Contractor Held In Japan For Dumping Woman's Body

An American contractor working at a US military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa has been arrested on suspicion of dumping the body of a 20-year-old Japanese woman, police have said.Kenneth Shinzato, a 32-year-old civilian, has admitted abandoning the corpse but did not say whether he killed the woman, who disappeared last month, a spokesman for Okinawa police said.
He was arrested after being questioned over the woman's disappearance and gave investigators the location of the body - a forest in central Okinawa.
The woman, identified as Rina Shimabukuro, had not been seen since 28 April, when she messaged her boyfriend to say she was going for a walk.
Police said they suspect Shinzato was also responsible for her death. He has not been charged.Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has summoned the US ambassador Caroline Kennedy to lodge a formal protest.He said: "I expressed a strong regret to Ambassador Kennedy and lodged a stern protest."I told her an incident like this is inexcusable and that I feel strong indignation."Ms Kennedy said the US would redouble efforts to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.John Kirby, a spokesman for the US State Department, said: "This is a terrible tragedy and it's obviously an outrage. We're treating this situation with the utmost seriousness."Local media reported that Shinzato worked at the Kadena Air Base.