(Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT (Associated Press)TOKYO — An American sailor was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving causing an accident on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, where public anger has run high over crimes by U.S. military personnel. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani answers a reporter’s question about the arrest of an American sailor on suspicion of drunken driving causing an accident on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, in Singapore Sunday, June 5, 2016. Okinawa is home to more than half of about 50,000 American troops based in Japan. The suspected murder of the woman was such a critical issue it came up during President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Japan. Petty Officer 2nd Class Aimee Mejia, 21, assigned to Kadena base in Okinawa, was arrested after driving the wrong way on a freeway and smashing head-on into two vehicles late Saturday, said police spokesman Takashi Shirado.

Source: Washington Post June 05, 2016 05:03 UTC