U.S. Marine arrested over rape in Japan's Okinawa
The incident comes as Japan's government tries to persuade Okinawa residents to accept a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station from the densely populated central Okinawa city of Ginowan to the coastal city of Nago.
The Futenma move, agreed on by Tokyo and Washington in 2006, is a linchpin of a broader accord to rejig U.S. troops in Japan and is a prerequisite for moving some 8,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam.
Japanese media say Nago officials have accepted the relocation plan in principle but have opposed specific details.
(Additional reporting by Linda Sieg)
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