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Search DIGITAL ISSUE This month’s Whats Up COMMUNITY SITES Stripes Europe Stripes Guam Stripes Japan Stripes Korea Stripes Okinawa OTHER STRIPES SITES Best of the Pacific Month of the Military Child DIGITAL EDITIONS Stripes Guam Stripes Japan Stripes Korea Stripes Okinawa What’s Up - Bavaria What’s Up - Stuttgart What’s Up - Rhein Main What’s Up - Kaiserslautern STARS AND STRIPES Stripes.com Print Subscription Email Newsletters Mobile Apps Printshop Classifieds Search form Search Featured Stories Travel Oshino Village: Exploring the home of pure water Oshino Village is home to a set of eight ponds that were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2013. Travel Best plum blossom viewing spots in Tokyo While cherry blossoms get all the glory when it comes to heralding the arrival of Spring, modest blooming buds of ume (plum blossoms) have been held in high regard here in Japan and are celebrated by the ume matsuri, the plum blossom festivals, all around the country. Travel Pretend you’re training for the upcoming baseball season at Swing Stadium Yokosuka Looking for something to do on a chilly day, a stop at the local batting cage was the perfect way to spend an afternoon in the warm indoors while still being active. Food & Drink Ramen: Serving it up in an instant It’s lunchtime and you’re looking for something quick and cheap to eat. But you have your eyes and mind set on either a big bowl of noodles, a hamburger, or curry and rice. Latest Issue Previous Issues Get your digital copy of this week’s Stripes Japan. Special Publications More Publications Latest Stories Read on Stripes.com Community News Cuisine: Time to vote for the Best of the Pacific 2020 A new year is upon us, and it’s time once again to turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike any other – Best of the Pacific voting season! Read on Stripes.com Food & Drink Cuisine: American Soul Food House brings Southern cuisine to Tokyo Embedded in episode six of the Netflix show Ugly Delicious,” hosted by award-winning chef David Chang, is a short segment on fried chicken at Soul Food House, a restaurant in the Azabujuban neighborhood of central Tokyo. Recent Videos Read on Stripes.com Community News Cuisine: Avril Lavigne Head Above Water World Tour 2020 Japan The Canadian pop-punk queen is back. Avril Lavigne is returning to Japan after a five-year absence due to her battle with Lyme disease. Read on Stripes.com Community News Cuisine: US Army Japan says seven aboard Yokohama cruise ship will undergo additional quarantine at home Seven people associated with U.S. Army Japan who spent two weeks potentially exposed to the new coronavirus on a cruise ship in Yokohama must spend another 14 days quarantined at home, officials said Tuesday. Read on Stripes.com Travel Cuisine: Railway Museum: Take a trip through time in Omiya, Saitama Considered a sanctuary for rail-fans of all ages, The Railway Museum, or Tetsudo Hakubutsukan, attracts more than 1 million visitors a year. Read on Stripes.com Community News Cuisine: Veterans point to value of Stars and Stripes amid proposal to strip funding from news organization Many veterans are speaking out about the importance of Stars and Stripes as a news source for troops in light of the Pentagon’s decision this week to gut the historic news agency of its annual funding to free up more money for what it considers to be crucial warfighting expenses. Exclusive News on Stripes.com Former intelligence analyst admits to leaking classified material to reporters Henry Kyle Frese, 31, of Alexandria, Virginia, was in a romantic relationship with a journalist, according to prosecutors, and passed information on Chinese and Russian weapons systems to her and a colleague in 2018 and 2019. Read on Stripes.com Paranoia, racism: German killer drew on conspiracy tropes He mixed extreme paranoia about secret state surveillance with far-right conspiracy tropes, misogyny and racist vitriol. Read on Stripes.com US sanctions Iranian officials The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned Iranian elections officials who disqualified thousands of moderate candidates from running in Friday’s parliamentary vote, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo toured a Saudi air base where 2,500 U.S. troops are stationed to deter Tehran. Read on Stripes.com Jacksonville Air Force ROTC students get some virtual training From sitting in an Apache helicopter to seeing where they’re built to performing virtual-reality training, several ROTC Air Force students at Sandalwood High School took part in the Big Brothers Big Big Sisters Beyond School Walls program Thursday at Logistic Services International. Read on Stripes.com Alabama man seeking relatives of Sgt. Maj. killed in Vietnam Vietnam veteran Jim Waitzman Jr. is searching for the family of Sgt. Maj. Griffith Alfred Jones in advance of the 50th anniversary of a helicopter crash that killed 10 service members in Central Vietnam on May 12, 1970. Read on Stripes.com McConnell Air Force Base finds high levels of chemical made famous in ‘Erin Brockovich’ More than 50 McConnell Air Force Base personnel may have been exposed to the chemical, an October memo warned. A November test found that an airman had been exposed to levels almost six times higher than the permissible exposure limits set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Read on Stripes.com Read the latest U.S. military news on Stripes.com About Advertising Contact Site Policy Accessibility/Section 508 A community product of © 2020 Stars and Stripes see official rules VOTE NOW Dismiss Don’t show...