11/30/2010 - The Yokota Middle School Advanced Band performs holiday carols during the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony that was held here Nov. 30 at the Traditional Chapel. (U.S.Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo) 11/30/2010 - Jadan Anderson, performs as a member of the Yokota Middle School Advanced Ban ...

Orient Shield participants conduct marksmanship training Story and Photo by Staff Sgt. Rob Fafoglia, 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment KAMI-FURANO, Japan – Gunshots sound the same in any language, a fact Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members and U.S. Army Soldiers discovered Thursday during live-fire ranges at Camp Kami-Furano, Japan. The e ...

ENS Joelle C. Portzer, Public Affairs Officer, 11/18/2010 USS STETHEM (DDG 63) arrived today in Okinawa, Japan to participate in the 2010 White Beach Festival. Her arrival in White Beach marks the first US Navy ship visit during the festival in a decade. As part of the festival, STETHEM will provide everything from open ship tours to community relations pro ...

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Mike Chrisman, 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment KAMI-FURANO, Japan – Since World War II concluded, the United States has worked to build a better relationship with Japan. In 1960, the U.S. and Japan signed the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, a binding agreement for both countries to support each other from enem ...

Story by Chip Steitz, 10th Support Group Public Affairs TORII STATION, Okinawa - The stadium at Kadena Air Base’s Risner Fitness Complex was filled with cheers and laughter Nov. 6 from the more than 800 athletes, their families and friends, and 3,000 American and Japanese volunteers during the 11th annual Kadena Special Olympics. This year, more than ...

Story and photo by Tetsuo Nakahara, Torii Staff Fifteen residents from the nearby Katsusaka community in Sagamihara City came to Camp Zama Friday to cut and harvest bamboo that will be used to construct their kite for the Big Kite Festival to be held at the Sagami River in 2011. Katsusaka is located immediately behind Kastner Army Airfield in Camp Za ...