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83rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Adm. Steve Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, speaks at a ceremony at a park facing Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 2024, commemorating the 83rd anniversary of Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base there.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, shake hands after a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, shake hands after a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Russia's Pacific Fleet conducts artillery firing drill in Sea of Japan, Okhotsk

STORY: Russia's Pacific Fleet conducts artillery firing drill in Sea of Japan, Okhotsk SHOOTING TIME: June 24, 2024 DATELINE: June 24, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:40 LOCATION: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the drill (courtesy of the Russian Defense Ministry) STORYLINE: Warships of Russia's Pacific Fleet have carried out artillery firing targeting aerial and maritime targets as part of bilateral tactical drills involving fleet force groupings in the Sea of Japan and Okhotsk, local media reported on Monday. "The warships of the Pacific Fleet, after deployment in designated areas of the Sea of Japan and Okhotsk, began performing combat exercises as part of a bilateral exercise of Pacific Fleet groupings," TASS News Agency quoted the fleet's press office as saying. The press office added that the ship groups engaged in a naval battle with a mock enemy, conducting artillery fire against surface and aerial targets. Anti-aircraft missile systems were also employed to neutralize airb

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Russia's Pacific Fleet starts military exercises

STORY: Russia's Pacific Fleet starts military exercises SHOOTING TIME: June 18, 2024 DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the deployments for military exercises (courtesy of the Russian Defense Ministry) STORYLINE: Russia's Pacific Fleet began deploying its forces as part of the exercises scheduled to take place from June 18 to 28, local media reported on Tuesday. "The Pacific Fleet forces have initiated the deployment from their base locations to designated areas within the planned bilateral exercise, which will take place on June 18-28 in the Pacific Ocean, in seas of Japan and Okhotsk under the general management of the Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Viktor Liina," the fleet's press service was quoted by TASS news agency as saying. The drills will involve around 40 ships and vessels. Some 20 aircraft and helicopters of naval aviation, including Tu-142M3, Il-38, and Il-38N aircraft, Ka-29, and Ka-27 helicopters, will be pa

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne returns to her seat during a commissioning ceremony aboard HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne salutes upon arrival for a commissioning ceremony aboard HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Royal Canadian Navy members call out three cheers after a commissioning ceremony attended by Princess Anne aboard HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne salutes during the playing of O Canada at the conclusion of a commissioning ceremony aboard HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne, fourth left, and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, second left, tour HMCS Vancouver with Royal Canadian Navy Commodore David Mazur, third left, Commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific, before a commissioning ceremony for HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne speaks during a commissioning ceremony aboard HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne speaks during a commissioning ceremony aboard HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne salutes during the playing of O Canada at the conclusion of a commissioning ceremony aboard HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne walks off HMCS Vancouver after a tour before a commissioning ceremony for HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne, left, presents a commissioning pennant to Cmdr. Collin Forsberg, Commanding Officer of HMCS Max Bernays, during a commissioning ceremony aboard the ship as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne, left, and Cmdr. Collin Forsberg, Commanding Officer of HMCS Max Bernays, smile as they salute after she presented him with a commissioning pennant during a commissioning ceremony aboard the ship as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne, back right, salutes during the playing of O Canada at the conclusion of a commissioning ceremony aboard HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne boards HMCS Vancouver for a tour before a commissioning ceremony for HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne, bottom centre, boards HMCS Max Bernays for a commissioning ceremony after touring HMCS Vancouver, back, as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne arrives for a commissioning ceremony aboard the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne arrives for a commissioning ceremony aboard the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne arrives for a commissioning ceremony aboard the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Royal Canadian Navy Lt. Stephen Oxley walks past a landing boat aboard HMCS Max Bernays ahead of a commissioning ceremony for the ship with Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

A man sits with a dog on a pier while the HMCS Max Bernays is seen docked ahead of a commissioning ceremony for the ship with Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne, right, walks with Royal Canadian Navy Commodore David Mazur, Commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific, as they walk to tour HMCS Vancouver, before a commissioning ceremony for HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

A crew member talks on a phone while sitting at the stern aboard HMCS Max Bernays ahead of a commissioning ceremony for the ship with Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne, right, walks with Royal Canadian Navy Commodore David Mazur, Commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific, past torpedo launchers during a tour of HMCS Vancouver, before a commissioning ceremony for HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

People walk on a pier past HMCS Vancouver, front, and HMCS Regina, back, as seen from aboard HMCS Max Bernays ahead of a commissioning ceremony for the ship with Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne speaks during a commissioning ceremony aboard HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

People walk on a pier past the HMCS Max Bernays ahead of a commissioning ceremony for the ship with Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

