American and Japanese students from Matthew C. Perry Elementary School and Shimanaka Elementary School perform together at the 7th annual U.S.-Japan Friendship Concert at the Sinfonia Iwakuni Concert Hall in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 24, 2017. The concert is a way for the student performers to experience different cultures and communicate with each other through music despite the language barrier. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlos Jimenez) - American and Japanese students from Matthew C. Perry Elementary School and Shimanaka Elementary School perform together at the 7th annual U.S.-Japan Friendship Concert at the Sinfonia Iwakuni Concert Hall in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 24, 2017. The concert is a way for the student performers to experience different cultures and communicate with each other through music despite the language barrier. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlos Jimenez)

Jeffrey Carr, Matthew C. Perry High School assistant principal, narrates as the symphonic band plays “The Night Before Christmas” during the annual holiday celebration concert at the Sakura Assembly Hall at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 7, 2016. The concert showcased various musical groups from M.C. Perry and brought base residents, students and staff from Suo-Oshima Municipal Elementary School, Waki Junior High School and Otake Municipal Ogata Junior High School together. To start the concert, the symphonic band played “Angels We Have Heard on High” to approximately 300 guests inside the theater. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Henson) - Jeffrey Carr, Matthew C. Perry High School assistant principal, narrates as the symphonic band plays “The Night Before Christmas” during the annual holiday celebration concert at the Sakura Assembly Hall at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 7, 2016. The concert showcased various musical groups from M.C. Perry and brought base residents, students and staff from Suo-Oshima Municipal Elementary School, Waki Junior High School and Otake Municipal Ogata Junior High School together. To start the concert, the symphonic band played “Angels We Have Heard on High” to approximately 300 guests inside the theater. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Henson)