“US Marine Devin Jacob Ballard indicted over alleged murder of woman in Okinawa”

Key points

• Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, is charged with killing and robbing Anna Yagi.
• Prosecutors allege Yagi was suffocated with a phone cord in a Naha hotel.
• Ballard was arrested within 24 hours of the death and is in custody.
• The case fuels protests and calls for discipline over US troops in Okinawa.
• Authorities imposed a monthlong curfew for US troops on the island after the arrest.