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.

Visitors to the Tachi Neputa parade float museum in Goshogawara city, Japan, get a unique opportunity for a top-to-bottom, 360-degree viewing of the 70-foot-high floats.

Misawa: Museum puts visitors face to face with parade floats

Dwarfed. No other word better describes how you feel standing under one of the gigantic Tachi Neputa parade floats that dominate the streets of Goshogawara city in an annual late summer parade.

Misawa debuts English communication system for emergencies

Misawa City officials debuted a new system this week to better communicate with Americans during times of emergency.

Tech. Sgt. Robert Slagle checks the satellite strength on his hand-held GPS device during a demonstration in Misawa City in April. Slagle is president of the Misawa Geocachers Organization at Misawa Air Base, Japan.

Geocaching catches on in Japan, Okinawa

When Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Slagle first heard about geocaching — a high-tech treasure hunt using GPS technology — he was a bit skeptical.

Visitors walk past a line of static display aircraft toward the entrance of the Misawa Aviation and Science Museum Aomori on April 10.

Everything's still flying high at Misawa museum

With life slowly creeping back to normal at Misawa a month after a massive and devastating earthquake rocked the region, I decided to get the kids out of the house for a few hours.

Susan Hinds, an amateur photographer on Misawa Air Base, Japan, snapped this photo of a Japanese Macaque loose on the base on July 26.

Misawa residents warned: Do not approach the wild monkey

Security forces personnel have received dozens of calls in the last 10 days reporting a 3-foot, 65-pound intruder on the base.

Evacuations ordered at Misawa, Okinawa bases amid tsunami fears

U.S. military commanders on Okinawa ordered a limited evacuation of coastal areas for all DOD personnel shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday, and Japanese officials ordered the evacuation of more than 4,000 people living along the coastline near Misawa Air Base in mainland Japan.