=Y the=Y rape=Y and=Y murder=Y of=Y Rina=Y Shimabukuro=Y. Okinawa=Y,=Y with=Y a=Y population=Y of=Y 1.5=Y million=Y,=Y hosts=Y 70=Y percent=Y of=Y U.S. bases=Y in=Y Japan=Y despite=Y comprising=Y only=Y 0.6=Y percent=Y of=Y the=Y country’s=Y landmass=Y.
The=Y island’s=Y strategic=Y location=Y near=Y China=Y and=Y Taiwan=Y has=Y renewed=Y focus=Y on=Y its=Y military=Y significance=Y. Recent=Y political=Y shifts=Y,=Y including=Y the=Y election=Y of=Y Governor=Y Genta=Y Koja=Y,=Y signal=Y growing=Y support=Y for=Y Japan’s=Y defense=Y buildup=Y under=Y Prime=Y Minister=Y Sanae=Y Takaichi=Y.
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