At the height of World War 2, the port of Los Angeles employed almost 100,000 Americans. These days only a small fraction of that number turn up for work every day, and a different flag flies over the warships that fill the harbor.

As one of the two Japanese concessions bordering the American mainland, the port of LA is a constant hotspot of world tension. Japanese and US soldiers watch each other from behind checkpoints, and both the sailors of the IJN and the residents of LA hope their uncomfortable proximity never escalates to hostility.

While some demand the United States take action and reclaim it, their pleas fall deaf, for now. Perhaps one day, a President bold enough may take back the ports, or possibly even more.