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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 28, 2026) — Capt. Donavon YapShing, deputy director of U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, uses a kine (mallet) to pound rice in an usu (mortar) during a mochitsuki cultural exchange event at the hospital. The Japanese Fellows organized the event to highlight cultural partnership and collaboration between U.S. and Japanese medical professionals. The Japanese Fellowship Program is a yearlong graduate medical education program that has trained Japanese physicians at USNH Yokosuka since 1952. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Taylor/USNMRTC Yokosuka Public Affairs)