Japan
15 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, recovery continues in a changed landscape
Nature is reclaiming abandoned buildings in the exclusion zone surrounding Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, an area that appears frozen in time 15 years after disaster struck.
Preparing in ‘a land of earthquakes’
While the world focuses on the devastation in Haiti, millions of people in Japan — including tens of thousands of U.S. troops and their families — sit on their own seismic time bomb.
Pacific areas look to tweak systems for tsunami alerts
U.S. military and local Japanese officials are looking to fine-tune their emergency response systems after reviewing lessons learned from the Feb. 28 tsunami tidal swells that threatened coastal areas on the mainland and Okinawa.
Record snowstorm closes Misawa Air Base
U.S. military officials closed Misawa Air Base on Wednesday as a blizzard swept across northern Japan, dumping a record-setting 20 inches of snow on the base by mid-afternoon.
Half-American, half-Japanese sisters aim for top of skating world
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics provided an interesting dilemma for two military family members at Misawa: whom to cheer for.
Wing commander targets drinking and driving
Base leaders here are sending a message to the military community: Stop drinking and driving or face some serious consequences.
Military kids glimpse deployment from new perspective
Shortly after 7 a.m. on Saturday, Paige Lane got a phone call telling her to be at Hangar 949 with her gear in 30 minutes for a quick-notice deployment.