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1 week ago | stripes.com | Alex Wilson |Hana Kusumoto

A U.S. Navy sailor told a Japanese court on May 7, 2025, that he made an illegal turn near Yokosuka Naval Base on Sept. 18, 2024, causing a fatal collision. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes) YOKOSUKA, Japan — A U.S. Navy sailor received a suspended sentence Tuesday for a traffic accident that killed a Japanese motorcyclist near Yokosuka Naval Base last year.

2 weeks ago | stripes.com | Alex Wilson |Hana Kusumoto

F/A-18s from Carrier Air Wing 5 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, take part in field carrier-landing practice at Iwo Jima, Japan, May 17, 2019. (Stars and Stripes) Naval aviators kicked off 13 days of carrier-landing practice Monday on Iwo Jima as the aircraft carrier USS George Washington prepares for its first deployment since returning to Japan in November.

3 weeks ago | stripes.com | Seth Robson |Hana Kusumoto

U.S. and Japanese military firefighters train together at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 26, 2022. (Machiko Arita/U.S. Air Force) YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The U.S. Air Force is storing about 400,000 gallons of contaminated water at this airlift hub in western Tokyo — significantly more than previously disclosed — and plans to treat and release it, Japan’s Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.

1 month ago | stripes.com | Juan King |Hana Kusumoto

This year’s World Expo theme is “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” and features innovative technology from 158 countries in Osaka, Japan. (Wikimedia Commons) World Expo 2025, the latest chapter of an event that traces its roots to the mid-19th century, is underway in Japan with a mission to reconnect the world’s citizens. Born out of the historic world fairs, the international event returns to Japan for the third time.

1 month ago | stripes.com | Hana Kusumoto |Alex Wilson

A U.S. Navy sailor told a Japanese court on May 7, 2025, that he made an illegal turn near Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, causing a fatal collision. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes) YOKOSUKA, Japan — A U.S. Navy sailor pleaded no contest Wednesday in a Japanese court to causing the death of a motorcyclist in a collision near Yokosuka Naval Base last year. He may face up to 18 months in prison.