TOKYO, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Japanese police on Sunday searched the Self-Defense Forces base where Kodai Murata is stationed, as well as his residence, on suspicion of unlawful entry, after he was arrested for forcibly entering the Chinese embassy in Japan on Tuesday, according to Kyodo News.

Murata, 23, is a second lieutenant in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, stationed at Camp Ebino in Miyazaki Prefecture. ■