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American Base Town in Northern Japan. US and Japanese Air Forces at Misawa Target North Korea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Saito Mitsumasa
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Everyone sat, eating cheese rolls in silence. Cheese wrapped in gyoza skins and deep-fried, cheese rolls are a local “B-class gourmet” food. The piping hot rolls seemed to warm the chilled, rain-drenched bodies of the customers.

The shop was the Noodle House, on the main street of the city of Misawa, Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan. As the name suggests, one can get all kinds of Japanese noodles at the restaurant. But it is not noodles but these cheese rolls that are hot sellers. They're a favorite among the airmen from Misawa Air Base and their families, who make up some 90 percent of the customers.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 8 , Issue 40 , October 2010 , e3
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[1] Editor's note: The sympathy budget is only part of the total cost to Japan of hosting American bases. When indirect costs (such as land rental fees), special assessments for Okinawa, and costs of the base realignment plan are included, the total came to ¥469.6 billion (approx. $5.5 billion) for the 2010 fiscal year. These figures are from the Ministry of Defense. Thanks to Norimatsu Satoko for this information.

[2] Editor's note: The Anti-Piracy Measures Law went into effect in July 2009 and was extended for another year in July 2010. It does not specify when or where forces will be dispatched for anti-piracy operations, which can be ordered without prior approval of the Diet.