From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
Is Roppongi’s diversity a dangerous mix?
By Teri Weaver and Hana Kusumoto, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, March 27, 2009
Photos by Teri Weaver/Stars and Stripes
Flower markets stay open late in Roppongi, in part to supply late-night hostess clubs.
Roppongi is a neighborhood in central Tokyo filled with diverse entertainment offerings. During the day, visitors can see world-famous art and eat at top-rated restaurants. At night, workers from dance and strip clubs take over the sidewalks, barking at passers-by in an attempt to lure them inside.
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TOKYO — Visitors to Roppongi can eat in Michelin-rated restaurants, kick the tires of European sports cars and window-shop for couture clothing.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Or, a few doors down, they can buy sex toys, watch women strip around poles, or purchase drinks — and a variety of other services — from hostesses at gentlemen’s clubs into the early morning hours."
"In some instances, the club scene can include drugging and theft, according to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and some military officials in Japan.
On March 13, the embassy released a security notice to its staff and to military personnel in Japan, warning them to avoid certain clubs in the Roppongi neighborhood. Some Americans, the notice said, reported their drinks were spiked and their credit cards were overcharged."
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"The embassy’s notice shocked some club owners, especially those named as the alleged scenes of the crimes."
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
S&S - Little-known rules govern working off base. Family in South Korea drops modeling due to SOFA.
From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
Little-known rules govern working off base
Family in South Korea drops modeling due to SOFA
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, March 15, 2009
Teri Weaver / S&S
Andrea Stone with her two daughters, Faith, 4, left, and Abby, 9. Last year, Faith began modeling for a South Korean modeling agency; the family decided to stop when they couldn't figure out whether they were violating their visa or whether they needed to pay local taxes.
SEOUL — Last May, a South Korean woman approached Andrea Stone and her three kids on Yongsan Garrison and asked if she’d ever considered letting the children model.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The offer intrigued the family, and soon the youngest Stone, 4-year-old Faith, was modeling children’s wear for print ads about once a month."
"But as the U.S. tax season drew nearer, Stone and her husband, Staff Sgt. Joe Stone, began to wonder what to do about that South Korean income, which over time amounted to about $1,000.
They had called the legal office on Yongsan to try to learn the rules about children earning money in South Korea. One person said it was fine; a second person said it wasn’t, Andrea Stone remembered. In the end, she thought the whole process must be all right"
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"(T)he Stones’ experience wasn’t all right, according to an 8-year-old agreement between South Korea and the United States.
The Stones, like all families of servicemembers and Pentagon workers in South Korea, live under the Status of Forces Agreement."
Stars and Stripes
Little-known rules govern working off base
Family in South Korea drops modeling due to SOFA
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, March 15, 2009
Teri Weaver / S&S
Andrea Stone with her two daughters, Faith, 4, left, and Abby, 9. Last year, Faith began modeling for a South Korean modeling agency; the family decided to stop when they couldn't figure out whether they were violating their visa or whether they needed to pay local taxes.
SEOUL — Last May, a South Korean woman approached Andrea Stone and her three kids on Yongsan Garrison and asked if she’d ever considered letting the children model.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The offer intrigued the family, and soon the youngest Stone, 4-year-old Faith, was modeling children’s wear for print ads about once a month."
"But as the U.S. tax season drew nearer, Stone and her husband, Staff Sgt. Joe Stone, began to wonder what to do about that South Korean income, which over time amounted to about $1,000.
They had called the legal office on Yongsan to try to learn the rules about children earning money in South Korea. One person said it was fine; a second person said it wasn’t, Andrea Stone remembered. In the end, she thought the whole process must be all right"
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"(T)he Stones’ experience wasn’t all right, according to an 8-year-old agreement between South Korea and the United States.
The Stones, like all families of servicemembers and Pentagon workers in South Korea, live under the Status of Forces Agreement."
Thursday, March 5, 2009
S&S - Midwives in the military offer extra level of care
From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
Midwives in the military offer extra level of care
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, January 25, 2009
Teri Weaver / S&S
Lt. Cmdr. Andrea Hiles, the hospital’s other midwife, gives Izumi Flynn her first look at her baby. “Oh my god,” Flynn, a Navy spouse, said. “You think he’s sleeping now?” Flynn asks. “Yes,” Hiles says. “It’s very reassuring. Everything looks perfect, perfect.”
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Late last fall, as Mindy Adorador was just beginning to show during her first pregnancy, she told a midwife at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka about the slight whispers in her belly.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The military has more than 70 midwives, according to military health officials. These registered nurses do much of the same work as gynecologists and obstetricians — providing prenatal care, performing women’s wellness exams, administering birth control and delivering some of the thousands of babies born in military facilities each year."
