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With an appeal of "never again," Japanese visited Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima this year to mark the 72nd anniversary of the 1945 attack that killed 140,000 people. (Associated Press/File)

Japan debates constitution’s military passivism

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

As the world reels from North Korea's nuclear posturing, survivors hope young and old will remember the commitment to peace that followed the hypermilitarized mania of imperial Japan — and the American bombs that crushed it. (Associated Press/File)

Japan’s nuclear bomb survivors hope world remembers horror

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japan almost beats France, draw 23-23 in Paris

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, file photo, former World War II &quot;comfort woman&quot; Yongsoo Lee, 89, of South Korea, stands by a statue of Haksoon Kim while looking at the &quot;Comfort Women&quot; monument after it was unveiled in San Francisco. Japan has expressed strong regret over San Francisco's decision to give formal city property status to a statue commemorating women who worked in military-backed brothels for Japanese troops during World War II, with Osaka declaring it will terminate its 60-year sister-city ties. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Japan protests San Francisco’s ‘sex slave’ statue decision

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Robshaw has chance vs Samoa to show he’s more than a 6 ½

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, right, wave during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. (Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool Photo via AP)

China imports Western technology while deriding the West

By Victor Davis Hanson

Mooy, Kagawa and Son in running for Asian award

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Pressure grows on Noves after France loses to South Africa

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Brazil's Neymar, left, fight s for the ball with Japan's Hiroki Sakai during their international friendly soccer match Brazil against Japan at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Lille, northern France, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Neymar is in tears after coach Tite defends his reputation

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands during a bilateral meeting at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. Trump is on a five country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Trump, Xi having tea at start of China visit

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Meeting with U.S. troops at Yokota Air Base in Japan on the first full day of his Asia visit, President Trump referred to the diplomatic and security challenges posed by North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs. (Associated Press)

In reference to North Korea, Donald Trump says ‘no dictator’ should underestimate U.S. military

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaks to members of the media before having a dinner at Ginza Ukai Tei restaurant, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Tokyo. Trump is on a five-country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

In Japan, Trump pushes new trade deal, mourns Texas shooting

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, right, wears a lei as they greets guests at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Trump begins a 5 country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippians. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: President makes stop at Trump hotel in Honolulu

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President Trump is expected to get warm receptions at the start of his trip to Asia, but he will be navigating a delicate diplomatic challenge when me arrives in Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose strong political position may make him less likely to be conciliatory. (Associated Press/File)

North Korea threat looms over Donald Trump’s Asia trip

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 6, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in before the Northeast Asia Security dinner at the US Consulate General Hamburg, in Hamburg. The U.S. president, who will visit Japan, South Korea and China before attending regional summits in Vietnam and the Philippines, has blended moments of flattery with vows to rip up trade deals, destroy a sovereign nation with nuclear weapons and generally crash longstanding norms of diplomacy anywhere it suits his aims.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Asia braces for Trump and his unpredictable foreign policy

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

USS Ashland, carrying two women who were rescued after months at sea on their storm-damaged sailboat, arrives at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. The U.S. Navy ship arrived at the American Navy base, five days after it picked up the women and their two dogs from their storm-damaged sailboat, 900 miles southeast of Japan. Tasha Fuiava, left on top, and Jennifer Appel, second left on top, are seen. (AP Photo/Ken Moritsugu)

The Latest: 2 rescued women say they once got close to Oahu

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Boston Symphony Orchestra heading to Japan for tour

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, answers a question from reporter during a TV interview on the ballot counting of the parliamentary lower house election at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017. Japanese media projected shortly after polls closed that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition would win a clear majority in national elections.(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Abe says his priorities are North Korea and aging Japan

Associated Press

Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, appeared Sunday to have cemented his chances of winning another three-year term next year and becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister. (Associated Press)

Shinzo Abe wins Japan mandate before Donald Trump summit

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, left, is greeted by South Korea Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam prior to their bilateral meeting at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Diplomats from US, S. Korea, Japan discuss N. Korean threat

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press