东京：日本外务大臣茂木敏充于周二（10月13日）表示，在一名冲绳女性据称被一名美国海军陆战队员杀害后，官员们正在审查驻日美军基地外的行为准则。
TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday (Oct 13) that officials were reviewing the off-base code of conduct for US troops in Japan following the alleged killing of an Okinawan woman by a US Marine.
美国军人犯下的包括强奸、殴打、肇事逃逸和酒后驾车在内的罪行，长期以来一直在日本南部这个岛屿引发抗议。多年来，该岛一直敦促日本国内其他地区分担驻扎美军的负担。
Crimes including rapes, assaults, hit-and-runs and drunk driving by US military personnel have long triggered protests on the southern Japanese island, which has for years urged other regions in the country to share the burden of hosting US troops.
茂木敏充表示：“我们计划举行讨论，包括现有规则是否在有效发挥作用。”他还补充说，在与美国的会谈中，“巡逻和宵禁管理等事项”将受到审查。
"We plan to hold discussions including whether the existing rules are effectively functioning," Motegi said, adding that "matters such as patrols and curfew management" would be under review in talks with the United States.
他说，高级双边磋商将审视美军人员基地外私人活动的休假行为及“自由”政策。
The high-level bilateral consultations will examine off-duty conduct and the "liberty" policy governing off-base private activities of US military personnel, he said.
现行政策于2024年在冲绳发生了一系列美国军人涉嫌性侵事件后进行了更新，其中包括禁止美国军人在基地外公共场所在凌晨1点至5点之间饮酒，或在这些时段前往酒吧。
The existing policy, updated in 2024 following a string of sexual assaults by US military personnel in Okinawa, includes a ban on US military personnel drinking in public off base between 1 am and 5 am or going to bars during those hours.
日本警方上周逮捕了一名驻扎在冲绳的美国海军陆战队员，其涉嫌在首府那霸的一家酒店杀害了一名39岁的女性。
Japanese police arrested a US Marine stationed on Okinawa last week on suspicion of killing a 39-year-old woman at a hotel in the capital Naha.
在那名海军陆战队员被捕后，美军实施了为期两天的暂停军事行动，以整顿纪律和标准，随后实施了为期一个月的从午夜开始的宵禁。
The US military enacted a two-day operational pause after the Marine's arrest to reinforce discipline and standards, followed by a month-long curfew from midnight.
日本首相高市早苗于周二表示：“我们已于上周开始日美之间的高级和工作层磋商，讨论应采取哪些有效措施。”
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Tuesday that "we began high-level, working-level consultations between Japan and the United States last week on what effective measures should be taken".
她在议会委员会会议上说：“日本政府将继续尽其所能，既要处理好这一案件，又要确保此类事件不再发生。”
"The Japanese government will continue to do everything in its power both to address this case and to ensure that it does not happen again," she told a legislative committee session.
茂木敏充于周末与美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥通了电话。鲁比奥对这起涉嫌犯罪事件表示“诚挚哀悼”，并承诺美方将配合调查。
Motegi held a telephone call at the weekend with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who offered his "sincere condolences" over the alleged crime, pledging US cooperation in the investigation.
美军人员犯下的罪行一直是这两个紧密安全盟友关系中的一个棘手问题。
Crimes committed by US personnel have been a thorn in relations between the close security allies.
去年，日本一家法院对一名被控掐脖子并企图强奸一名20多岁女性的美国海军陆战队员判处七年监禁。美国在日本驻扎了大约5.4万名军事人员，主要集中在冲绳。
Last year, a Japanese court sentenced a US Marine accused of choking and attempting to rape a woman in her 20s to seven years in prison. The United States has around 54,000 military personnel stationed in Japan, mostly on Okinawa.