Yokota, Japan News

This title that Hiromi Yokota gave this quilt does not do justice to the number of memories and images packed into its creation.

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey , answers a question during his meeting with US military servicemen upon his arrival at the Yokota US military airbase in Tokyo on April 25, 2013.

The European Union on Friday declared the first round of free trade negotiations with Japan a success, although the bloc's chief negotiator warned of "difficult issues" ahead.

As the Defense Department shifts its military power and presence from a shrinking Middle East war zone to the vast Asia-Pacific region, it also is rebalancing its focus within the increasingly important region, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said here yesterday.

The EU and Japan began a first round of talks Monday to clinch one of the world's biggest free trade deals in hopes of providing a boost for their faltering economies.