A crew member waves while standing on board HMCS Max Bernays ahead of a commissioning ceremony for the ship with Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 29, 2023 shows The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) sails in a formation exercise during Exercise Talisman Sabre, July 29, 2023. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Large wargames between the USA, Australia and eleven partner nations kicked off on July 21, the largest ever in the history of Exercise Talisman Sabre. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas B. Contant via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russia fires missiles at mock target in Sea of Japan

STORY: Russia fires missiles at mock target in Sea of Japan DATELINE: March 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:43 LOCATION: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. Russia Navy ships launching Moskit hypersonic anti-ship missiles (source: Russian Defense Ministry) STORYLINE: Russia's navy has fired supersonic anti-ship missiles at a mock target in the Sea of Japan, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. "In the waters of the Sea of Japan, missile ships of the Pacific Fleet fired Moskit cruise missiles at a mock enemy sea target," the ministry said in a statement published on its official site. The target, located at a distance of about 100 km, was successfully hit by a direct hit from two Moskit cruise missiles. The Moskit missile is a medium-range supersonic ramjet powered cruise missile that can carry conventional and nuclear warheads, capable of destroying a ship within a range of up to 120 km. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Vladivostok, Russia. (XHTV)

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Russian submarine test-fires missile from Sea of Japan

STORY: Russian submarine test-fires missile from Sea of Japan DATELINE: March 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Russian submarine 2. various of the Russian submarine test-fires missile STORYLINE: The diesel-electric submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky of the Russian Pacific Fleet test-launched a Caliber cruise missile from the Sea of Japan, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. As part of a combat training plan, the submarine secretly arrived at the designated area in the Sea of Japan and launched the missile from underwater, which successfully hit a coastal target located over 1,000 km away in Russia's Khabarovsk region, the ministry said in a statement. Ships and aircraft of the Russian Pacific Fleet closed the missile firing area in advance, the ministry added. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

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U.S. Navy commander Harris at U.S.-Japan Council meeting

HONOLULU, United States - Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, nominated to be the next commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, delivers a keynote speech at the U.S.-Japan Council's annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Oct. 10, 2014.

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U.S. rear admiral explains aim of Pacific military drill

GUAM, United States - Rear Adm. Russell Allen, deputy commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, briefs reporters on the purpose of a military exercise in the Pacific Ocean in Guam on Sept. 15, 2014, the first day of the nine-day drill.

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Memorial service for Varyag crew

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A man related to the Russian Pacific Fleet speaks at a memorial service in Vladivostok, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014, for the crew of the Russian cruiser Varyag, which was sunk on Feb. 9, 1904, during the Russo-Japanese war.

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U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet commander

NAGASAKI, Japan - Adm. Harry Harris, the first Japanese-American commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, salutes after placing flowers at the Higashiyama Navy Cemetery for members of the former Imperial Japanese Navy in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 20, 2013.

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U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet commander

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Harry Harris, the first Japanese-American commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, holds a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 18, 2013.

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U.S. Pacific Fleet commander

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2012.

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Pearl Harbor attack's 70th anniv.

HONOLULU, United States - Adm. Patrick Walsh, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, gives a speech at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, held in a park overlooking the harbor on Dec. 7, 2011.

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Pearl Harbor attack's 70th anniv.

HONOLULU, United States - Adm. Patrick Walsh (4th from R), commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, a veteran (5th from R) and other ceremony participants salute at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, held in a park overlooking the harbor on Dec. 7, 2011.

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Propeller from kamikaze fighter in Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2011, shows a propeller blade from a fighter aircraft of the now-defunct Japanese military exhibited at the Pacific Fleet Museum in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. The aircraft was shot down during an attempted kamikaze attack on a Soviet oil tanker off Vladivostok port on Aug. 18, 1945, three days after Japan's surrender in World War II.

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U.S. forces aiding Japan quake relief

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Patrick Walsh, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, answers reporters' questions after meeting Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, head of Japan's Self-Defense Forces, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 26, 2011, regarding U.S. forces' support for Japan's relief efforts following the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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U.S. Navy on alert for N. Korea instability

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Patrick Walsh, commander of the Hawaii-based U.S. Pacific Fleet, meets a group of reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2010. He said the United States is on alert to respond to any incidents involving North Korea as the country appears to be entering the process of laying the groundwork for the eventual succession to power of one of leader Kim Jong Il's sons.

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U.S. commander confident in missile defense system

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Gary Roughead, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Roughead expressed confidence in the effectiveness of the missile defense systems being developed jointly by Japan and the United States to counter threats in the region, including intercepting ballistic missiles from North Korea.

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Group calls for end to Iraq war in 1,000th demonstration

NAHA, Japan - Members of a citizens' group, which has been organizing weekly antiwar marches near the Okinawa prefectural government office for nearly 20 years, call for a stop to the U.S.-led war in Iraq during their 1,000th parade in Naha on April 4. The so-called ''lunch time demonstrations'' began on Feb. 17, 1984 in protest at the deployment of Tomahawk cruise missiles to the U.S. Pacific Fleet.