Three people bow in front of a hillside stone memorial displaying U.S. and Japanese flags, with offerings and flowers placed at its base.

Japanese neighborhood preserves memory of WWII crash and its cost

About 75 people, including approximately 30 Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, attended the annual Marukoyama Memorial Ceremony.

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.

‘Feeling of gratitude’: Olympians video chat with military kids at bases in Japan

A trio of Olympic swimmers gave tips to youngsters on military bases in Japan during an online get-together organized by the USO.

Sonobuoys, 1977

Acoustic monitoring devices called sonobuoys are loaded into the belly of a submarine-tracking P3C Orion aircraft from Patrol Squadron 40 prior to a patrol over the Pacific Ocean.

Lost umbrellas in Tokyo, 1975

Masao Iizuka, director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Lost and Found Center

Wavy Gravy: Just call him the 'psychedelic relic'

He's done it again.

Artistic background at Yokota, 1976

Kaoru Miyazato, a sixth-grader at Yokota West Elementary School, practices his yo-yo techniques in front of a rank of pop art partridges.