this is the gateway to little tokyo home his little tokyo and this depict what happened here in the japanese american community in the center right here. we see three people right there with a dedication of the candles and then this young girl with a mallet. actually, she was supposed to be making japanese crushed rice or we call it more chi however is depicting. 1942 guard tower with this symbol executive order 9066. so she's actually demolishing the memories of world war ii up here it depicts some of the activities going on in the japanese american community such as basketball martial art dancing and then some of the businesses that the japanese people were involved in is farming and produce marketing and go to business. so about 70% of all the produce issued in the southern california area was done by japanese american way up there on the upper right hand corner. we see where the third and fourth generation is taking care of the first generation japanese americans people that came from japan to america first came here. we call them essay or first generation. my parents were east days. i w

tokyo to recycle and sell it. again, right here is where a brass sign used to be. this is for sight of a time capsule way back in 1980. they buried in the time capsule activities and things going on here in southern california. so it's supposed to be open and 2080, but i hope to get to sign back up because in 2018, no one will know what this sign is here for. right here is about the spaceship challenger as many of know the chartered lasted about 70 seconds in the air. and we had the classroom teacher kristy mccullough on there. we had the black scientists. mcnair on there. we had judy resnick the observer we had the jet first japanese american astronaut allison s onizuka on there. so this is to memorialize the challenger that persed after about 70 seconds in the air. we have the oldest and largest japanese american a newspaper outside of japan the rafushimpo the first started way back in 1903 as a memograph copy and twice a week and about 1921 it became a bilingual newspaper japanese and english today. during its

team for tokyo. he says that he is cautiously optimistic but excited to live his dream even with fan restrictions. >> i understand why this needs to be the way it is. it makes perfect sense to me from a safety perspective. that doesn't make it any more heartbreaking. >> now at the end of the may he'll join other hopefuls in irvine and then go to montenegro and then to siberia. this is where the team eats final roster will be announced. >>> and a cal graduate and team usa swimmer nathan adrian has his sights set on making his fourth olympic games, his first olympic games back in 2008. the eight-time olympic medalist was on the "today" show this morning talking about the feeling of getting back in the water with his team. >> we were lucky enough to compete this last weekend and that just -- that just stoked my fire so much. i think that's what we all live to do and obviously with covid it was a little bit tough, you know, across the different sports, but, man, when you just get to jump in that pool to

bianca, en'oy it all, the very best i in tokyo.— for in tokyo. think you very much. for bob, ou in tokyo. think you very much. for bob, you wouldn't _ in tokyo. think you very much. for bob, you wouldn't want _ in tokyo. think you very much. for bob, you wouldn't want to - in tokyo. think you very much. for bob, you wouldn't want to be i in tokyo. think you very much. for bob, you wouldn't want to be bob, would you? —— poor bob. and finally to one of the ultimate underdog stories. last night in belfast, northern ireland women made history by reaching a major finals in football for the first time. they beat ukraine to secure their place at the euros next summer. they were ranked 26 places below their opponents, most of their players are part time and they had struggled with a big injury list. i spoke to their captain marissa callaghan about what made this team so special. we have a group of girls who were so talented. but itjust didn't click with us because we didn't have that belief in ourselves. he's come in and managed us superbly, and he's just installed this

the road to tokyo goes through san francisco. today a celebration to honor olympians and community leaders. here's robert honda. >> reporter: for someone that attended hi cheerleader daughter's high school football game this month the timing of the olympics doesn't seem unusual so it's 100 days and counting. >> i thought it's a dream. >> reporter: it was overdue for the 100 days countdown to the 2020 tokyo olympics. nbc bay area and the japanese cultural and community center of northern california hosting an event in san francisco's japantown honoring local olympians and community leaders that showed courage in the covid pandemic. >> the pandemic hit the world. every country, every district, every village and the only other thing that reaches this far worldwide is the olympics. >> reporter: 26-year-old foil fencer of san francisco is headed to his second olympics after an individual silver and a team bronze at the 2016 games. he spent the year delay focusing on personal growth. >> whether it's my own identity being asian-american

