Takayuki Tateishi witnessed the emergence of the Japanese national team during his country’s home World Cup in 2002. We have five partnership clubs so we get the information we need from them: Avispa Fukuoka, FC Tokyo, Consadole Sapporo, Oita Trinita and Fagiano Okayama.” The arrival of Japanese players into Belgian football made others take notice, including Molenbeek’s head of recruitment …
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta speaks during the 9/11 commemoration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in 2019. Norman Mineta, the first Asian American Cabinet secretary and a longtime California congressman who fought for recognition and reparations for Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II, died Tuesday. He grew close with Alan K. …
