Japan
The Freedom Bird Flies Again
The first refugees out of Saigon — 54 Vietnamese orphans — arrived at Yokota AB early Thursday after a dash to freedom from an increasingly nervous South Vietnamese capital. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, April 4, 1975. It is republished unedited in its original form.
Misawa snow crew keeps hectic schedule
Last week’s heavy snows were the first big challenge this winter for workers tasked with keeping the pavement clear at Misawa.
Japan digs out as snow continues to fall
Most U.S. military bases in Japan should be spared from major snowstorms expected across the country through Thursday night, according to weather officials.
Airmen donate time, gas to reduce drunk driving in Japan
So I was walking down the street late last Saturday night, checking out the bar scene with some friends, when I uttered the following: "Dude, did anyone else just see two gorillas walk around that corner?"
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.