80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

A group of men in traditional blue and white patterned Japanese festival clothing (happi coats) carry a portable shrine (mikoshi) on their shoulders during a street festival. The scene takes place on a city street with buildings and power lines visible in the background.

Yokota airmen to shoulder base’s portable Japanese shrine for first time since 2019

For the first time in five years, airmen volunteers from Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo will shoulder a mikoshi and take part in an annual Japanese festival in Fussa, Japan.

Gilbert Graak, 75, works out every day in the Samurai Fitness Center at Yokota Air Base, Japan. A resident of nearby Fussa, he also stops off at the library to read the newspaper and hits the commissary before riding back home on his bicycle.

Many military retirees living overseas want better services

To make good on his military health care benefits, Jim Houtsma and his family must trek eight hours from his home in the southern Philippines to a hospital in Manila.

Petty Officer 1st Class Garrett Osborne bows are receiving a certificate expressing the appreciation of the Yokosuka community Jan. 16, 2017.

Yokosuka mayor thanks Marines, sailors for help after deadly crash

The city of Yokosuka honored servicemembers Monday for their rapid rescue efforts after a car plunged five stories from atop a parking garage with five people inside.

Kayla Germany, 18, holds her newborn son, Dimitri, at her home at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.

Teen mom, overseas Navy family face hurdles in bid to remain together

Kayla Germany took a pregnancy test before heading to her high school softball team practice, just to make sure.

The USS Wasp transits the Mediterranean Sea on Oct. 12, 2016. The amphibious assault ship will transfer its homeport to Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, in 2017.

USS Wasp to eventually replace Bonhomme Richard in Japan

Starting next fall, the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp will homeport at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, where it will eventually replace the USS Bonhomme Richard, Navy officials said Tuesday.

Japanese lawmaker wants greater security role ahead of Trump inauguration

Japan should take a greater security role in advance of “hard negotiations” it might face with President-elect Donald Trump, a prominent member of Japan’s ruling party said Monday.

Navy flight practice closer to moving off Iwo Jima

Japan has taken a step closer toward providing the Navy with a long-sought replacement base for qualifying pilots to land on aircraft carriers, though the plan faces opposition from nearby island residents concerned about noise and damage to the tourist economy.