High school graduation is a special time, and Stars and Stripes is pleased to once again be putting together our annual Grad Tab, highlighting information on all of the Pacific DoWEA high schools and their graduating classes.
Purple Palooza participants engage in painting activities at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 30, 2026.
Students and families gathered to celebrate Month of the Military Child during Flightline Day at Yokota at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 23, 2026.
Squinting through the rain, Charlotte Callicott lined up for a corner kick, hoping the ball would find Mikayla Ramon in front of the net.
Following Matthew C. Perry’s loss in last season’s Far East final to E.J. King, the Samurai’s Liam DeMarsico-Birkland approached Perry coach Mark Lange, tears in his eyes, and vowed that the Samurai would not lose a match this season.
The Kubasaki midfielder intercepted a ball in the 24th minute and scored the lone goal of Wednesday’s championship match.
In a Far East soccer tournament week that featured seven playoff matches going to penalty-kick shootouts, Christian Academy Japan saved the most dramatic of them all for last.
Jeremiah Wardrobe came within .01 seconds of breaking the 7-year-old Far East meet 100-meter record on Monday. He left nothing to chance on Tuesday.
No sooner did the Far East meet begin that a sprinter from host Matthew C. Perry just missed topping the 7-year-old meet record in the sports’ premier speed event.
For many military dependents and their parents, there’s an additional beast lurking beyond those college acceptances — finances.
Nile C. Kinnick and Yokota ran away with last year’s Far East track and field team titles.
Daegu’s girls soccer team took a 9-0 pounding against E.J. King, one of the teams the Warriors will face in the Far East Division II, starting Monday at Yokota.
Any solid soccer team with a strong chance at capturing a state-level championship has at least one central scoring figure on the roster.
Drawing inspiration from a handful of Mustangs who won Far East titles before him, Billy Freund closed his high school baseball career a champion.
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