This congressman’s family was swept up in WWII Japanese detention. He sees a repeat in today’s raids

WASHINGTON — The congressman returned home last Fourth of July to startling stories in Southern California as immigration patrols swept through communities and one constituent told him about starting to carry a passport as proof of the right to be in the country. Rep. Mark Takano, whose American-born parents were both incarcerated as young children … Read more

YouTube taught a Japanese teen how to kick field goals. Now he’s in the NFL.

Unorthodox backgrounds are the norm in the IPP program, which expanded two years ago to include specialists, including kickers. Yet Matsuzawa might have the unlikeliest path to the NFL of all. Football isn’t a foreign concept in Japan. A semiprofessional league, the X League, was founded in 1971. American universities once regularly played Japanese universities … Read more

Macron and Japanese PM Takaichi do a ‘Dragon Ball’ pose

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Macron and Japanese PM Takaichi do a ‘Dragon Ball’ pose 00:16 UP NEXT DNA testing confirms Ted Bundy killed Utah teen in 1974 00:24 Lindsey Buckingham attacked with unknown substance 00:21 Suspect appears to push man into oncoming … Read more

Trump makes Pearl Harbor joke during meeting with Japanese prime minister

President Donald Trump on Thursday invoked Japan’s December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor when speaking about recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran during a bilateral meeting at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Asked by a reporter why the U.S. didn’t tell Japan or other allies about its decision to strike … Read more

Trump makes a Pearl Harbor joke while meeting with the Japanese prime minister

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Trump makes a Pearl Harbor joke while meeting with the Japanese prime minister 01:00 UP NEXT Trump thought economic impact of Iran war ‘would be worse’ 02:24 Gabbard says Trump’s objectives in Iran differ from the Israeli government … Read more

Japanese leader faces a ‘very difficult’ meeting with Trump as he presses for help with Iran

Few world leaders seem to get along with President Donald Trump as well as Sanae Takaichi. But the Japanese prime minister could be in for an earful when she visits the White House on Thursday, as Trump grows increasingly frustrated with the course of his war on Iran. Takaichi, 65, will be the first leader … Read more

U.S. court convicts Japanese mafia leader for conspiring to traffic nuclear material to Iran

A member of Japan’s yakuza crime group was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York court on Tuesday after being convicted of trafficking nuclear material as well as drugs and weapons. Takeshi Ebisawa, 61, has been jailed since April 2022 on the drug and weapons charges, along with his Thai co-defendant Somphop … Read more