By SETH ROBSON AND HANA KUSUMOTO | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 11, 2021 TOKYO Three U.S. service members were arrested on suspicion of illegally entering Japanese homes in two unrelated incidents over the weekend, one south of Tokyo and the other on Okinawa, according to Japanese police. A sailor identified by police as Tanner Nicholas Moseley, 20, was taken into custody at 8:12 p.m. Sunday on suspicion of trespassing into a home in the Shiomidai area of Yokosuka city, a Kanagawa prefectural police spokeswoman said Tuesday. Government spokespeople in Japan traditionally speak to the media on condition they are not identified by name.
By MATTHEW M. BURKE | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 8, 2021 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – An Okinawa-based Marine accused of assaulting a woman in a Naha parking lot and then shoving a responding police officer back in January has been officially charged by prosecutors. Pfc. Marvin Earl James Jr., 24, a transmission systems operator with 3rd Marine Division at Camp Courtney, was charged Friday with indecent assault and interfering with the public duties of police, an official from the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office told Stars and Stripes by phone Monday. They declined to elaborate further. No court date has been set, a Naha District Court spokesman said. It’s customary in Japan for government officials to speak to the media on condition of anonymity.