The Pier 5 ribbon cutting ceremony onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, concluded a multi-year project, bringing the pier into the 21st century. Integrating new technology with legacy systems and retaining the historical element is crucial to preserving Yokosuka's history. The project faced...

Navy Sailors around the world have a duty to be prepared for the unexpected. In an instant, events like Pearl Harbor and 9/11 took the U.S. by surprise and changed the status quo for the U.S. military around the world. Even as recently as 2011, U.S. servicemembers in Japan had to respond to the...

Most of the story of Shinano, an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) aircraft carrier during World War II, is only known through a few eye-witness accounts, as the records or photos were scattered or lost after the war. Here is a story from Hosokawa Chiyokichi, who worked as a ship rigger at Ship Repair...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (June 8, 2022) - On a cloudy spring day in Yokohama, Japan, a group of Sailors murmured as they gathered their tools. Sheers, weed eaters and rakes were passed out as Sailors gazed upon a seemingly endless sea of tombstones and the overgrown shrubbery that surrounded them...

Maintaining the safety of Sailors is a top priority at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY). Safety inspector Joe Umemura knows this all too well through his management of the Enterprise Safety Application Management System (ESAMS). ESAMS is a streamlined safety application that can manage...

Dealing with a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is one of those moments where excitement, stress, and sadness can occur simultaneously. There's joy in the idea of embarking on a new adventure, the hesitancy of concluding another chapter in life, and the strain of an imminent move ahead...

Winter has come and gone, and the warm currents of spring wind have begun to pass throughout Japan. Along with the pleasant breezes and higher temperatures, you might have noticed the gradual blooming of a particular pink flower: the cherry blossom...