# US Air Force captain arrested in Japan’s Okinawa for alleged drunk driving

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/us-air-force-captain-arrested-in-japans-okinawa-for-alleged-drunk-driving/
- Published: 2026-11-14T09:33:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T10:26:44+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/us-air-force-captain-arrested-in-japans-okinawa-alleged-drunk-driving-6551551
- Topics: Americas, Asia, World

## Key points

- A US Air Force captain was arrested in Okinawa on suspicion of drunk driving.
- Police said he was driving at about 3.09am.
- The arrest follows new US rules aimed at preventing service member crimes.

## Summary

Japanese police arrested a 27-year-old US Air Force captain in Okinawa on Saturday on suspicion of drunk driving. The arrest comes a week after Japan and the United States agreed on measures to prevent crimes by US service members, following public anger over a murder allegedly involving an American Marine.

Police said the captain was driving in Okinawa City at about 3.09am; it was not clear whether he had breached a US military curfew. He was assigned to Kadena Air Base. Around 54,000 US military personnel are stationed in Japan, mostly in Okinawa, and new rules extend curfews for junior service members until 7 December and ban drinking outside their homes from midnight to 5am.

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