Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his anger after a America military employee in Okinawa was in remission on suspicion of merchandising a woman's body.
The body of the 20-year-old woman, missing since April, was found at a location given by the 32-year old man.
Police say the man admitted abandoning the body. They also suspect he killed her however have not charged him with this.
The case is likely to fuel discontent in Okinawa over the big U.S. military presence and crimes by personnel.
It also comes a week before U.S. President Barack Obama visits Japan for a G7 summit.Police say the man, Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, was a contractor at the US Kadena Air Base.
Mr Abe told reporters on Friday: "I feel sturdy anger. I have no words to specific, considering how the family feels.
"We urge the US facet to take thorough measures to forestall the return of such events."
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida also summoned U.S. ambassador Holy Roman Emperor Kennedy to formally protest.
"I told her an incident like this can be inexcusable which I feel sturdy choler," Mr Kishida told reporters:
Ms Kennedy said the U.S. would "co-operate totally with Okinawan police and the Japanese government, and we can double our efforts to form positive this may ne'er happen again".
But Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's ambassador to the US, said the "tragic event ought to not overshadow the basic objective of the alliance".
The US presently has concerning fifty,000 military personnel in Japan as part of the post-war security arrangement - concerning half them ar primarily based in Okinawa.
Mr Abe recently united to suspend construction work needed to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps base from one a part of the island to a different, after years of opposition by locals.
Many locals need the base removed entirely - they believe the relocation can injury the atmosphere and associate U.S. bases with accidents and crime.
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