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Japan

DODEA elementary students learn soroban, a Japanese math skill, in Okinawa, Japan.

DODEA students learn ancient math skills with Japanese abacus on Okinawa

A soroban “allows students to see and manipulate a physical representation of abstract numbers,” according to The Japan Society website. Japanese third- and fourth-graders are required to practice soroban in math class, according to the education ministry’s website.

A sign for Yokota Air Base is shown.

Bomb threat hits US military base in Tokyo after similar warnings on Okinawa

Japanese police are investigating a bomb threat against Yokota Air Base, the U.S. military hub in western Tokyo that also serves as the headquarters of U.S. Forces Japan.

Kizuna 111 is served during a curry-tasting event at Club Alliance on Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, July 21, 2023.

Japanese sailors share their ‘secret’ curry recipes with US Navy chefs in Yokosuka

Japanese curry, a popular dish whose recipes are jealously guarded in the galleys of the country’s naval vessels, is coming to American clubs at the homeport of the U.S. 7th Fleet.

A Japanese service member helps Maj. Michelle Binder wear a yukata during a cultural exchange at the USO on Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 22, 2023.

American, Japanese service women bond over military life at US air base in Japan

Female American and Japanese service members donned traditional Japanese garments and shared their military experiences during a recent cultural exchange at this airlift hub in western Tokyo.

Portrait of Brig. Gen. Anna Mae Hays, chief of the Army Nurse Corps, taken in February 1971 during an interview at Zama Hospital in Japan during a Far East inspection tour that also included stops in Korea and Vietnam. Eight months earlier, on June 11, 1970, Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington of the Women’s Army Corps made history when they became the first women to attain the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army. (Technically, Hays was the first by a few minutes.)

1971 | The General is a Lady: Chief of Army Nurse Corps tours Asia

The first woman general in the 196-year history of the U.S. Army, Brig. Gen. Anna M. Hays, chief of the Army Nurse Corps, said Tuesday that it was wrong to compare her job to that of a division commander because she functions purely in a staff position despite the fact that she has roughly 21,000 people under her supervision.

Rep. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) greets one of the 400-some relatives in his ancestral village of Yokoyama, Japan. The Hawaiian congressman met many of the 2,200 villagers of Yokoyama — some 400 of whom are named Inouye.

1960: Young athletes compete in Junior Olympics at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan

Rep. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) Sunday visited the mountain village of Yokoyama — the birthplace of his father and where some of his uncles and cousins still live.

Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22, 1960: Standard of Athens leads Junior Olympic paraders at Tachi West Track at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, Saturday, Oct. 22, 1960. Behind these athletes are competitors from teams named for Argos, Corinth, Thebes, Sparta and other ancient Greek cities.

1960: Young athletes compete in Junior Olympics at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan

Seven sixth grade classes from the Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, Dependent Elementary School got together at the Tachikawa West Track Saturday, Oct. 22, 1960, for the Junior Olympics, their own version of the athletic classic.