13 days ago · Japan
US Marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of murder
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What we know
A US Marine stationed on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa was arrested on suspicion of the murder of a Japanese woman, police said on Sunday. Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, in a hotel in Naha, the capital of the southernmost prefecture, on…
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by New York Times Homepage
Japan Protests After U.S. Marine Is Accused of Killing Woman in Okinawa
- New development reported by Times of India World
US Marine arrested in Japan over murder, robbery of local woman
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
- New development reported by ABC News
US Marine detained in connection with death in Japan, US officials say
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Japan’s Takaichi presses US after marine arrested over murder-robbery of woman
- Picked up by ABC News
US Marine detained after 'brutal and heinous' death in Japan, prime minister says
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
U.S. Marine arrested on suspicion of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa
- Picked up by ABC News
US Marine arrested on suspicion of murder after 'brutal and heinous' death in Japan
- Picked up by Washington Post World
U.S. Marine accused of killing woman in Japan, drawing official protest from Tokyo
- Picked up by Washington Post World
U.S. Marine accused of murder in Japan, drawing official protest from Tokyo
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle All News
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
- Picked up by Dawn
- Picked up by CBS News
U.S. Marine arrested, accused of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa
- Picked up by The Guardian World
US marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of killing woman, police say
- Picked up by BBC News World
- New development reported by Channel NewsAsia Latest
Japan leader voices outrage over alleged murder by US Marine
- Picked up by BBC News US and Canada
'Not again': Arrest of US marine for murder reignites protests in Japan's Okinawa
- Picked up by Sky News World
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- First reported by New York Times Homepage
Japan Protests After U.S. Marine Is Accused of Killing Woman in Okinawa
- New development reported by Times of India World
US Marine arrested in Japan over murder, robbery of local woman
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
- New development reported by ABC News
US Marine detained in connection with death in Japan, US officials say
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Japan’s Takaichi presses US after marine arrested over murder-robbery of woman
- Picked up by ABC News
US Marine detained after 'brutal and heinous' death in Japan, prime minister says
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
U.S. Marine arrested on suspicion of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa
- Picked up by ABC News
US Marine arrested on suspicion of murder after 'brutal and heinous' death in Japan
- Picked up by Washington Post World
U.S. Marine accused of killing woman in Japan, drawing official protest from Tokyo
- Picked up by Washington Post World
U.S. Marine accused of murder in Japan, drawing official protest from Tokyo
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle All News
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
- Picked up by Dawn
- Picked up by CBS News
U.S. Marine arrested, accused of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa
- Picked up by The Guardian World
US marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of killing woman, police say
- Picked up by BBC News World
- New development reported by Channel NewsAsia Latest
Japan leader voices outrage over alleged murder by US Marine
- Picked up by BBC News US and Canada
'Not again': Arrest of US marine for murder reignites protests in Japan's Okinawa
- Picked up by Sky News World
- Picked up by NPR World
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Marine’s arrest for murder in Japan fuels anger over US military presence
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
Japan PM leads outcry after US Marine arrested over alleged killing of woman on Okinawa
- Picked up by GDELT Global News DOC API
Anger in Japan grows after US Marine is arrested over the killing of a woman on Okinawa
- Picked up by CBS News
- Picked up by CBC World
Outrage in Japan after U.S. Marine accused of murdering Okinawan woman
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
US military in Japan’s Okinawa imposes night curfew after marine’s arrest over murder
- New development reported by New York Times World
Same story, different outlets
16 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- CBCOutrage in Japan after U.S. Marine accused of murdering Okinawan woman
- GDELT Global News DOC APIAnger in Japan grows after US Marine is arrested over the killing of a woman on Okinawa
- NPRU.S. Marine suspected in woman's death arrested in Japan
- Sky NewsUS marine arrested on suspicion of killing woman in Japan
- BBC NewsUS Marine arrested over murder of woman in Okinawa, Japan
- The GuardianUS marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of killing woman, police say
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- CBS NewsU.S. Marine arrested, accused of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa
- DawnUS Marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of murder
- Deutsche Welle All NewsJapan: US Marine arrested in Okinawa on suspicion of murder
- Washington PostU.S. Marine accused of killing woman in Japan, drawing official protest from Tokyo
- NBC News Top StoriesU.S. Marine arrested on suspicion of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa
- South China Morning PostJapan’s Takaichi presses US after marine arrested over murder-robbery of woman
- ABC NewsUS Marine detained in connection with death in Japan, US officials say
- Channel NewsAsia LatestUS Marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of murder
- Times of IndiaUS Marine arrested in Japan over murder, robbery of local woman
- The New York TimesJapan Protests After U.S. Marine Is Accused of Killing Woman in Okinawa