CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Sgt. Yumi Okazaki’s job as a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member and public affairs officer working on a U.S. Army base requires her to be a bridge between the two ...

Tomesuke Umeki, an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, carried the sword with him when he left Takaharu around 1941 for a Japanese-controlled territory during the Pacific War. He traveled from ...