Japan questions whether U.S. military curfews are enough after Okinawa killing

The island prefecture hosts roughly 70% of the land occupied by facilities used exclusively by U.S. forces in Japan.

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Lawmakers in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa are pushing for major changes to the rules governing American troops on the island following the killing of a local woman allegedly by a U.S. Marine.

The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly voted 45–2 on Oct 9, demanding revisions to the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement, p…