Overview

• Yokosuka Naval Base canceled its Friendship Day festival scheduled for Sunday, apologizing to local vendors, performers and volunteers.
• Yokosuka city scrapped its weekend fireworks after losing the base viewing area that was expected to host about half of the roughly 190,000 spectators.
• DoDEA Pacific halted all extracurriculars and school sports, with Humphreys High postponing its homecoming game and dance and Edgren Middle High delaying homecoming events for at least two weeks.
• On Okinawa, Marine Corps posts described the Futenma Flight Line Fair as scaled down and limited to DoD ID holders at Camp Foster, while Kyodo reported the event was canceled.
• Base operations reported health care, child care and commissaries open even as service members work without pay and many federal civilian employees are furloughed.