东京：驻扎在日本冲绳的美军士兵被实施为期一个月的宵禁，并被禁止饮酒，同时接受纪律训练。此前一名海军陆战队员涉嫌谋杀并抢劫一名当地女性。20岁的德文·雅各布·巴拉德上等兵涉嫌于周六（10月3日）在冲绳县首府那霸市的一家酒店杀害39岁的八木安娜，并夺走其钱包和背包。警方称，巴拉德否认指控。
TOKYO: US soldiers stationed on Japan's Okinawa have been given a month-long curfew and banned from drinking alcohol while they undergo discipline training after a Marine was alleged to have murdered and robbed a local woman 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 Saturday (Oct 3) and taking her wallet and backpack. Ballard denied the allegations, police said. The case is the latest in a string of incidents stretching back years that have fuelled unease over the large US troop presence on the island chain near Taiwan and China, with US officials warning it could undermine ties vital to security in East Asia. "Every interaction with our neighbours either builds or undermines the trust that is essential to our team.
此案是多年来一系列事件的最新一起，这些事件加剧了人们对美军大规模驻扎在靠近台湾和中国的岛链上的不安，美国官员警告称，这可能会破坏对东亚安全至关重要的关系。
When that trust is damaged, it affects the strength of our alliance and the security of this region," Lt Gen Benjamin Watson said in a statement on Tuesday ordering the measures.
中将本杰明·沃森周二在下令采取上述措施的声明中表示：“我们与邻居的每一次互动，要么建立要么破坏团队所必需的信任。当信任受损时，会影响我们同盟的力量和该地区的安全。”
All US military operations on Okinawa will be paused for 48 hours while troops undergo training on standards and discipline, Watson added.
沃森补充说，冲绳的所有美军行动将暂停48小时，期间部队将接受标准和纪律培训。“残暴而凶恶”首相高市早苗称周六的杀人案“极其残暴凶恶”。她表示已向美国提出强烈抗议，并要求采取措施防止此类事件再次发生。
"BRUTAL AND HEINOUS" Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called Saturday's killing "extremely brutal and heinous". She said she had strongly protested to the United States and demanded measures to prevent such incidents in the future.
警方向《星条旗报》透露，八木因巴拉德涉嫌“按压其颈部”导致窒息而死亡。
Yagi died of asphyxiation after Ballard allegedly "pressed on her neck," police told the Stars and Stripes newspaper.
2026年10月5日星期一，涉嫌在日本南部冲绳岛抢劫并杀害一名女子的美国海军陆战队员德文·雅各布·巴拉德被移送至那霸检察官办公室。
Devin Jacob Ballard, a U.S. Marine who has been in custody in an alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, is sent over to the Naha prosecutors' office in Japan, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026.
据当地媒体报道，酒店员工在周日凌晨发现女子在房间内失去意识，此前她未能按时退房。约200名警员参与了对该男子的搜捕，此前监控录像拍到该男子与受害者一同进入酒店。
Hotel staff found the woman unconscious in her room in the early hours of Saturday after she failed to check out. About 200 officers were involved in a search for the man earlier caught on CCTV entering the hotel with the victim, local media reported.
冲绳县知事玉城丹尼将于周三会见高市早苗，讨论应对该案件的措施，该案件已在那霸和东京引发抗议。
Okinawa Governor Genta Koja will meet Takaichi on Wednesday to discuss the response to the crime, which sparked protests in Naha and Tokyo.
日本驻扎着全球最大规模的美军海外部队。驻日美军约1.8万名海军陆战队员中，大部分驻扎在冲绳，美国从二战结束一直统治冲绳直到1972年。
Japan hosts the largest overseas contingent of US forces globally. Most of the 18,000 Japan-based Marines are stationed in Okinawa, which the US held from the end of World War II until 1972.
美军的驻扎因噪音、飞机坠毁和士兵行为等问题，屡次激起当地居民的不满。
That presence has repeatedly stirred resentment among residents over issues such as noise, aircraft crashes and the conduct of its troops.
1995年，三名美军士兵强奸一名12岁冲绳少女的事件引发大规模示威。
The 1995 rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan girl by three US servicemen sparked mass demonstrations.
周六发生的杀人案可能会使高市早苗推动将部分海军陆战队员从繁忙的普天间基地搬迁至更偏远的边野古设施的努力变得更加复杂。反对者希望美军完全撤出冲绳县。
Saturday's killing could complicate Takaichi's efforts to relocate some Marines from the busy Futenma air base to a more remote facility at Henoko. Opponents want the troops moved out of the prefecture.
冲绳距离台湾最近处仅100公里，东京和华盛顿视其为遏制中国潜在军事侵略的关键。
Okinawa, which is 100km from Taiwan at the closest point, is viewed by Tokyo and Washington as key in deterring potential military aggression from China.