from what I'm hearing they are. At least that is what I've been told so far here in California. I'd really like to know why though
Through accidental introductions and subsequent migrations is the way in which the Japanese beetle got into North Carolina. The insect in question (Popillia japonica) is thought to have entered the United States of America before 1912 by way of a shipment of iris bulbs from Japan and to have reached no more than four years later.
North America
There are about 60,000 Japanese people in North America.
Beetles are hard shelled, six legged insects. There are 25,000 species of beetle in North America. Some of these species include Ivory Marked beetle, the Iron Clad beetle, and the Hister beetle.
The Mountain pine beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae, is an insect native to the forests of western North America. http://www.answers.com/topic/mountain-pine-beetle
You can't. It's Japanese, so you get it in Japan.
It is a Japanese word which defines the children born to Japanese immigrants in North America, South America and Australia. They are second generation and thus the grandchildren of the immigrants
A dinosaur beetle is called a Sail-back Dinosaur Bug and it is one of the largest terrestrial true bugs in North America. It can grow up to 1.5 inches long.
There are no feral hedgehogs native to North America. African Pygmy hedgies have been available as pets, but are illegal in some states.
A yonsei is a fourth-generation Japanese immigrant, particularly one who inhabits North America or Latin America.
It will depend on the tree. While it is certainly possible, there are some very strict laws about transport of plants across borders, both states and countries. It is too easy for harmful plants and insects to be brought with them. That is how the Japanese beetle come to North America.
The Japanese actually occupied part of North America during World War II. They took several islands in the Aleutian chain near Alaska.