Japanese authorities said they arrested a U.S. Marine in Okinawa early Sunday after he was accused of killing a woman on the island.

The 20-year-old man is suspected of killing a 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and stealing her wallet.

Japan’s Ministry of Defense said it was “deeply outraged by the extremely brutal and heinous crime committed by a U.S. Marine.”

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has registered a protest with the United States after a US Marine was arrested on suspicion ⁠of robbing and murdering a Japanese woman in Okinawa.

Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, is suspected of killing 39-year-old Anna Yagi at a hotel in Okinawa.

A US Marine was arrested over the alleged robbery and killing of a woman at a hotel in Naha, Okinawa. The case has reignited anger over the US military presence and demands for tighter discipline.

Japanese police said Sunday they have arrested a U.S. Marine for the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa.

Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, officials said Sunday, the latest criminal case on the southern island where the heavy American troop pr