Ex-Japanese prisoner meets ex-U.S. jailer in happy reunion

Ex-Japanese prisoner meets ex-U.S. jailer in happy reunion

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Buck Langdon (L), a former U.S. soldier who served as a guard at the Sugamo prison in Tokyo, and Tokio Tobita, a former Japanese sergeant who spent 10 years in prison on war crimes, embrace in an emotional reunion in Philadelphia on Aug. 1. Langdon, 73, and Tobita, 84, were in Philadelphia for a special exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Alliance gallery on artwork produced by Japanese prisoners who spent time at Sugamo prison. (Kyodo)

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