Kenko Shimbun (Japanese for “healthy newspaper”) was the newspaper for the U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan. It is now a quarterly magazine.
The hospital was founded as an Imperial Japanese Navy hospital in 1881, and was rebuilt after the earthquake and fire of the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. US forces occupied the hospital in September 1945, and established it as a formal US Naval Hospital in September 1950.
A new hospital was built by the Japanese government for the U.S. Navy and opened in February 1981. The newspaper served as a communications channel for staff at the hospital.
Lawrence I. Charters and Kathleen G. Charters, “A yen for the best may be dangerous,” Kenko Shimbun, February 1984, p. 10.
Lawrence I. Charters and Kathleen G. Charters, “It was a dark and stormy night,” Kenko Shimbun, February 1984, pp. 6-7.
Kathleen G. Charters, “Sumo: Art of unexpected,” Kenko Shimbun, March 1984, p. 11.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Discovering rural Japan, where landscape flows,” Kenko Shimbun, May 1984, pp. 8-9.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Another perspective on Spouse Day,” Kenko Shimbun, May 1984, p. 5.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Computers at work and play,” Kenko Shimbun, November 1984, p. 8.
Kathleen G. Charters, “Nurses Talk – East meets West,” Kenko Shimbun, November 1984, p. 9.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Who Are Those Masked Men, Anyway? A Glimpse Into the Operating Room,” Kenko Shimbun, March 1985, p. 8.
Kathleen G. Charters, “Team effort in Education to provide knowledge, skills,” Kenko Shimbun, April 1985, pp. 8-9.
Lawrence I. Charters, “USNH Cardinals in Kameda Series,” Kenko Shimbun, October 1985, p. 12.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Better Late Than Never,” Kenko Shimbun, November 1985, p. 9.
Lawrence I. Charters, “The photos that didn’t make it into the Seahawk,” Kenko Shimbun, December 1985, p. 4.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Scrapbook 1985,” Kenko Shimbun, December 1985, p. 5.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Discoveries in the third dimension,” Kenko Shimbun, January 1986, p. 12.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Down the hatch,” Kenko Shimbun, August-September 1986, p. 4.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Bandits Overcome Atsugi, Lab, Mutants, Lesions,” Kenko Shimbun, August-September, p. 11.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Sumo: something for everyone,” Kenko Shimbun, October 1986, p. 11.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Visit to Red Cross Hospital Rewarding,” Kenko Shimbun, October 1986, p. 4.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Cold weather exercise held in Sapporo,” Kenko Shimbun, February 1987, pp. 4-5.