US, Japanese airmen meet for inaugural softball competition at air base in Tokyo

Four teams intermingled with American and Japanese commissioned and noncommissioned officers faced each other during a full day of competition at Yokota Air Base’s Friendship Field.

IG offers scathing assessment of Navy oversight of Red Hill fuel facility in Hawaii

Navy officials did not effectively manage operations, maintenance, safety and oversight in accordance with policy and federal and state laws at the now-defunct Red Hill fuel facility in Hawaii, according to a pair of Department of Defense reports released recently.

Marine helicopter makes unplanned landing in northern Okinawa pasture

A Marine helicopter on a routine training flight was forced to make a precautionary landing Thursday in a goat pasture near the northernmost point on Okinawa.

Stroll through Japan’s past at this architectural park in western Tokyo

The Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum is an experience both subtle and sublime, a park within a park. The museum has gathered more than two dozen structures, ranging from simple farmhouses to an industrialist’s mansion, and arranged them in a 17-acre compound inside Koganei Park in Koganei city.

Sizzler steakhouse is worth the journey to Tokyo’s waterfront

Sizzler, a spacious family restaurant with an amply supplied, all-you-can-eat salad bar, occupies a spot in a part of Odaiba called Aqua City, an entertainment destination popular with locals and foreigners alike.

Xi’s key players to lead China in another Trump trade fight

Donald Trump’s return to power has raised the chances of another trade war between the US and China, making Beijing’s potential negotiators some of the most important people in Xi Jinping’s government.

‘Pilot error’ behind Japanese Osprey damage; tiltrotors resume flights

Japan’s Osprey fleet resumed flying Thursday after investigators ruled that pilot error resulted in damage to one of the tiltrotor aircraft during a joint exercise with U.S. forces last month.

Throngs line up for first taste of Panda Express at US Army base in South Korea

Soldiers and their families stood in line at Camp Humphreys for the grand opening of a Panda Express, the franchise’s second location in South Korea.

US, Asian allies gather in East China Sea for more large-scale training

Warships and aircraft from the United States, Japan and South Korea gathered in the East China Sea on Wednesday to kick off their second large-scale exercise of the year.