Off Duty was a magazine (1970-1999) devoted to military personnel and their families in the Pacific. Feature articles were usually devoted to places worth visiting throughout the Pacific, with more articles devoted to electronics (this was the era of massive speakers, amplifiers, receivers, turntables, mass adoption of cassette tapes, the start of the CD revolution, laser discs, and other wonders), personal computers, recipes, and other topics of interest to young, healthy people in their late teens through early thirties. In other words, the US military and their families.
Lawrence I. Charters, ed., “Welcome to Tokyo 1984-85: On the Bases,” Off Duty, July 1984, pp. 1-35.
Lawrence I. Charters, ed., “Welcome to Tokyo 1984-85: The New Sanno,” Off Duty, July 1984, pp. 1-35.
Lawrence I. Charters, ed., “Welcome to Tokyo 1985-86,” Off Duty, July 1985, pp. 1-46.
Lawrence I. Charters, “March 1986 Focus on Japan — A Fertility Festival,” Off Duty, March 1986, p. JPN-10.
Lawrence I. Charters, “April 1986 Focus on Japan — Cherry Blossoms and an Emperor’s Birthday,” Off Duty, April 1986, p. JPN-8.
Lawrence I. Charters, “May 1986 Focus on Japan — Festivals, Baseball, and Sumo,” Off Duty, May 1986, p. JPN-6.
Lawrence I. Charters, “June 1986 Focus on Japan — Fuji and Tokyo Disneyland,” Off Duty, June 1986, p. JPN-12.
Lawrence I. Charters, “On Line to Off Duty: Diving in Japan,” Off Duty, June 1986, p. 9.
Lawrence I. Charters, “July 1986 Focus on Japan — The Gion Festival and Bon Festival,” Off Duty, July 1986, pp. JPN 8, JPN-9a.
Lawrence I. Charters, ed., “Welcome to Tokyo 1986-87, Off Duty, pp. 1-42.
Lawrence I. Charters, “August 1986 Focus on Japan — Vacation Month,” Off Duty, August 1986, pp. 10-11.
Lawrence I. Charters, “September 1986 Focus on Japan — Mounted Archers, Harvest Festivals,” Off Duty, September 1986, pp. JPN-10-11.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Impressions of Japan,” Off Duty, September 1986, p. JPN-11.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Inexpensive Tokyo,” Off Duty, September 1986, pp. 22-31.
Lawrence I. Charters, “October 1986 Focus on Japan — Autumn colors and a giant Buddha,” Off Duty, October 1986, pp. 8-10.
Lawrence I. Charters, “November 1986 Focus on Japan — Iwakuni and Hiroshima,” Off Duty, November 1986, pp. 12-14.
Lawrence I. Charters, “December 1986 Focus on Japan — Holidays and the Greater Snow,” Off Duty, December 1986, pp. 11-12.
Lawrence I. Charters, “January 1987 Focus on Japan — Bells, Bunnies and Snow,” Off Duty, January 1987, pp. 10-11.
Lawrence I. Charters, “February 1987 Focus on Japan — Beans, Bunnies and Snow,” Off Duty, February 1987, pp. 8-10.
Lawrence I. Charters, “March 1987 Focus on Japan — Fertility and Vending Machines,” Off Duty, March 1987, pp. 12-13.
Lawrence I. Charters, “April 1987 Focus on Japan — Cherry Blossoms and Warriors,” Off Duty, April 1987, pp. 8-9.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Coming to Grips with Sumo,” Off Duty, May 1987, pp. 18-19.
Lawrence I. Charters and Catherine Hall, “May 1987 Focus on Japan — Castles and Sumo,” Off Duty, May 1987, pp. 26-27d.
Lawrence I. Charters and Catherine Hall, “June 1987 Focus on Japan — Disneyland and Mt. Fuji,” Off Duty, June 1987, pp. 26-26b.
Lawrence I. Charters and Catherine Hall, “July 1987 Focus on Japan — Akihabara and the Fourth,” Off Duty, June 1987, pp. 26-26b.