Motoi Yoshimura, leading board director and union president at the Yamaguchi Oshima Agricultural Cooperative Association, gives a speech to Matthew C. Perry Elementary School students during the 6th Annual Mikan Presentation at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 1, 2016. Mikans are orange citrus fruits that resemble tangerines and are a symbol of Japan’s agricultural export business. The event provided students and staff the opportunity to strengthen their bond with Iwakuni residents. - Motoi Yoshimura, leading board director and union president at the Yamaguchi Oshima Agricultural Cooperative Association, gives a speech to Matthew C. Perry Elementary School students during the 6th Annual Mikan Presentation at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 1, 2016. Mikans are orange citrus fruits that resemble tangerines and are a symbol of Japan’s agricultural export business. The event provided students and staff the opportunity to strengthen their bond with Iwakuni residents.

Japanese and American children, coaches and government officials pose for a picture the Japan-U.S. Friendship Kid's Soccer Event coordinated by the Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau at the Suo-Oshima Town Athletics Track and Field in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 27, 2015. Twenty-five children from the station, ages 7-10, integrated with 20 Japanese children from schools in the local area to learn about each other’s culture, do warm up drills and compete in a tournament. This soccer meet gave the opportunity for the children to interact, which helps strengthen the friendship between the Japanese and Americans. - Japanese and American children, coaches and government officials pose for a picture the Japan-U.S. Friendship Kid's Soccer Event coordinated by the Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau at the Suo-Oshima Town Athletics Track and Field in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 27, 2015. Twenty-five children from the station, ages 7-10, integrated with 20 Japanese children from schools in the local area to learn about each other’s culture, do warm up drills and compete in a tournament. This soccer meet gave the opportunity for the children to interact, which helps strengthen the friendship between the Japanese and Americans.