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DMZ ambush survivors seen lucky to be alive
Observers at the scene of Sunday night's bold ambush by Communist North Koreans who machine-gunned and killed four United Nations Command soldiers reached one conclusion: "I don't see how anybody survived this."
Military welcoming back families in Japan
Emily Dibble clutched her doll as she walked through the arrival hall at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport.
Family members calm but eager to be ‘going somewhere’
Though their lives have been turned upside down, there was a sense of calm in the air as hundreds of family members filled Yokota’s passenger terminal Tuesday.
Military wraps up first round of departures from Japan
Military-sponsored evacuation flights out of Japan for the 10,000 dependents en route to the U.S. were more than half-way completed by Friday, officials said.
Base up and running, Misawa now faces off-base heating oil shortage
Shortages of fuel oil caused by the widespread destruction from the earthquake and tsunami might force some military community members who live off base to seek shelter on the base, an official said.
Survivors in Sendai brace for a new threat
First they endured the earthquake. Then they scrambled to escape the tsunami.
Massive earthquake hits northern Japan
A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck northeast Japan on Friday, shaking buildings across the country, setting dozens of fires in the Tokyo region, and prompting a tsunami warning from New Zealand to the west coast of the United States.