US apologises over Japan murder

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Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 10:02 GMT, Thursday, 3 April 2008 11:02 UK

US apologises over Japan murder

The US ambassador to Japan has apologised to the family
of a murdered taxi driver, after a US sailor was arrested
for the killing.

Thomas Schieffer said the murder had put a "stain on all
of us who try to serve America here in Japan".

Masaaki Takahashi, 61, was found with stab wounds in his
neck near a US base in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, on 19 March.

Japanese police arrested a 22-year-old sailor, and the
US Navy has introduced new restrictions on its servicemen.

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