Stars and Stripes
Midwives in the military offer extra level of care
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, January 25, 2009
Teri Weaver / S&S
Lt. Cmdr. Andrea Hiles, the hospital’s other midwife, gives Izumi Flynn her first look at her baby. “Oh my god,” Flynn, a Navy spouse, said. “You think he’s sleeping now?” Flynn asks. “Yes,” Hiles says. “It’s very reassuring. Everything looks perfect, perfect.”
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Late last fall, as Mindy Adorador was just beginning to show during her first pregnancy, she told a midwife at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka about the slight whispers in her belly.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The military has more than 70 midwives, according to military health officials. These registered nurses do much of the same work as gynecologists and obstetricians — providing prenatal care, performing women’s wellness exams, administering birth control and delivering some of the thousands of babies born in military facilities each year."
Thursday, February 26, 2009
S&S - Gay servicemembers urged to remain silent
From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
Gay servicemembers urged to remain silent
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, June 22, 2008
TOKYO — As the military considers its options in the latest round of court action surrounding its "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy regarding gays, some servicemembers are considering theirs. In her uniform, on an Army base far from home, "Stacy" searched the headlines in late May and wondered if the results of a U.S. appeals court ruling in Washington state meant she could come out as a lesbian.
Read the whole article here.
Stars and Stripes
Gay servicemembers urged to remain silent
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, June 22, 2008
TOKYO — As the military considers its options in the latest round of court action surrounding its "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy regarding gays, some servicemembers are considering theirs. In her uniform, on an Army base far from home, "Stacy" searched the headlines in late May and wondered if the results of a U.S. appeals court ruling in Washington state meant she could come out as a lesbian.
Read the whole article here.
Friday, February 6, 2009
S&S - After decommissioning, carrier’s eventual fate unknown
From my archive of press clippings:
Stars and Stripes
After decommissioning, carrier’s eventual fate unknown
By Teri Weaver and Allison Batdorff, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, May 25, 2008
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE — Nobody likes moving day — the packing, the lifting and, at day’s end, the echoing of an empty home.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"About 430 crewmembers will stay with the ship over the following few months, before the official decommissioning in January, the Navy said last week.
From there, the carrier’s eventual fate remains unknown.
A group in North Carolina wants it for a museum, homage to CV-63’s namesake location in the state.
Congress this month talked about keeping the Kitty Hawk in ready-reserve status during the next few years.
After decommissioning, the carrier will be assigned to the Navy’s inactive ship inventory."
"Once in Bremerton, the ship will get a full-scale shuttering that will take months."
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"(E)arlier this month, the House Armed Services Committee approved paying for a study to determine the costs of reactivating the Kitty Hawk and the Kennedy, if needed.
A group in Wilmington, N.C., however, would like to claim the Kitty Hawk for public view."
Stars and Stripes
After decommissioning, carrier’s eventual fate unknown
By Teri Weaver and Allison Batdorff, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, May 25, 2008
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE — Nobody likes moving day — the packing, the lifting and, at day’s end, the echoing of an empty home.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"About 430 crewmembers will stay with the ship over the following few months, before the official decommissioning in January, the Navy said last week.
From there, the carrier’s eventual fate remains unknown.
A group in North Carolina wants it for a museum, homage to CV-63’s namesake location in the state.
Congress this month talked about keeping the Kitty Hawk in ready-reserve status during the next few years.
After decommissioning, the carrier will be assigned to the Navy’s inactive ship inventory."
"Once in Bremerton, the ship will get a full-scale shuttering that will take months."
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"(E)arlier this month, the House Armed Services Committee approved paying for a study to determine the costs of reactivating the Kitty Hawk and the Kennedy, if needed.
A group in Wilmington, N.C., however, would like to claim the Kitty Hawk for public view."
Saturday, January 24, 2009
S&S - Report: Guam listed as a possible staging area for Iraqi immigrants
Stars and Stripes
Report: Guam listed as a possible staging area for Iraqi immigrants
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, January 18, 2009
TOKYO — As military and local leaders on Guam prepare for the planned arrival of 8,000 U.S. Marines, another group of people could be headed their way from Iraq, according to a report from a Washington think tank.
Read the whole article here.
Report: Guam listed as a possible staging area for Iraqi immigrants
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, January 18, 2009
TOKYO — As military and local leaders on Guam prepare for the planned arrival of 8,000 U.S. Marines, another group of people could be headed their way from Iraq, according to a report from a Washington think tank.
Read the whole article here.
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