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Kadena boys take second straight Friendship crown

For Kadena’s boys basketball team, the last three weeks have been as testing as they’ve been successful, coach Antiwon Tucker said.
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Torii Beach to host Torii Fall Fest on Nov. 16

Celebrate autumn with a party at Torii beach at the Torii Fall Fest on Nov. 16. This event will feature great activities for the entire family including live entertainment, a kiddie play area, lots of food and more.
Kadena's Alianis Ayala battles a Futenma player at the net for the ball. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Volleyball: Okinawa friendship fest going strong almost a decade after inception

It was the toughest competition they’d faced all season, players from Kubasaki and Kadena’s girls volleyball teams said.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Mario Marquez, the III Marine Expeditionary Force sergeant major, left, and Mari Gregory speaks on their radio show with AFN May 14, 2019, on Plaza Housing. Gregory and Marquez have partnered up since July 2017 to provide time and space for the shared Okinawan community to understand each other and exchange friendship. (Photo by Nika Nashiro)
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Efforts of two individuals bring Okinawan, US communities together

Sharing information, teaching Okinawan and Japanese living etiquette and tips, increasing cultural awareness, and bringing communities together are some of the endeavors Mariko Shigeno Gregory, who goes by Mari Gregory, and Sgt. Maj. Mario Marquez, the III Marine Expeditionary Force sergeant major, have been making.
Members of Team USA and Team Rising Sun greet one another after the Tomodachi Bowl at Reid Memorial Stadium, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, March 10, 2019. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Friendly football matchup forged after tragedy continues to unite Americans, Japanese

While the Tomodachi Bowl is a competitive football game, it also resonates as a cultural experience and a lifelong memory for the Americans and Japanese who go head to head the second Sunday of each March.
Eric McCarter of Kadena High School, Okinawa, outruns Yuto Okano of Aoyama Gakuin University for a touchdown during the Tomodachi Bowl at Reid Memorial Stadium, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, March 10, 2019. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Football: Defense rules the day as Team USA routs Rising Sun in eighth Tomodachi Bowl

If the best offense is a good defense, as the saying goes, then Team USA hit the mother lode Sunday and snapped a two-game Tomodachi Bowl losing streak in the process.
U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Nicole Rogge
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AWWA hosts Friendship Social on Camp Butler

Guests took their seats as Kadena’s Junior Reserve Officer’ Training Corps Color Guard marched to the center floor with Ryukyu Middle School choir standing silently in the background preparing to sing Japan’s and U.S.’ national anthems March 2 during the American Woman’s Welfare Association and Marine Officers’ Spouses’ Club Okinawa Friendship...
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VIDEO| Lets cook up some Okinawan Goya

If you live on Okinawa, you might have heard about Goya, a local cucumber-like vegetable also known as bitter melon. As the name suggests, this green, bumpy veggie has a bitter taste but is a favorite in the summer season.
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Japan’s 7-Eleven offers cheap and tasty options

Here are are recommendations for a Western fusion dinner, a Japanese traditional-style dinner, and three dessert options.
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VIDEO| It's Italian! Making you own pasta Pomodoro

If cooking isn’t your forte, but a nice meal is something you want to try to master, try pasta pomodoro!
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My Faves: 5 Instant Noodles you have to try in Japan

Ever since I started working from home, instant noodles have become my go-to for a quick bite.
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Okinawan town's vending machines offer discount coupons for restaurants

Japan is the land of the vending machines, but these are not exclusive to selling soda, coffee, hot tea or even canned soup broths. In Chatan Town, you’ll find what may seem like just another vending machine, but these orange machines don’t sell drinks.
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VIDEO| Speakin’ Japanese: Let's eat eel and beat the heat!

Do you like eel? I do! Very much! The fish looks a bit ugly, but it is very tasty and nutritious.