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Established in 1899, Shikairo Chinese restaurant is known as the birthplace of “champon.” This Nagasaki delicacy is truly delicious.

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- My first time walking on the beaches of Iwo To, formally known as Iwo Jima, was a singularly perplexing experience.

WASHINGTON - Several dozen Soldiers, with the 3rd U.S.

CAMP EMILIO AGUINALDO, Philippines -- Exercise Balikatan 2014, between the Philippine and U.S.

CROW VALLEY, Philippines -- Philippine Marines, working alongside the ground and logistics combat elements of U.S. Marine Forces Balikatan, held their culminating events May 12, 2014.

CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan -- Grass and dirt fly off the cleats of a Marine as he races toward a soccer ball, maneuvering it away from his opponents and dribbling down the field.

CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, Japan v -- When service members return home with their unit from a deployment, they normally get a celebratory welcome.

CAMP HANSEN – Strip 1st Lt. Scott T. Wilson of rank, uniform, and the title of Marine. See him as a lean, tall gentleman in his thirties.

TORII STATION, Okinawa, Japan - From a wheelchair to the finish line, Sgt. 1st Class Raul Otero knows what it is like to keep fighting to stay in the fight.

The main purpose of a trip I made to Tokushima this Golden Week holiday was to visit the Bando POW Camp Site in the Naruto area, which is famous because of a Japanese movie, ‘Bart no Gakuen (...

Although I grew up in Tokushima, I’ve been away from it for almost 20 years and every time I visit the place it’s a treat to taste the food there.

Can you imagine any POW camp being paradise? I couldn’t, until I learned about the story of the Bando POW Camp that existed during WWI, from 1917 to 1920 in Bando, Naruto city, Tokushima.