this is the ultimate tokyo drink called a highball. so this is just seltzer water right over, and that's it e. good morning. >> good morning to you i like the noodle dish that can be served at breakfast, lunch, or dinner you can eat that any time? >> yeah. you know, it gets so hot in hawaii and in japan, so we love our cold noodle dishes most ramen can be eaten hot or cold so i love making these dishes. this next one is a soba noodle salad. so this one is made with peanut sauce. you just pour over a little bit of sesame seed on top. if you're in the mood for a good pairing when it is a spicy dish, i prefer making a martini with that. >> why not >> this is hilarious >> is it too early >> nope. >> no. >> noontime somewhere. >> exactly >> 13 hours ahead in japan >> we're late, technically >> matcha powder and a japanese haku rice vodka. it's made out of 100% rice it also is made with koji which has that umami back end to it. to make a matcha cocktail, whisk you mix it with a little liqueur or a little vermouth, and then you give it a good

it says tokyo 2020, but, yes, it is tokyo 2021. we have been here before but this time it is for real. the olympics are happening. today marks 100 days. the olympics brings the world together and we certainly need that spirit now. to commemorate the date, a monument was unveiled in tokyo today. the games were postponed. you recall last summer because of the pandemic. now a year later, it's full steam ahead. among the athletes going to tokyo, former cal swimmer, an eight-time olympicmedalist. he was diagnosed with testicular cancer but is now healthy and back in the pool. >> the extra year helps smooth out some kinks that popped up from the surgery that we had to deal with cancer. so i'm looking forward to trials for sure. >> much more with nathan adrian coming up at 6:00. >>> look at this. not just in tokyo. the upcoming olympics were celebrated here at home in san francisco today. a good time honoring community leaders in japan town. we kicked off a celebratory countdown. here's robert honda. >> we are 100 days away from the olymp

i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. we start with breaking news. three prefectures take stricter virus measures. the designation will take effect on monday and remain in place for a month. it will pave the way for changes in the city of osaka, four cities in the neighboring prefecture and northern city of sindai. they plan to ask bars and restaurants to close at 8:00 p.m. and to stay away from kareoke bars which have been linked to many infections. the minister in charge of the coronavirus response says more contagious variants are spreading there. saying he wants to work with the two governors to reduce the number of people traveling to and from the konsai region. >> translator: i would like to work with each to take effective measures. we will do everything we can to prevent infections in the region and to prevent the virus from spreading across the country. >> the governor of osaka prefecture says the public's cooperation is essential to stop another surge in cases. >> translator: as for refraining from non-essential outings, i personally think

located near downtown los angeles little tokyo is one of three remaining in california. whereas many as 40 japantowns thrived prior to world war ii. los angeles first started way back in 1781 when 11 pablo doris or settlers came from mexico to get land for the king of spain in 1843 the first recorded japanese landed in fairhaven, massachusetts hamannosuke, and he was a shipwreck sailor from off the coast of hawaii and the whaler ship picked up five japanese men and for them were left in hawaii, but hamonosuke was brought to fair haven, massachusetts, so he's probably the first recorded japanese to be here. and then in 1850 los angeles was incorporated at that time. we had about 1600 people in a square mile of 28 square miles today were about or million population and the square mile is about 469. but california was the site of the immigrants from japan the port of entry with san francisco. and the first colony was up there in northern california at gold hill about 30 miles south of sacramento, and it was the ill-fated guacamatu tea and silk colony. they lasted about two

now his sights are set on tokyo, where karate will. are set on tokyo, where karate will take its power as an olympic sport. for him, the chance to represent team refugee will be about more than metals. i would like to be the person to send that message of hope to millions of other children that have been displaced around the world and tell them that i am there for them, yes, we lost our home, we lost everything that we had, but we are still alive and we can still dream. so that means the world to me. the incredible story there. our top story, chelsea against porto tonight and the champions league, coventry on five live sports after 7pm for me and the rest of the team, goodbye for now. hello, good evening, you are watching bbc news. the uk's medicines watchdog has made a change to its advice on the use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. it 0xford astrazeneca vaccine. it stressed that the benefits of the vaccine continue to heavily outweigh any risks for the vast majority of people. but because some rare blood clots have been found in extremely small numbers of people who have received t

