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The cruise ship Diamond Princess is docked at Yokohama Port, near Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. AP
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US Army Japan says seven aboard Yokohama cruise ship will undergo additional quarantine at home

Seven people associated with U.S. Army Japan who spent two weeks potentially exposed to the new coronavirus on a cruise ship in Yokohama must spend another 14 days quarantined at home, officials said Tuesday.
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Perfect weekend in Kanazawa, Ishikawa

A brisk shinkansen ride from Tokyo through the bamboo-covered hills and rice paddies will bring you to Kanazawa, a charming coastal town often compared to Kyoto and referred to as the hidden pearl of the Japan Sea.

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Get off base and enjoy Okinawa's fun events

There's some great events coming up, so get off base and check them out!
Lt. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy, III Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General presents an award to Maj. William Easter, the theatre security cooperation officer with III MEF, in the Battle Cabin room of the III MEF headquarters building, Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 14, 2020. Easter was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps medal for saving the life of a drowning pregnant woman. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall)
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U.S. Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps medal to III MEF Marine for heroic act

Maj. William Easter, the theatre security cooperation officer with III Marine Expeditionary Force, was awarded the Navy and Marines Corps medal for saving a drowning pregnant woman caught in a rip current.
U.S. Army Sgt. Roger McCall, 153rd Military Police Company, reads an edition of Stars and Stripes while in the Green Zone, Baghdad, Oct. 18, 2007. (SGT. BRENDAN MACKIE/U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD)
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Veterans point to value of Stars and Stripes amid proposal to strip funding from news organization

Many veterans are speaking out about the importance of Stars and Stripes as a news source for troops in light of the Pentagon’s decision this week to gut the historic news agency of its annual funding to free up more money for what it considers to be crucial warfighting expenses.
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Hiji Otaki: Take a hike to the island’s largest waterfall

Take Hiji Otaki, or Hiji Waterfall in English, inside of the Yambaru National Park, for instance. This 84-foot-high waterfall in Kunigami Village is the largest waterfall on Okinawa’s main island.

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Paranoia, racism: German killer drew on conspiracy tropes
He mixed extreme paranoia about secret state surveillance with far-right conspiracy tropes, misogyny and racist vitriol.
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Sy Sperling, founder of Hair Club for Men, dies at 78
Sy Sperling, 78, died Wednesday in Boca Raton, Florida. Sperling, founder of Hair Club for Men, became famous in the 1980s for his television commercials, in which he deadpanned: “I’m not only the Hair Club president but I’m also a client.”
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US sanctions Iranian officials
The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned Iranian elections officials who disqualified thousands of moderate candidates from running in Friday’s parliamentary vote, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo toured a Saudi air base where 2,500 U.S. troops are stationed to deter Tehran.
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Turkish soldiers killed in Syria amid threats of escalation
Two Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in northwestern Syria, Turkey said, after an attack by Ankara-backed opposition forces that targeted Syrian government troops.
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Jacksonville Air Force ROTC students get some virtual training
From sitting in an Apache helicopter to seeing where they're built to performing virtual-reality training, several ROTC Air Force students at Sandalwood High School took part in the Big Brothers Big Big Sisters Beyond School Walls program Thursday at Logistic Services International.
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New threats emerge in outbreak while China voices optimism
The confidence voiced by China’s government came as it reported a reduced number of new infections. But doubts remained about the true trajectory of the epidemic as China again changed its method of counting and new threats emerged outside the country.
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