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NMCB 4 Welcomes New Commanding Officer

Cmdr. James J. Cho relieved Cmdr. Jeffrey D.

One-day stroll in Ueno offers taste of old and new

Japan’s oldest zoo, tons of museums, a French-style modern park filled with cherry trees, numerous Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, along with the busy streets of downtown make Ueno a great...

K-POP AND KIMCHI: Experience Osaka’s Little Korea

As you step out of Tsuruhashi Station and into the undercover market that snakes towards the center of Ikuno-ku, the smell of barbecue wafts your way.

There’s confusion in the PreCheck line

Question: My husband and I flew to San Diego from Honolulu in late winter.

Healthy Matters: Boost Your Bench Press

I don’t know how many times I have heard this before: “How can I increase my bench press?”

Fireworks light up the sky over Japan

Night skies in the Land of the Rising Sun – from Hokkaido to Tokyo to Okinawa – blaze with the brilliance of “hanabi,” or fireworks, nearly every weekend in July and August.

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Staff Sgt Clifford Crawford

KADENA AIR BASE – Staff Sgt. Clifford Crawford, 31st Rescue Squadron pararescue element leader, won the 2016 Army Times Publishing Company’s Air Force Service Member of the Year award.

AFN Packing in the Excitement Over 4th of July Weekend

Spectacular fireworks, loud rock and roll, menacing sharks, loads of movies, a fun game and Ft.

Hashima: Haikyo adventures on “Battleship Island”

My journey to abandoned Hashima, widely known as “Gunkanjima” or “Battleship Island,” began with a plea to the Nagasaki government.

Iwakuni Marine pushes self, others to excel physically

As the recently deceased world heavyweight boxing legend, American Olympian and social activist once said, “I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.