nbcbayarea.com, tokyo olympics on our home page. >>> chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, you've been to olympics, know how fun they are. i've been to rio, the excitement is really building. >> oh, yeah. it does, and it's going to be a different experience out there. i went to beijing and also to turino, but there's always something great to watch every night and we'll bring it to you. looking forward to that here at nbc bay area, going to get you ready for thursday forecast. start off right now. view outside, walnut creek, mostly clear skies. what i want you to see, headed for another cold start tomorrow morning. 6:00 a.m. down to 47 degrees, under mostly clear skies but look for a little bit of patchy fog near the immediate coastline and through the santa cruz mountains and clouds towards the tri-valley. more 40s in north bay. san francisco 46, east bay at 45. need a jacket tomorrow morning. but by the afternoon can ditch the jacket. going to be good to go with short sleeves in the south bay. looking mightily fine. cupertino, 70. east bay. livermore at 71. danville, and martinez 69 and

regional tensions how exactly does tokyo one progress report on from the vendor specific. well as you know so has wrong a longstanding prohibition on the use of force so japan is not ready to have a very hard power response to china's rising military power nonetheless the alliance is the primary guarantee here guarantor of japanese security and so it hopes to send the message to china that while tokyo wants to have a dialogue across the region maybe cooperate on a variety of issues including building infrastructure investing in energy resources it also sees chinese activities especially maritime activities as being really counter to its interests and also to the interests of that. you spoke about lot of time concerns it does that explain the dialogue that has existed between the u.s. and japan over taiwan yes and so taiwan is an old issue in the japan china relationship and the u.s. china relationship as you know it goes all the way back to the 1970 s. and both countries normalize their diplomatic relations so taiwan has a relationship with japan but not a military relatio

organizers in tokyo mark the countdown by unveiling the statue west of the city. elizabeth mclaughlin is live in charlotte, north carolina where olympic trials are underway. liz, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. here at the u.s. national whitewater center, it's the final day of olympic trials for canoe kayak slalom with three months and change, it's clear the road to tokyo has been a rocky one aspiring olympians, it's been an extra year of anticipation for tokyo. >> the olympics are happening. it gives me goose bumps saying it. >> reporter: 100 days out for the games athletes are antsy. >> i'm super excited for the journey. >> reporter: gymnasts, track athletes, swimmers are preparing now for olympic trials in june. >> that is the next big marker for us swimmers and what we're preparing for so it feels like it's coming up soon. >> reporter: with many already making the cut more than 115 athletes qualified for tokyo with rowing and canoe kayak trials already underway. >> it's been great to represent the united states in three games. i'm hoping to m

, tokyo will have to keep upping the game. lucy craft, japan. >> >>> and that's the "cbs overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues and others check back later for cbs this morning. you can follow us on online at cbs.com and check out the podcast, it's called the debrief, with thursday tomorrow, i will be looking at the climate change debate from all angles. reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm major garrett. ♪ >>> it's wednesday, april 21st, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." >> i prayed and i hoped. and i was speaking everything, i said i have faith that he will be convicted. >> this can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in america. >> this verdict is a step. it's a popping of the lock, to get to the place where we can open the door and really start to do the work to save lives. but this is the start. yes, we're being heard. this is the start. and minnesota knows the truth. >> the nation

well the interesting thing about the alliance today is not it's not just how washington sees tokyo but also how to go sees washington that matters and i think that the japanese have been very astute and very active in the 4 years during president trump's tenure as president to build a coalition in the region to really make it necessary for the united states to step into a coalition approach the free and open indo-pacific approach as they call it so i think washington is looking to tokyo for ideas but tokyo is also looking to washington to be consistent and persistent in the way in addresses regional tensions how exactly does talk a one progress report on something then the pacific. as you know took as wrong a longstanding prohibition on the use of force so japan is not ready to have a very hard power response to china's rising military power nonetheless the alliance is the primary guarantee here guarantor of japanese security and so it hopes to send the message to china that while tokyo wants to have a dialogue across the region maybe cooperate on a variety of issues including building

