By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 26, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO U.S. military commands in Japan reported four new coronavirus cases as of 6 p.m. Friday as the daily count in the capital city fell again below 300. The state of emergency Japan set up to curb the spread of the coronavirus will be lifted in six urban areas this weekend and remain in the Tokyo area for another week, a government minister told The Associated Press on Friday.
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IWAKUNI, Japan
U.S. Marines and sailors with 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade deployed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in order to rehearse distributed operations capabilities beginning January 21. 3rd MEB plays a critical role in the success of III Marine Expeditionary Force’s mission in the Indo-Pacific region, serving as the primary scalable, rapidly deployable command and control element for III MEF crisis operations.
By deploying to MCAS Iwakuni, 3rd MEB is able to provide real-world practice for the command element and associated augments while they conduct remote operations and logistics planning for crisis response. These rehearsals maintain an ever-ready force, providing III MEF with employment options, both afloat and ashore, depending on the nature and scale of a potential conflict or contingency.
Iwakuni dream town project becomes nightmare for Mount Atago community Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
A development plan for an area in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, involved leveling the city’s Mount Atago to create a “dream town” for its residents. Unfortunately, due to flaws in the project’s profitability, the land was eventually repurposed for a U.S. base. | CHUGOKU SHIMBUN
Chugoku Shimbun Feb 5, 2021
March will mark the end of a tumultuous decadeslong development project in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, that has sowed local opposition to the U.S. military presence after flip-flopping from an initial plan to create a “dream town” for the city’s residents.