Takaichi mentions Okinawa murder in parliament speech as U.S. military weighs response
The U.S. side was weighing a period of mourning, among other measures, after a U.S. Marine was arrested in connection with the killing.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi referenced the alleged murder of a woman in Okinawa during her opening remarks in a parliamentary speech addressing the government's priorities for the fall session. Devin Jacob Ballard, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine stationed at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, is currently under arrest and suspected of killing the 39-year-old woman, stealing her backpack and wallet from a Naha hotel.
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