Senior Staff writer, Pacific Stars and Stripes Employed, July 18, 1956-November, 1995 I have covered all manner of events and have written every kind of news and feature story, from the signing of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty to the controversy over the Kansai New International Airport; six presidential visits; four times in Vietnam as a war correspondent; traveled to Hanoi to do stories on post war impressions of the country; funeral of the Emperor Showa, coronation of Emperor Akihito; special world famous political, literary and entertainment personalities, everybody from John Stenbeck to Sylverster Stallone; thorough and consistent coverage of Japan, Korea and Philippines, along with assignments to points of political and cultural interest such as Tinian, Palau, Iwo Jima and Marcus Island; special supplements on life and culture of Asia, including a highly praised magazine that covered Japan the American military communities around Zama, Iwakuni, Fussa and other places, from Misawa to Nagasaki, in particular, in recent times, I have covered trade friction between the United States and Japan and the growing military relationship between the two along with difficulties over U.S. troop presence in Okinawa, the pullout of American forces from the Philippines, the impact of crimes against Japanese in America. Recently published “The Wake of War – Mercy Followed by Mayhem” in Japanese by PHP Japan.