周一，日本呼吁美国“严格管教”驻扎在本国的美军士兵。此前，一起据称涉及美国海军陆战队员的杀人抢劫案引发了民众抗议。
Japan on Monday called on the US to “thoroughly enforce discipline” among its soldiers deployed in the country, amid protests over a murder-robbery case allegedly involving a US Marine.
日本政府首席发言人木原稔在东京对记者表示：“日本与美国将携手努力，坚决防止此类事件再次发生。”
“Japan and the United States will work together to thoroughly prevent a recurrence,” the Japanese government's top spokesman, Minoru Kihara, told reporters in Tokyo.
此前，20岁的美国海军陆战队员德文·雅各布·巴拉德于周日被日本警方逮捕，罪名是涉嫌在冲绳南部抢劫并杀害一名当地女子。根据双边防卫条约，约有5万名美军驻扎在日本，其中大部分位于冲绳。
The statement came after a US Marine Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, was arrested by Japanese police on Sunday over alleged robbery and murder of a local woman in southernmost Okinawa, which hosts bulk of some 50,000 US soldiers deployed in Japan under a defense treaty.
据称，39岁的安奈·八木于周六在冲绳县首府那霸市的一家酒店遇害，次日巴拉德便遭逮捕。据共同社报道，巴拉德已于周一被移送检察机关，但他对各项指控均予以否认。
He was arrested a day after the alleged murder of Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in the prefectural capital Naha on Saturday. Ballard was sent to prosecutors on Monday, but he has denied the charges, according to Kyodo News.
这起事件在冲绳乃至全日本引发了强烈愤慨。日本外务省与防卫省分别召见了美国驻日大使以及驻日美军司令官。据时事通信社报道，周日约有100名民众在冲绳县政府大楼外举行抗议活动。抗议者质问道：“我们还要忍受这种事多久？”
The incident caused outrage in Okinawa and outside with Japanese foreign and defense ministries summoning US ambassador as well as commander of US Forces in Japan. According to Jiji Press, some 100 people held protests outside the Okinawa prefectural government building on Sunday. “How much longer do we have to bear all of this?" the protesters asked.
木原稔同时兼任负责处理美军在冲绳影响事务的部长。他表示，东京已“在不同层面”向美国提出交涉。冲绳地区屡屡发生涉及美军的犯罪事件，令当地民众怒不可遏。
Tokyo has protested to the US at “various levels,” said Kihara, who is minister in charge of mitigating the impact of US forces in Okinawa, which has seen many crimes involving American forces, angering natives.
木原稔强调，日本将“继续敦促美方严格管教驻扎在本国的美军士兵”。
Tokyo will "continue to urge the US side to thoroughly enforce discipline” among its soldiers in Japan, said Kihara.
高市早苗首相称此类犯罪事件的发生“极其令人遗憾”，并对该事件提出“强烈抗议”。高市早苗在周一的国会会议上表示，日本已要求美国“全力配合”调查，并“严格约束美军人员”以防类似事件重演。
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said it was "extremely regrettable" that such a crime had occurred and lodged "strong protest" over the incident. Japan has called for "full cooperation" of the US with the investigation and "strict discipline among US military personnel" to prevent a recurrence, Takaichi told a parliament session on Monday.
参加周日针对此事举行的抗议活动的一名40多岁女性表示：“我觉得这是个矛盾，一名驻扎在冲绳美军基地、本应保卫日本的美军军人却杀害了平民。”
Joining the Sunday protests against the incident, a woman in her 40s said: “I feel it's a contradiction that a serviceman stationed at a US military base in Okinawa to protect Japan has killed a civilian.”
美国驻日大使乔治·爱德华·格拉斯表示，他正在与美军指挥官交谈，“关于我们如何继续要求美国现役军人遵守最高标准的纪律和诚信。”
George Edward Glass, US ambassador to Japan, said he was speaking with US military commanders “about how we continue to hold our American service members to the very highest levels of discipline and integrity.”
据美国社交媒体平台上的一份声明称，格拉斯表示，他与驻冲绳海兵队空地特遣队司令、中将本杰明·沃森讨论了“我们加强与日本合作伙伴及基地驻地社区信任纽带的下一步措施”。
Glass said he discussed with Okinawa-based Marine Air Ground Task Force commander Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson "our next steps in strengthening that bond of trust with our Japanese partners and base-hosting communities," according to a statement on US social media platform