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Make the grade, earn rewards with the Camp Zama Exchange! You Made the Grade Program returns for 2024-25 school year

The Camp Zama Exchange’s You Made the Grade Program is back for its 24th year, rewarding students who earn good grades with exclusive discounts, prizes and savings.

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Hitting the right notes: Yokota students carol their way into the 374th AW

High school students from Yokota High School spread holiday cheer across the base as they sang carols and performed musical pieces for various units on Dec. 12, 2024.

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Wrestling: Kinnick comes out on top in Rumble’s first girls event

At just 5 feet tall, Annika Farin is about as diminutive as one might find on a wrestling mat.

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Edgren students celebrate global cultures at Misawa Air Base

Edgren Middle High School recently celebrated International Unity Day with a variety of activities highlighting students’ globalism, heritage and cultural learning.

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Wrestling: Rumble gives wrestlers a chance to eye the competition

Far East championships are still seven weeks away, but Nile C. Kinnick is one of several Japan-based teams checking out those on Okinawa.

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University holds 2024 Pacific Graduation Ceremony in Tokyo

Graduates, government partners and university representatives celebrated the academic achievements of the 2024 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduating class at the Tokyo commencement ceremony at The Hilton Odaiba, in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, December 8, 2024.

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Football: Cadet ran and passed Dragons to unbeaten season

Sometimes, when the PCS Plane leaves a team without, the answer can be found within.

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Volleyball: Biggins’ play elevated Dragons into contenders

It’s not about how a team begins a season so much as how it finishes. And how much it learns along the way.

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Tennis: Roesch wasn’t 100 percent, but still retained crown

Going into the season, Ryunosuke Roesch had more on his mind than defending a Far East tennis tournament title and trying to repeat his unbeaten 2023 singles season.

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Cross Country: Farrington’s hard work taxed body, won races

Summers in Japan’s Kanto Plain can be extraordinarily toasty, with heat indexes soaring into the high 90s and low 100s during the peak months of August and September.

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Cross Country: Jarzabek’s commitment to winning paid off

It takes balance, dedication and accountability, Cassandra Jarzabek says, to be a successful cross country runner.

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Wrestling: Kadena boys seeking to avoid a runner-up three-peat

When it happens not just once, but twice, and on your home court, the memories burn that much brighter, Kadena’s coach and players said.

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USAF exchange officer at 4th Technical School, wins Excellence Award at Japanese Speech Contest

Captain Gregory Repka, a U.S. Air Force exchange officer assigned to the 4th Technical School, 1st Education Division, won the “Excellence Award” at the 32nd Japanese Speech Contest in Kumagaya City.

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Wrestling: Girls going to the mat for expanded opportunities

Brooke Brewer arrived at Kadena two school years ago already well versed in soccer.

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