Wednesday, July 6, 2016

US to change legal protection of contractors on military bases in Japan

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The US has said it will tighten the legal privileges extended to contractors working on
its military bases in Japan - in a bilateral agreement with Tokyo.

The move comes after a US civilian working for the military was arrested in connection with the murder of a local woman in Okinawa
earlier this year, triggering widespread anger in Japan.

Our US Correspondent Laura Cantekin reports.

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