could it affect tokyo? >> absolutely occurred, and as we are coming out of the story from hoshino-san, they close down in the otamachi district of tokyo. foreign visitors are not coming in, and the pandemic is affecting core cities. osaka and other major cities are going into partial restrictions and lockdowns as of today, because of the new wave that is sweeping across for the pandemic in japan. so this is going to hurt companies, like properties, hotels that hoshino-san operates, because people have been traveling domestically, and that is going to be severely hindered with these new restrictions. in the prime minister suga, speaking on fuji tv last night, asked about whether the locked on restrictions coming into place in osaka and drowning areas today, would they be extended -- and surrounding areas today, would they be extended to tokyo? he said, all possibilities are being considered. one possibility is, variation e4, which first surface and the u.k. has been found in new infections in japan. one toky

team for tokyo. this athlete says at this point, he's cautiously optimistic but excited to live his dream. his journey to tokyo still under way at the end of may, he will join other hopefuls in irvine and that's where the team's roster will be announced. what would it mean to make this team? >> to me, that would be everything. i was a little kid, everyone, not everyone, i was a little kid, i grew up really with a strong determination to ultimately represent my country and from a very young age, i set this as my goal to achieve, stay up late grinding for, get up hard working hard to achieve. to see it all come true would mean everything. >> reporter: he hasn't officially made the team yet and has several stops before that. it was an honor speaking with him. he was still in his dorm room working to find wifi. you could tell he's a regular student but exceptional student because he is 100 days from potentially walking if that opening ceremony in tokyo. all of our fingers are crossed for him as he pursue

most of based in rio the sumo district in the heart of tokyo with its huge stadium. dedicated to the main tournament of the season. they live together 24 hours a day in sumos dave a. view into this close community is almost impossible but we've been branded special permission to film at new bhutto's death. it's 6 30 am and the wrestlers are already training yes. the 2 metre tall giant is the master of the stable an anomaly in the history of sumo he's the 1st stable master from europe a film a bold garion he became a japanese national and a great sumo champion. his japanese name coto all shoes cups and norry. fat with. the training has been the same to century the same exercises the same routines and above old the same suffering for. feet. these young risler between 17 and 23 years old. to join the stables they must be in good physical condition be at least 174 centerpiece told and weigh at least 75 kilograms. is the oldest member of the team a year and a half ago he gave up everything to become a sumo wrestler. sitting up bottles in switches 3. and i'm sorry got out

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. the disgraced financier bernie madoff has died injail in america at the age of 82. he was serving a 150 year sentence for running a scam investment scheme, the largest in american history. tens of thousands of people were defrauded of as much as $65 billion. his victims included the film director steven speilberg and the actor kevin bacon, as well as many ordinary investors. northern ireland's first minister, arlene foster, says she felt "humiliated" after a celebrity doctor tweeted a false rumour that she was having an extramarital affair. the high court in belfast has been hearing the tweet by dr christianjessen was retweeted more than 500 times. mrs foster is suing drjessen for defamation. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy is at the high court. what else was said in court? dr what else was said in court? d christianjessen is probably best known as the presenter of channel 4's embarrass embodies programme, and his tweet written into thousand and his tweet written into thousand an

our reporter has the latest out of tokyo. this will be the third state of emergency in tokyo. what kinds of restrictions are we looking at? >> we already have some mild measures imposed in tokyo, which means bars and restaurants are supposed to close at 8:00 p.m., but the government discovered that this has not stopped people from going out and about. we have packed commuter trains, and obviously, cases are rising again. we saw a number over the weekend, over 700, which was the worst in two months, so a new state of emergency may mean that some businesses are forced to close altogether. one is seen as particularly risky, karaoke venues. the tokyo governor, yuriko koike , once this done as soon as possible. we are coming up to the golden week holidays in japan, the end of april, the beginning of may, and that is usually a popular time for travel. he wants to put the brakes on that. osaka may see stricter levels. the governor was looking to have bars and restaurants closed or at least to ban alcohol sales, which is the kind of measure we have not seen before in japan. shery: we

joining me now from tokyo is selena wang. selena. >> reporter: well, robin, it is hard to believe even with the tokyo olympics looming, less than 1% of japan's population has been fully vaccinated. with this state of emergency that has just gone into effect, it is not a lockdown, but it d -- but the big question is how effective is this going to somebody you have covid fatigue setting in. walking around the streets of tokyo, many areas still remain crowded. the concern among experts now is these olympics could become a super spreader event that not only enables the spread of more contagious covid variants throughout japan but also around the world. the tokyo olympics are just three months away, but japan is far from ready. the country is struggling to contain a fourth wave of covid-19 driven by more contagious variants. the prime minister has just declared another state of emergency in tokyo and other prefectures. japan may be one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet, but it has struggled to roll out t

