Jeremy Stillwagner

Jeremy Stillwagner is a reporter and photographer at Yokota Air Base, Japan, who enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2018. He is a Defense Information School alumnus and a former radio personality for AFN Tokyo.

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A man in an American military uniform shakes hands and holds up a certificate with a younger man in an Australian military uniform.

Australian officer, training for nuclear sub operations, earns US Navy ‘dolphins’

An Australian naval officer recently became the first of his countryman to earn the U.S. Navy Submarine Warfare Device, often referred to as “dolphins.”

A house illuminated at night with strings of multi-colored Christmas lights around the windows and along the roof.

Holiday cheer shines bright as family hosts final light shows on Air Force base in Japan

Air National Guard Master Sgt. Ladeania Jackson competes on the reality TV show, "The Summit."

Master sergeant wins $250,000 on mountain-climbing reality show ‘The Summit’

From cosplayers to celebrities, the annual Tokyo Comic Con in pictures

Tokyo Comic Con crowds gather at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba, east of central Tokyo, Dec. 9, 2023.

See your favorite celebrities and iconic movie props at Tokyo Comic Con

This year’s Tokyo Comic Con has even more big-name celebrities and iconic movie props than ever, some on display for the first time.

The number two meal from Bravo Zulu Barbecue, or BZQ, at the New Sanno Hotel in Tokyo includes brisket, lamb shoulder and two sides.

Saucy start: Promising American-style barbecue joint opens at New Sanno Hotel in Tokyo

Bravo Zulu Barbecue — or BZQ — at the New Sanno Hotel in Tokyo is a bold attempt to re-create American-style barbecue in central Tokyo.

Pacific Air Forces commander helps deliver modern training aircraft to Vietnam

Vietnam this week received the first of 12 military training aircraft scheduled for delivery through a U.S. program to strengthen partner nation militaries facing China.

Daisy Elliott competes in the disc throw during the Kanto Plains Special Olympics at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 9, 2024.

US, Japanese athletes gather for Special Olympics at Air Force base in Tokyo

About 100 young athletes from across Japan gathered at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo over the weekend for the 45th Kanto Plains Special Olympics.

Cherry Blossoms at Yokota Air Base Japan

Cherry blossom trees are being cut down for safety reasons at airlift hub in western Tokyo

Several of the iconic cherry blossom trees that make this airlift hub in western Tokyo a popular spot to visit during each spring have gone missing.

Yokota Middle School students, teachers and staff march against bullying at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 30, 2024.

DODEA school’s anti-bullying walk encourages students to stand up for others

Yokota Middle School students and staff gathered to deliver an anti-bullying message.

A mother and two girls huddle underneath a yellow table in an earthquake simulator.

Great ShakeOut preps air base residents in Japan for inevitable earthquakes

An American Red Cross event at Yokota Air Base featured quake and smoke simulators, as well as info on earthquakes in Japan.

Students from John O. Arnn Elementary School comparison shopped, weighed and measured produce and calculated price per unit of everything from coffee to canned goods, Oct. 10, 2024, during Math Knight in the commissary at Sagamihara Family Housing Area near Camp Zama, Japan.

Student shoppers test their math skills at commissary outside Tokyo

Young grocery shoppers, with worksheets and measuring tapes in hand, packed this base’s commissary Wednesday evening to apply their classroom knowledge to a real-life setting.

Staff Sgt. Boston Postgate, left, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems craftsman, and Senior Airman Daniel Lowe, 374th AMXS scheduler, pose at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 4, 2024.

‘You saved that guy’s life’: Airmen rescue kayaker who fell into icy Alaskan lake

Two airmen stationed at this airlift hub in western Tokyo were decorated recently for saving a kayaker who spilled into a frigid Alaska lake in June.

An Uber taxi operates in Tokyo in this undated photo.

Uber revs up 3-month ride-hailing trial in Tokyo

Uber, the ride-hailing service common in the United States but less so in Japan, is taking to the streets of Tokyo for a test drive.

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