Stripes Today
Japanese soldier killed in Battle of Okinawa ID’d by DNA, a first for Japan
Human remains discovered on Okinawa in 2004 have been identified as those of a Japanese soldier, marking the first time DNA alone was used to confirm the identity of a casualty from the Battle of Okinawa.
Wet but spirited Friendship Festival draws throngs to Air Force base in Tokyo
Yokota Air Base’s annual Friendship Festival drew tens of thousands of visitors to check out Air Force aircraft and other attractions.
Navy to scrap historic platforms used to salvage doomed USS Arizona
The U.S. Navy and Pearl Harbor National Memorial will begin work next week to permanently remove a pair of dilapidated platforms that were connected to the USS Arizona during salvage operations following its sinking in the 1941 Japanese surprise attack.
Career Day at South Korea fighter base fuels elementary interest in aviation
Curious, career-minded fourth- and fifth graders spent a recent afternoon collecting information from aviation professionals at the annual Career Day on this U.S. installation south of Seoul.
Pentagon project seeks to ID American POWs killed in Tokyo prison fire of 1945
Nearly 80 years after a devastating fire tore through a Japanese military prison during World War II, a Defense Department agency is working to identify American prisoners of war who died in the blaze.
Former Navy warship goes down unexpectedly ahead of sinking exercise
A decommissioned U.S. warship, originally selected for target practice during a joint military exercise, sank unexpectedly on its own Monday off the Philippines’ western coast.
Yokota school unearths Pokemon, Teletubby and other millennial memories from time capsules
Former pupils visited an elementary school at Yokota Air Base in Japan to open a time capsule that was buried in 2000.