Hana Kusumoto
Editorial and Information Specialist at Stars and Stripes
Reporting in Japan for Stars and Stripes. RTs not endorsement only sharing. All opinions mine.
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1 week ago |
stripes.com | Seth Robson |Hana Kusumoto
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon lands during a public flight demostration at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11, 2022. (Leon Redfern/U.S. Air Force) The 35th Fighter Wing on Friday denied reports that an Air Force fighter jet’s precautionary landing disrupted a commercial flight in northeastern Japan days earlier.
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2 weeks ago |
stripes.com | Seth Robson |Hana Kusumoto
The Yokota Community Center houses the commissary, base exchange and food court at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo. (Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes) YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — U.S. officials have confirmed that about 250 gallons of contaminated water leaked at this airlift hub in 2023, a disclosure that is drawing sharp criticism from local governments for coming more than two years after the incident.
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2 weeks ago |
stripes.com | Alex Wilson |Hana Kusumoto
The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, seen here in the Western Pacific on April 18, 2018, was spotted operating in Japan's exclusive economic zone for the first time on June 7, 2025.
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3 weeks ago |
stripes.com | Brian McElhiney |Hana Kusumoto
As of March 2025, Japan had tested DNA from 7,026 sets of World War II-era remains recovered in the country and overseas. (Pixabay) TOKYO — Human remains discovered on Okinawa in 2004 have been identified as those of a Japanese soldier, marking the first time DNA alone was used to confirm the identity of a casualty from the Battle of Okinawa.
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4 weeks ago |
stripes.com | Seth Robson |Hana Kusumoto
On this map of Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, a circle marks the location of a reservoir holding PFAS-contaminated water, and a cross shows the location of the firefighter training facility.
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Air Force says F-16’s unplanned landing did not impact delayed Japan Airlines flight https://t.co/kOaK66IFq3
Local leaders slam delayed disclosure of PFAS leak at Air Force base in Tokyo https://t.co/QHNdKZXSoY
RT @starsandstripes: BREAKING NEWS | An explosion occurred at the northern section of a munitions storage area on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa,…