Topic: Yokosuka

How to Make Kamikaze Shots

The kamikaze drink has been around for decades, and has been traced back to the American occupation of Japan. It is said to have been created at a military base in the town of Yokosuka.
I learned how to make this dish from a 100% Japanese woman. "You have to have learned it officially from some one whos from the place ,eaten or better yet prepared the food before themselves! This recipe comes from a small "stick ...

Yokosuka

It lies on the western shore of Tokyo Bay, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Yokohama. In the east are the two fine harbours of Yokosuka and Nagaura. Yokosuka also serves as a residential district for the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area.
US sailor receives life sentence in death of Japanese taxi driverA U.S. sailor was sentenced Thursday to life in prison in the stabbing death of a Japanese taxi driver, a crime that led to calls for tougher punishment for American service ...

US assures Japan it's ready for NKorea rocket

A US naval leader assured Japan Monday that US forces in the country were prepared ahead of a North Korean rocket launch due early next month amid fears that it could be a missile test, a report said. "I wouldn't lose ...
Japan welcomes announcement new US aircraft carrier will arrive later this monthJapan's government welcomed Friday the announcement that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington will arrive later this month at its new home base south of Tokyo.The George Washington ...
Hundreds protest arrival of US nuclear-powered carrier to be based near TokyoThe nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived Thursday at its new home port just south of Tokyo, welcomed by a mix of cheering crowds and protesters.The giant ...

US nuclear carrier docks in Japan to protests

A giant US aircraft carrier docked here Thursday to become the first US nuclear-powered vessel based overseas, setting off protests in the only nation to have suffered atomic attack.The 97,000-ton USS George Washington, which can carry more than 70 airplanes ...

The Last to Die

on August 18, 1945, U.S. Army Sergeant Anthony J. Marchione bled to death in the clear, bright sky above Tokyo. I learned Marchione's story in the late 1990s while working on a book about the Consolidated B-32 bomber, the aircraft ...
Japanese police investigate 2 explosions near US naval baseA U.S. naval base may have been the target of two explosions that rattled a nearby residential area just south of Tokyo, police said Saturday.No one was wounded in the late Friday ...