Sumo legend Taro Akebono, 54, who died Wednesday of heart failure in Tokyo, was a familiar face to many members of the American military community in Japan.
More than 700 people gathered Thursday at this airlift hub for a memorial service and retreat ceremony honoring the crew of an Air Force CV-22B Osprey that crashed nearly three months ago in southern Japan, killing all aboard.
Yokoa Air Base commander Col. Andrew Campbell’s updated public-health order comes just days after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin mandated that all active-duty service members get inoculated with the Pfizer two-dose vaccine.