Staff writer
NAHA, Okinawa Pref. -- Although the national media gave modest coverage of the arrest of a 19-year-old U.S. Marine suspected of molesting a 14-year-old girl last week in Okinawa, the case was front page headlines in the prefecture's two newspapers from the beginning.
Naha Mayor Kosei Oyadomari did not attend the Independence Day celebration at the U.S. Consulate in Okinawa as originally planned, reportedly saying he was not in a festive mood.