The Germans are revering Taco Bell.
The Swedes are dumbfounded by ranch.
The English have discovered the sun.
Just wait until the Europeans look up and see this ahead of Tunisia-Uzbekistan.
Last weekend,
Yokota Air Base held the Japanese-American Friendship Festival.
It started as a small community gathering about half a century ago.
Now it is one of the biggest open-base events in Japan,
built around friendship between the base and the local community.
I couldn’t go this year.
But Yokota is near my hometown,
and when I was a kid,
I looked forward to this festival every time.
For me,
it was never some political event.
It was just a fun festival.
Japanese families walking around.
American service members smiling.
Kids looking up at huge aircraft.
People eating American food.
Everyone taking photos.
I still remember the Americans there being kind,
funny,
and easy to talk to.
I only have good memories of it.
This year,
it looked packed again.
Families.
Food.
Aircraft.
Photos.
People from Japan and America
enjoying the same place together.
It may sound simple.
But honestly,
this is the kind of friendship and cultural exchange I like most.
This is how much American service members embrace Japanese culture.
Someone orders one gaijin burger, and suddenly everyone is repeating, “One gaijin burger!” like a Japanese restaurant yelling, “Irasshaimase!” 😊
We love this country and its hospitality. 🇯🇵
Today we say a heartfelt goodbye to Counter-Strike's greatest showman.
For your legendary leadership, for the trophies we lifted together, for the memories we'll never forget, and for the way you represented FaZe through every step of the journey...
THANK YOU @karriganCSGO ❤️
U.S. Marines, members of the Fujinowaki Neighborhood Association and children from a local middle school participated in the Maukoyama Memorial Ceremony which honors the crew members of a U.S. Navy TBM-3 Avenger with Torpedo Squadron 6 who died in Kure City, Hiroshima, in 1945.