# US Forces in Japan to pause operations and impose month-long curfew after Marine’s arrest

https://mins.news/en/item/89134

- Bloomberg News, 2026-10-07 05:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-07/us-forces-in-okinawa-to-pause-operations-after-arrest-of-marine

> US Forces in Japan will suspend operations for 48 hours from noon Wednesday and impose a month-long curfew on military personnel after a US Marine was arrested on suspicion of murdering a Japanese woman.

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