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also getting ever closer to lighting up the tokyo olympics but japan's now imposing more restrictions to contain coronavirus. and history of 4 had a clear match the 29 year old becomes the 1st japanese man to win a major goals title. welcome to the program a power blackout as iran's main nuclear facility has been described as an act of terrorism that comes from the head of the country's atomic energy agency. he hasn't specified who's behind what was initially called an accident at the natanz facility but israeli media coating and identified sources claim it was a cyber attack carried out by israel's intelligence services it's happened the day after iran unveiled advanced to you raney and centrifuges at the site and when iran and the u.s. are struggling to revive the 2015 nuclear deal as a bag is in tehran with more on the reaction from iran's nuclear agency. this seems to be an admission from iran that this was some sort of attack and the head of iran's atomic organization has come out and said that this act by those that oppose iran's progress in the nuclear industry and it was shows

the tokyo olympics are just three months away, but japan is far from ready. the country is struggling to contain a fourth wave of covid driven by more contagious variants. the prime minister has just declared another state of emergency in tokyo and other prefectures. japan may be one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet, but it has struggled to roll out the covid vaccine. japan is fully vaccinated, less than 1% of its 126 million people, the slowest of g7 countries. only 17% of health care workers have received two shots. just 0.1% of senior citizens have had a single dose. do you think the olympics should be canceled? >> i think it is time to reconsider it. and eventually cancel it. >> you had to predict when japan's population will be fully vaccinated. how long is it going to be? >> kevin the kind of pace, it would take ten years or something. >> reporter: officials have blamed european export curbs for the delay. but red tape, poor planning and vaccine hesitancy has also held the country back. a key reason is japan's slow approval p

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. members of the royal family — including the queen — have returned to official duties, just days after the death of the duke of edinburgh last friday. their return to work comes as preparations got under way for prince philip's funeral on saturday. our royal correspondent daniela relph has this report. she shared a love of she shared a love of sailing with her father. she shared a love of sailing with herfather. princess and she shared a love of sailing with her father. princess and visited the isle of wight where the duke of edinburgh had once been an admiral. the duke was my —— duke's grandfather shared a tribute on social media. —— granddaughter shared the tribute. supporting the queen is the focus for the royal family. the former lord chamberlain has been at her side for many events over the years as the most senior official in the royal household. yesterday she went ahead with a planned audience with him marking his retirement. the court circular recorded the details o

. >>> plus the countdown to the tokyo olympics is on. live coverage on major changes coming to the games, now just 100 days away. "today in the bay" starts right now. and it's wednesday morning, happy hump day to you. i'm marcus washington. mike has a look at the commute coming up in a bit. first we want to start out with meteorologist kari hall, with a look at that forecast for you today. kari? >> good morning. a lot of people are getting up and getting ready to head out the door. let's get a look at your commute, starting out in the east bay as we head over to pittsburg, we're going to see our temperatures in the mid-40s and it's going to be a mostly clear start. a lot of sunshine today and not expecting many problems here, those breezy winds are starting to calm down oz our temperatures today head for the upper 60s and low 70s. we'll talk about what's ahead in a warmer weekend forecast in just a few minutes. >>> mike, how is it looking for that commute around the bay area? >> well, kari, we'll take one look. i looked at the chp report

