驻冲绳美军再爆丑闻颁禁酒令整顿军纪_VOA听抄

驻冲绳美军再爆丑闻颁禁酒令整顿军纪

时间：2016-06-12 11:45:45 / 编辑：Abby

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　　US Navy Bans Sailors From Alcohol Use in Japan

　　The United States Navy says it has banned its workforce in Japan from drinking alcohol and limitedmost of their activities to Navy bases.

　　The announcement came after a U.S. sailor on theJapanese island of Okinawa was arrested onsuspicion of drunk driving.

　　Okinawa residents have demanded the removal of U.S. bases after several incidents involvingarmed forces members in recent months.

　　The latest incident happened Sunday night. Japanese police arrested Petty Officer 2nd ClassAimee Mejia after she reportedly drove on the wrong side of a road. She crashed her car intotwo vehicles, injuring two people, a police spokesman said.

　　Mejia was not hurt, the Associated Press reported.

　　Following the incident, U.S. sailors throughout Japan have been banned from drinking alcoholindefinitely, the Navy said in a statement.

　　"These incidents are not taken lightly," said Rear Admiral Matthew Carter. "For decades, we haveenjoyed a strong relationship with the people of Japan."

　　The U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, offered her regrets to the family of thoseinjured in the accident.

　　The U.S. Navy had already ordered all sailors to return to their bases by midnight, local time.The Navy also banned all off-base drinking after a former U.S. Marine, who worked on anAmerican military base in Japan, was arrested last month. That Marine was suspected ofinvolvement in the disappearance of a Japanese woman. Police believe that she was rapedand murdered.

　　In March, a U.S. sailor was arrested on charges of raping a Japanese woman in Okinawa. ThreeU.S. servicemen were found guilty in the rape of a schoolgirl in 1995. That case angered manyJapanese.

　　I'm Jonathan Evans.