Japan’s Takaichi ‘strongly protests’ to US as Marine held on suspicion of murder in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi lodged a protest with the United States on Sunday after police arrested a US Marine on suspicion of robbing and murdering a Japanese woman in Okinawa. Police said Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, in a hotel in Naha, the capital of Japan’s southernmost prefecture, on Saturday. They said he also took her wallet and backpack. Ballard denied the allegations, police said. Takaichi demands cooperation “The occurrence of such an extremely brutal and vicious incident is extremely regrettable,” Takaichi said in a statement. “The government of Japan strongly protests to…