U.S. sailor is arrested in killing
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Japanese police arrested a U.S. sailor in the stabbing death of a taxi driver near an American base outside Tokyo.
Olatunbosun Ugbogu, a 22-year-old Nigerian native, was arrested on murder and robbery charges, a police spokesman said. The spokesman said Ugbogu had confessed.
Japanese officials reacted sharply. Public anger over the U.S. military presence is mounting after a series of allegations against American service personnel in Japan, where 50,000 U.S. troops are based.
Ugbogu, a crew member on the guided missile cruiser Cowpens, is accused of stabbing 61-year-old taxi driver Masaaki Takahashi on March 19 in Yokosuka, home to the U.S. base just south of Tokyo. Police also accuse him of failing to pay the $190 taxi fare.
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