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Alcohol Banned For U.S. Forces In Japan After Fatal Car Crash

A Japanese man was killed early Sunday in a car crash involving a U.S. service member and alcohol was likely a factor. U.S. forces in Japan are now banned indefinitely from consuming alcohol.
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan.

After a Japanese man was killed early Sunday in a car crash involving a U.S. service member, U.S. forces in Japan are prohibited indefinitely from purchasing or drinking alcohol.

Police in Okinawa say the service member "had an alcohol level that was three times the legal limit" at that "alcohol may have been a factor" in the crash.

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