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rupert wingfield—hayes, tokyo. the scottish green party has launched its manifesto for next month's holyrood elections. the party says it would introduce a windfall tax on large companies that have made extraordinary profits during the pandemic. the greens also want to introduce a levy forfrequent flyers, and roll out an infrastructure programme, worth £7.5 billion, which they say would create 100,000 jobs across scotland. we will invest in scotland — createjobs, revive industry, and build the modern infrastructure the country urgently needs. it is a programme of change because, in the face of the climate emergency and the economic fallout from the pandemic, we need change. but it is a programme that will bring everyone along — no—one left behind. tesco says it has seen "exceptionally strong sales" through the coronavirus pandemic. the supermarket firm says online sales in the uk soared by 77% for the year to february. but business costs incurred by the pandemic led to a fall in pre—tax profits. tesco hire

well the interesting thing about the alliance to gays not it's not just how washington sees tokyo but also how to go sees washington that matters and i think that the japanese have been very astute and very active in the 4 years during president trump's tenure as president to build a coalition in the region to really make it necessary for the united states to step into a coalition approach the free and open indo-pacific approach as they call it so i think washington is looking to tokyo for ideas but tokyo is also looking to washington to be consistent and persistent in the way it addresses regional tensions how exactly are the stalker one progress made pretensions and then the pacific well as you noted has rung a longstanding prohibition on the use of force so japan is not ready to have a very hard power response to china's rising military power nonetheless the alliance is the primary guarantee here guarantor of japanese security and so it hopes to send a message to china that while tokyo wants to have a dialogue across the region maybe cooperate on a variety of issues including build

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next, a tour of the japanese-american museum in little tokyo. our guide is a man who was born in little tokyo in 1930 and spent three years at a relocation center during world war ii. >> this is an actual remnant of world war ii, one third of an original barrick that was in wyoming. that was the camp i was incarcerated in. so we will go on the inside and see the structure. during world war ii, we had tent camps in the western states. they were all similar, but not the same. one camp had 7000, the largest around 19,000. i was incarcerated in wyoming, about 60 miles from yellowstone national park. i was 11 and came out at 14 years old so basically three years and three months. i will show you some illustrations. this is why estelle peck. she was married to a japanese person. she came into the camp. she wrote a book, and this was an illustration. here is a potbelly stove. we had coal fed into it. in california, they had oil. arkansas, they use wood as a fuel, that those are some of the differences in the camps. by the way, we use our military termi

more people died in the firebombing of tokyo well over 100,000 people died in one night in tokyo in the city of tokyo which is more than died in, well or than died in nagasaki anyway. what is forgotten is the horrible aftereffects. not the conventional explosions and damage from the bombs, but the horrors of the nuclear bombs there are still people today dying even though they live to a ripe old age their deaths have come about from exposure many thousands of people have died in the ten years after the bombs from leukemia, brain tumors, you name it. various cancers. you get from massive doses of radiation. makes it different from conventional bombing is radiation bread that's why the united states denies the whole idea of radiation. it proved radiation things allegedly after the bombing we've heard it's a lovely way to die. you know, he had no knowledge of anything about radiation but he made that statement. that is what makes the difference between bombs and conventional bombings. it is the radiation. submit full disclosure to our audience. don and i are been friends for years is a fon

the tokyo olympics now just 100 days out. the cherry blossoms are blooming in tokyo. a sign summer and the olympics are just around the corner. but pulling them off will be a monumental challenge. covid infections are on the rise in tokyo, prompting new restrictions and japan's vaccine rollout has lagged when the games kick off, there will be strict safety measures in place including a ban on foreign fans. gymnastics superstar simone biles says that's okay with her >> it's going to be very different but it's still worth it because we've all trained so hard. >> reporter: now 24, somehow biles has only gotten better since rio. >> i'm like can i do it again can i be this good and can i repeat what i did last year, last time, last olympics? and i feel like that's what motivates me. >> reporter: she's just one of many team usa athletes expected to dominate. >> katie ledecky, who won four golds in rio, she has a chance to become one of the best swimmers in american history. on the track you have noah lyles that's maybe where there's a new name that will jump into the story.

as secretary blinken in austan said in tokyo and seoul our assistance to her allies is unshakable and ironclad and we recently concluded negotiations on burden sharing agreements that would help maintain health disparity in a free and in the pacific for years to come. as i said earlier we had her allies are engaged in serious and wide-ranging conversations about the north korean challenge and how best to address it. our alliances were created to defend our shared values and to that end we renew our commitment requiring approval and the foundation of international relations that we vowed to protect for free and open rules-based order. we must confront challenges to our democracies around the world and we have to speak up in countries backslide from democracy and human rights. this is a message secretary blinken delivered in tokyo and seoul including the military tool in the violence in burma including a threat to religious freedom with china with the weaker sarin xinjiang and the erosion of hong kong's economy, i'm sorry hong kong's autonomy and the undermining of international state.

