U.S. Armed Forces on Okinawa Ordered to Stay on Base Following Slaying
Following the arrest of Marine Corps enlisted man Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, for the suspected robbery and strangulation of Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in Naha city in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 3 (see tinyurl.com/2v5a7edj), U.S. Armed Forces, according to the Associated Press, paused all operations for two days, restricted the ability of troops to leave their bases and ordered training on standards, discipline and “our responsibilities as members of the Okinawan community.”
16-Year-Old Driver Crashes Into Parked Car, Killing Nobu Sushi Chef
Ryo Uchimiya, 51, was killed around 7 a.m. on Oct. 3 while napping in his legally parked car in front of Malibu, Calif., restaurant Nobu before his shift began. Security video showed an SUV driven at a high rate of speed veering off Pacific Coast Highway and slamming into the rear of Uchimiya’s car. A 16-year-old boy was the driver of the vehicle that struck Uchimiya’s sedan.
Duly Noted: Ryan Kimura Tapped as JCCCNC’s New Executive Director Kimura’s appointment became effective Sept. 1. ¶ Junior Keilani Fujii, a University of Texas at Austin computer science major, was named a recipient of the Parker Skiba Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship. ¶ The National Asian Pacific American Bar Assn.’s President’s Award will go to Wilson Chu and Sandra Yamate at its Convention in L.A. on Nov. 13. ¶ Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California on Oct. 22 in L.A. will honor ACLU National Legal Director Cecillia Wang; JANM CEO and President Ann Burroughs; Peter and Jihee Huh for their activism and philanthropy; and law firm Morrison Foerster.
— P.C. Staff
