U.S. authorities in Japan acknowledged that a U.S. service member was in police custody and pledged to fully cooperate with the investigation.
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U.S. Marine arrested, accused of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa
US marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of killing woman, police say
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