located near downtown los angeles little tokyo is one of three remaining in california. whereas many as 40 japantowns thrived prior to world war ii. los angeles first started way back in 1781 when 11 pablo doris or settlers came from mexico to get land for the king of spain in 1843 the first recorded japanese landed in fairhaven, massachusetts hamannosuke, and he was a shipwreck sailor from off the coast of hawaii and the whaler ship picked up five japanese men and for them were left in hawaii, but hamonosuke was brought to fair haven, massachusetts, so he's probably the first recorded japanese to be here. and then in 1850 los angeles was incorporated at that time. we had about 1600 people in a square mile of 28 square miles today were about or million population and the square mile is about 469. but california was the site of the immigrants from japan the port of entry with san francisco. and the first colony was up there in northern california at gold hill about 30 miles south of sacramento, and it was the ill-fated guacamatu tea and silk colony. they lasted about two

now today is exactly 100 days until the start of the delayed tokyo olympics. the postponement of the games last summer has had a contrasting impact on athletes and competitors. the team gb women's 7s rugby team have onlyjust started training together and have had to raise money to fulfil their olympic dream after the squad was effectively disbanded. jo currie has been to meet the squad in loughborough. powering their way through to tokyo, 100 days out from the olympics in great britain rugby sevens women are hard at it. but the journey hasn't been easy. previously full—time professionals cutbacks met these players lost their contracts, meaning they had to return to the format of the game or look forjobs outside the sport. the format of the game or look for “obs outside the sporti format of the game or look for “obs outside the sport. the months went b . outside the sport. the months went b , and outside the sport. the months went by. and the — outside the sport. the months went by, and the uncertainty _ outside the sport. the months went by, and the un

at the tokyo games. to represent the same country that other top judoka have been forced to flee from on the other hand the d.l.c. team has won some new fans. i'm afraid. that in an impish i'll be cheering on congo in the olympics. as so often sports is not a level playing field this outlet got a new passport in no time while this one had to wait and overcome a series of hurdles. that us is also on it's not felt i could have competed for longer if i'd had a german possible tele out. but i had to wait 8 years to get it. and by then i'd gotten older i thought. then that today and in turkey it takes you just one or 2 years to get the passports in my opinion the rules around fan. the international olympic committee could even things up but the world's biggest sports organization has refused putting the ball in the court of the national associations switching nationalities in the sports world is a bit like table tennis the seemingly endless back and forth and for the time being each country plays by the rules

team for tokyo. this athlete says at this point, he's cautiously optimistic but excited to live his dream. walk me through the feeling japan announced it would only be japanese fans able to attend the event. you haven't made the team yet but hearing if you do, your parents and your friends and your coaches and your loved ones wouldn't be able to go. how did that make you feel when you heard that news? >> i understand why this needs to be the way it is. it makes perfect sense to me from a safety perspective. that doesn't make it any more heartbreaking. this would be by far and away the biggest accomplishment of my life and to think that my friends, family, coaches mentors, everyone who has helped make me who i am today, the athlete that i am today, i wouldn't be where i am without the help of so many people pushing me forward and making this all possible and you know, i know that they're going to be proud regardless. >> reporter: as you can hear, the fact that we can't have fans from other countries o

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they hope tt will be enough t get the games to the finish line. >>> opening ceremonies for the tokyo summer . >>> did you wonder how certain new words and phrases find their way in to the dictionary? in some cases it's through shear perseverance. >> all you want is a nice peaceful breakfast, you slice open a orange or grapefruit and get ready to attack it wi a spoon only to have it attack you back, right in the eye. it's well documented in pop culture. did you know there's a word for what your citrus is does to you. >> oh, it orsculated. >> this brother and sister picked up the word from their father. >> as a child, you learn words because your parents use them and you start using them and you don't question is it a real word? >> until you are thumb this -- you are thumbing through a dictionary and you see nothing. >> i said, dad, what is wrong with this dictionary, the word is not in it? >> and he said, well, i may have made the word up. they laughed about it for years. laughed until they cried. last april, jonthan and hillary's dad neil died of covid. and in the days after his pass