Free at last 1981
This nameplate was used in 1981
Masthead 1995
This nameplate was used in 1995

Japan

A large booklet that says “Armistice Agreement Maps Volume II” on the cover in black lettering and translated into Chinese and Korean.

‘Antiques Roadshow’-type find at Army base in Japan recalls Korean War armistice

Tucked away inside a cardboard box at the headquarters of U.S. Army Japan is a relic of the original armistice that ended the Korean War 72 years ago.

Three adults look at items in plastic bags that were put into a silver tube time capsule when they were children.

Yokota school unearths Pokemon, Teletubby and other millennial memories from time capsules

Former pupils visited an elementary school at Yokota Air Base in Japan to open a time capsule that was buried in 2000.

A young child is held by a woman.

The Freedom Bird Flies Again

The first refugees out of Saigon — 54 Vietnamese orphans — arrived at Yokota AB early Thursday after a dash to freedom from an increasingly nervous South Vietnamese capital. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, April 4, 1975. It is republished unedited in its original form.

A group of Red Cross registered nurses and volunteers arrive at Yokota Air Base

Yokota Wives Volunteer. ‘Would Go on Babylift Anytime’

Nine Red Cross registered nurses and volunteers, all of them wives of Air Force men stationed in Japan, returned from a “babylift” flight carrying Vietnamese orphans to the United States and said they’d “make the trip again anytime.” This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Apr. 9, 1975. It is republished unedited in its original form.

Atlanta Falcons defensive end Morgan Fox is helped to his feet during a youth football camp.

Military kids huddle up with NFL star Morgan Fox during pro camp in Japan

Young athletes from as far away as South Korea gathered recently at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo for an NFL Pro Camp hosted by Morgan Fox, a defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons.

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 Japanese man and boy, seen from behind, look out over a memorial park with a mountain scene in the background.

Tsunami memorial serves as a tribute to those lost and a call to never forget

For those traveling through Japan’s Iwate prefecture, a visit to Takata Matsubara Memorial Park for Tsunami Disaster and the Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum serves as more than a history lesson. It is an encounter with resilience, a tribute to those lost and a call to never forget.