Seth Robson
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Pentagon slashes Patriot Express service to Japan as military passenger demand falls (opens the original)
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Patriot Express route changes eliminate several connections from Yokota Air Base, the headquarters of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo. (Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes) YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Fewer military passengers are flying the Patriot Express, prompting the Pentagon to reduce service to Japan and eliminate several routes from Yokota starting in October. Since 2022, the number of required Patriot Express passengers — those traveling on official orders — fell roughly 30% in the Pacific an
Air Force base in Tokyo ends free tax preparation after more than 2 decades (opens the original)
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An airman fills out tax forms in February 2017. (Daniel Brosam/U.S. Air Force) YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A volunteer-run tax center that has prepared hundreds of returns each year for the military community in western Tokyo will not reopen for the coming filing season as the base shifts resources to other mission priorities. The Yokota Tax Center has provided free, in-person assistance with federal and state returns for more than two decades. “After careful review, we determined that operating th
US, Japan fire rocket artillery on Hokkaido amid tensions with Russia (opens the original)
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U.S. soldiers with the 11th Airborne Division participate in Orient Shield field training at Camp Higashi-Chitose in Hokkaido, Japan, Sept. 22, 2026. (Maria Elena Casneiro/U.S. Army) U.S. and Japanese forces fired mobile rocket artillery during training on Hokkaido this week as their annual Orient Shield exercise unfolded amid tensions between Japan and Russia over disputed islands farther north. The U.S. Army’s HIMARS — the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System — and the Japan Ground Self-Defen
US veterans oppose amphitheater at site of WWII POW massacre in the Philippines (opens the original)
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Stars and Stripes visited Plaza Cuartel, a former World War II prisoner-of-war camp in Puerto Princesa, Philippines, in October 2024. (Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes) American veterans are campaigning against plans to build an amphitheater at Plaza Cuartel in the Philippines, where Japanese troops massacred 139 U.S. prisoners of war during World War II. The $250,000 project in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, would also restore other parts of the historic site, according to information from the city gov
Japan probes first Global Hawk crash, says surveillance missions will continue (opens the original)
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The crash of a Japanese RQ-4B Global Hawk on Sept. 15, 2026, will not impede Self-Defense Force missions, according to the country’s Defense Ministry. (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) By SETH ROBSON and KEISHI KOJA STARS AND STRIPES TOKYO — The loss of one of Japan’s three RQ-4B Global Hawk surveillance drones will not hamper Self-Defense Force operations, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Tuesday as investigators examined the country’s first crash of the unmanned aircraft. The Global Hawk took of
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