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US military imposes Okinawa curfew after Marine’s arrest in killing case

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 50 100 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 4 Oct 12:07 UTC · Japan protests after U.S. Marine arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa 4 Oct 18:04 UTC · Japan protests after U.S. Marine arrested in Okinawa murder case 5 Oct 00:09 UTC · US Marine arrested in Okinawa over alleged robbery and killing 5 Oct 12:15 UTC · Japan protests to US after Marine arrested over Okinawa woman’s death 5 Oct 18:07 UTC · Japan protests to U.S. after Marine arrested over Okinawa killing 6 Oct 06:26 UTC · Japan protests to US after Marine arrested in Okinawa killing 6 Oct 12:09 UTC · Japan protests to US after Marine arrested in Okinawa killing 7 Oct 00:07 UTC · US military restricts Okinawa troops after Marine’s arrest in killing 7 Oct 06:33 UTC · US military imposes restrictions in Okinawa after Marine’s arrest in killing 7 Oct 18:13 UTC · US military imposes Okinawa curfew after Marine’s arrest in killing case

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 9 HEADLINES

  1. 4 Oct, 12:07 UTC

    Japan protests after U.S. Marine arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa

  2. 4 Oct, 18:04 UTC

    Japan protests after U.S. Marine arrested in Okinawa murder case

  3. 5 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    US Marine arrested in Okinawa over alleged robbery and killing

  4. 5 Oct, 12:15 UTC

    Japan protests to US after Marine arrested over Okinawa woman’s death

  5. 5 Oct, 18:07 UTC

    Japan protests to U.S. after Marine arrested over Okinawa killing

  6. 6 Oct, 06:26 UTC

    Japan protests to US after Marine arrested in Okinawa killing

  7. 7 Oct, 00:07 UTC

    US military restricts Okinawa troops after Marine’s arrest in killing

  8. 7 Oct, 06:33 UTC

    US military imposes restrictions in Okinawa after Marine’s arrest in killing

  9. 7 Oct, 18:13 UTC

    US military imposes Okinawa curfew after Marine’s arrest in killing case

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Sanae Takaichi · 10 outlets
  • Anna Yagi · 7 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Benjamin Watson · from 6 Oct 21:14, 2 outlets
  • Lance Cpl · from 6 Oct 21:14, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • military personnel: 54,000 (4 from 4 Oct 11:15) → 55,000 (1 from 5 Oct 08:22)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.