The incident comes amid growing resentment about the presence of American troops in the southwestern Japanese region.
This photo shows an apartment where a U.S. servicemen and a Japanese woman found dead, in Chatan town, Okinawa, southwestern Japan Saturday, April 13, 2019.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Associated Press
TOKYO — A U.S. serviceman fatally stabbed a Japanese woman and then killed himself in Okinawa on Saturday, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said, amidU.S. Forces Japan said the Naval Criminal Investigative Service was working with local police to look into the deaths of a U.S. Navy sailor assigned to a Marine unit and an Okinawa resident.
“This is an absolute tragedy and we are fully committed to supporting the investigation,” it said in a statement, adding that more information would be released later. Japan’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeo Akiba telephoned U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty on Saturday, the foreign ministry said. Akiba"lodged a strong complaint," and asked for cooperation with the investigation and efforts to prevent a recurrence.Although Okinawa makes up less than 1 percent of Japan’s land space, it hosts about half of the 54,000 American troops stationed in Japan, and is home to 64 percent of the land used by the U.S.
Denny Tamaki, elected Okinawa’s governor in October, is pushing to have the base moved off the island.
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