Okinawa: Japan PM voices anger after body dump arrest

BBC News 6 hours ago 
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his anger after a US military worker in Okinawa was arrested on suspicion of dumping a woman's body. The body of the 20-year-old woman, missing since April, was found at a location given by the 32-year old man. Police say the man admitted abandoning the body. They also suspect he killed her but have not charged him with this. The case is likely to fuel discontent in Okinawa over the large US military presence and crimes by personnel. It also comes a week before US President Barack Obama visits Japan for a G7 summit. Police say the man, Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, was a contractor at the US Kadena Air Base. Mr Abe told reporters on Friday: "I feel ...

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