Little Tokyo, an area in downtown Los Angeles that has been home to many Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans over the past 140 years, is included in an annual list of the most endangered U.S. historic places released by a nonprofit.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators submit a resolution underscoring the significance of the robust alliance between Washington and Tokyo, a day ahead of official talks between President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The state dinner U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill will host for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko will be filled with colors evoking Japan and springtime, cherry blossoms, koi carp, fans, and feature menu items such as shiso leaf tempura and matcha ganache, the White House says.
Takahiro Mori of Nippon Steel Corp. traveled to Pittsburgh for a $14 billion steel merger with US Steel. Despite promises of investment and job security, talks with union leader David McCall failed. Political tensions, including opposition from Presidents Biden and Trump, now complicate the deal, highlighting the intersection of business and politics.
At a time when the Kishida administration is facing a governance crisis, the Japanese Prime Minister stopped by the White House Tuesday evening ahead of Wednesday s official visit that is focused on a