80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

An elderly Japanese man wearing a white shirt, green tie and dark-rimmed glasses stands with the assistance on a cane, while another man to the right holds a microphone in front of him and a person to the left records with a video camera.

Hiroshima survivor helps mark 80 years since Lonesome Lady bomber tragedy

A plaque unveiled recently in this rural town near Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni commemorates the nine-member crew of the Lonesome Lady, a B-24 Liberator that crashed on July 28, 1945.

View of Kyoto and Lake Biwa from Mount Hiei in March 1955.

City of Peace — Historic Kyoto, Tourists’, Photographers’ Paradise

Kyoto — the city of peace — is a haven for tourists and a paradise for photographers. The capital of Japan from 794 A.D. to 1868, Kyoto is dotted with 1,400 temples and shrines — almost a third of those in the entire nation.

Crew members examine the crushed remains of the Banshee jet

Jet pilot ‘vanishes’ in crash on carrier

Aboard the USS Oriskany off Okinawa — The Navy Banshee slid into the groove blinking its wing lights as it dipped for a landing.

An unidentified burn victim is carried on a stretcher

1 Marine killed, 41 hurt in fire

Typhoon Tip trigged a freak fire here Friday [Oct. 19, 1979] that killed a Marine and injured at least 41 other persons, according to Marine officials.

Miss USA, Chelsea Cooley, meets with the Marine guards from the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo during a visit to Japan.

Marines in Japan get grits, gravy ... and a visit from Miss USA

One of the first things the Marines noticed, after the bright eyes and radiant smile, is that Miss USA Chelsea Cooley is down to earth.

USO volunteers serves single service members a free Thanksgiving meal at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.

‘A taste of home’: USO serves Thanksgiving staples to single troops stationed in Japan

At Yokota, an Air Force airlift hub in western Tokyo, the USO brought a taste of home to single service members with an early Thanksgiving meal.

USO Area director Natalie Rowland and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Master Sgt. Takako Sasaki pose after USO Japan’s 2022 Salute to Service Awards at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on Nov. 10, 2022.

US, Japanese service members recognized by USO for community service

Every U.S. military base in Japan, except those on Okinawa, and each branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces were represented at the Salute to Service Awards.