{"id":15104,"date":"2026-06-13T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/13\/us-soldiers-arrested-drunk-driving-okinawa\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:00:21","slug":"us-soldiers-arrested-drunk-driving-okinawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/13\/us-soldiers-arrested-drunk-driving-okinawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Two U.S. Soldiers Arrested for Drunk Driving in Okinawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local media in Japan have reported that two U.S. military personnel stationed in Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of the country, were arrested by police on suspicion of drunk driving.<\/p>\n<p>According to Xinhua News Agency, the incident occurred on Saturday morning. Kyodo News Agency also reported that local police, during their morning patrol, stopped the vehicle of the two soldiers and after initial checks, took them into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Breathalyzer tests showed that the blood alcohol levels of both individuals exceeded the legal limit. After confirming these results, the police immediately arrested them.<\/p>\n<p>Crimes involving U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan, including serious offenses like murder, rape, and theft, have been a persistent concern in Okinawa over recent years. Official statistics indicate that in 2025 alone, more than 100 criminal cases involving U.S. military members and related personnel were investigated in the prefecture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two U.S. soldiers in Okinawa were arrested for drunk driving amid ongoing concerns over crimes involving U.S. military personnel in Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}