Restrictions for US service members on Japan's Okinawa

A midnight curfew and other restrictions take effect Friday for all service members on Okinawa after Americans were arrested in the death of one woman.

    In an announcement , III Marine Expeditionary Force said the restrictions will remain in effect through June 24. Others covered by the Status of Forces Agreement – including civilian workers and families of service members – are being asked to abide by the restrictions, too.

    The new measures follow the May 19 arrest of former Marine Kenneth Franklin Gadson, 32, who works for a military contractor at Kadena Air Base, in the death of Rina Shimabukuro, a 20-year-old Okinawa woman whose body was found in a wooded area.

    The killing of Shimabukuro dominated talks Wednesday between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama, who is in Japan for an international economic summit.

Source: QNA