Japan
‘Star Trek’ actor recalls boyhood detention during WWII in camp for Japanese-Americans
George Takei was among the tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast whom President Franklin Roosevelt ordered removed to inland camps after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
USS Barry joins Yokosuka fleet in tumultuous times
The Navy welcomed the destroyer USS Barry to its Japan-based fleet Monday, giving the force a seventh ballistic missile defense-capable ship in the midst of North Korean boasts about advances in its nuclear weapons program.
Heavy snow shuts down Sasebo Naval Base
Unusually heavy snowfall since Saturday knocked out some service and brought Sasebo Naval Base operations to a standstill, Navy officials said Monday.
Former American POWs visit prison camp near Tokyo
The Buddhist temple of Ryuhoji lies down a pathway a few hundred feet from a quiet street, in a town an hour from Tokyo by train, but far more distant in character.
North Korean ‘ghost ships’ found off Japan’s shore present a grim mystery
Wooden ships filled with dead bodies have been washing ashore on Japan’s western coast — sometimes one boat, sometimes groups of three.
Upgraded destroyer USS Benfold arrives at new home in Japan
The Navy welcomed the upgraded destroyer USS Benfold to its new homeport Monday, bolstering the Asia-Pacific fleet amid calls for the United States to assert its freedom of navigation rights in the region.
Japanese troops rescue residents trapped by raging floodwaters
Japan Self-Defense Forces teams carried out dramatic rescues from the air Thursday after a river broke through its bank and sent raging floodwaters pouring into a small city north of Tokyo.