Yokota Monuments
The Tomodachi statue, built on May 31, 2001, by a Yokota High School art teacher and his students commemorating the friendship between the U.S. and Japan, stands on a median on Friendship Boulevard at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 25, 2016. More than 60 students collaborated to make the statue, using 550 pounds of clay. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman David C. Danford/Released)