A new year is upon us, and it’s time once again to turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike any other – Best of the Pacific voting season!

If you go to Gate 2 Street near Kadena AB regularly, Tesio may already be on your radar.

For many Japanese pro-baseball players, Feb. 1 marks Day One of training. And many teams of the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB) head to the sub-tropical islands of Okinawa to kick off the team warm-up

Last year I visited Kissa Gitano, an eatery in the Sunabe Seawall known for their tasty Cuban sandwiches, a go-to when I lived in South Florida almost 10 years ago.

U.S. Marines and master labor contractors with Marine Corps Installations Pacific Marine Corps Base Camp Butler Postal, distribute packages on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 20, 2024.

Staff from USNHO comprised active-duty civilians and MLCs joined Capt. Kathleen Cooperman will deliver toys to the Okinawan children.

First of all, Agu No Kakurega Chatan is easy to miss, even with GPS. And when it comes to parking, the restaurant only has two spots. Luckily one of them right outside the entrance was open when we arrived.

I can’t remember since when Christmas illuminations have become so popular on Okinawa or Japan’s mainland.

Watch competitors battle it out on the mat at Camp Foster’s MMA Fight Night on Dec. 14.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Nicole Penn, commanding officer of Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, speaks to the unit after a holiday fun run on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 6, 2024.