Black-and-white, 1940s-era photographs lie on a table depicting an aviator in a leather jacket and helmet and a man in a military dress uniform posing with his arm around a smiling woman in white.

Great-grandson of fallen B-29 pilot makes pilgrimage to WWII crash site in Japan

Tyler Smith, a recreation planner from San Francisco, recently climbed a forested mountainside in western Tokyo to honor the memory of his great-grandfather, one of five American airmen killed when their B-29 Superfortress crashed during a World War II bombing raid over Japan.

Zama kids can't 'weight' to train with program

Stefan Thompson walked around like a drill instructor. A personal trainer at the post’s Yano Fitness Center, Thompson oversees weight-training programs to make sure folks lift safely and effectively.

Kong-sized hype recalls 1940s schlock

King Kong came to the Tokyo area to prove that the age of schlock movie promotion isn't over in Japan by a long shot.

Leonard Bernstein: Electronic factories have ruined rock

"But no matter how commercial or phony or promoted or hyped pop music may be, it is still music of the people, says conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. "It's the music of kids. The people who have not yet become cynical, who have not yet given up."

Martina Navratilova competes in Tokyo, 1989

Top-seeded Martina Navratilova reaches for the ball during her match against Lori McNeil in the finals of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament.

Whitey Herzog and Stan Musial, 1988

St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog listens to a question as Hall of Famer Stan Musial signs an autograph during a goodwill tour of Japan.

Famous Amos finds his fortune cookie in chocolate chip craze

But for Wally Amos, the cookie king who has cashed in on America's love affair with the chocolate chip, fame isn't the name of the game.