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Article: US Navy imposes limits on travel, alcohol at base near Tokyo after taxi driver killed
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- April 2, 2008
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The U.S. Navy said Wednesday it has imposed limits on travel and alcohol consumption on personnel at its base near Tokyo following the killing of a Japanese taxi driver.
The limits would take effect immediately, said Cmdr. David Waterman, a Navy spokesman.
No alcohol will be sold due to "a period of heightened sensitivity" over the stabbing of a 61-year-old Japanese taxi driver last month in Yokosuka, just south of Tokyo and home to the U.S. naval base, Waterman said.
The announcement came hours after Japanese authorities questioned a U.S. sailor over his suspected role in the killing of taxi driver Masaaki Takahashi.
The sailor, a 22-year-old crew member ...