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The arrival of August brings the beginning of a new school year for students from kindergarten through high school.

As you near the summit the breeze caresses your face and the air gets clearer with every step. Finally, you reach the peak. Taking a deep breath, you eye the conquered mountainside and panoramic...

More than 22,000 students are beginning the 2019-2020 School Year in Department of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools in the Pacific Region.

The 64th Okinawa Zento Eisa Matsuri, a major festival to celebrate summer in Okinawa, will return Aug. 23 – Aug. 25.

“-san”, a simple honorific title equivalent to Mr. Mrs, Miss or Ms. can be very convenient.

In Japan, summer is the season of beach days, freezing kakigori and long hikes. School’s out and families are out and about enjoying the break. Why not take a nice, cool hike in the surrounding...

Equal parts beauty and function, furoshiki is a kind of traditional wrapping cloth that has been used in Japan for over 1,000 years.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Division demonstrated the mobility and lethality of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a simulated amphibious raid, Aug. 14, 2019.

U.S. Marines and sailors with 4th Marine Regiment welcome U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Jose H. Molina during a relief and appointment ceremony aboard Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 16, 2019.

Availability of the new shingles vaccine is improving across the Military Health System, according to Defense Health Agency Immunization Healthcare.

Family restaurants may be hard to come by on Okinawa, but there’s a self-styled “snack shop” with such a wide-range of meals that anyone in the family will find something they like.