{
  "id": 16607207,
  "title": "Japanese prosecutors charge US marine suspected of robbing and killing woman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/japanese-prosecutors-charge-us-marine-suspected-of-robbing-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T12:52:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/japanese-prosecuters-charge-marine-killing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, denies charges that he fatally strangled Anna Yagi, 39, in a hotel on the island of Okinawa Prosecutors in Japan have filed formal charges against a US marine suspected of murdering and robbing a woman while stationed on the country’s island of Okinawa, according to Japanese media. Devin Jacob Ballard, a 20-year-old lance corporal assigned to Marine Corps Air Station…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}