America and Japan are longtime allies, but their reporters certainly don't seem to be. Moments before the start of a meeting in Tokyo between Vice President Joe Biden and the prime minister of Japan, violence broke out between the Japanese press and some of the American reporters, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The yelling, which escalated into pushing and shoving, began largely due to a limited amount of space on the platform for photographers and videographers. Eventually, security officials had to intervene. A reporter for the Washington Post, David Nakamura, was present in the crowd and recalled being pushed off the podium where he was standing to take pictures. The Wall...
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