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British Prime Minister Theresa May, right, greets by her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, right, prior to a meeting at Akasaka Palace state guesthouse in Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool)

The Latest: UK, Japan urge Chinese pressure on North Korea

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People fill the square of the main railway station to watch a televised news broadcast of the test-fire of an inter-continental ballistic rocket Hwasong-12, Wednesday, August 30, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. By firing a missile over Japan and putting the Asia-Pacific, including U.S. territory Guam, on notice for more and more ambitious tests, the North has won itself greater space for more weapons tests Washington and Seoul see as provocative. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

Will North Korea make missiles over Japan the new normal?

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

National College Athletics Association (NCAA) President Mark Emmert delivers a speech during an event of State of College Athletics in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. Emmert was in Tokyo on Wednesday offering Japanese sports industry leaders advice on forming its own collegiate athletics association. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

NCAA head in Tokyo to offer advice on college sports body

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

People watch a TV screen showing a local news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for more weapons launches targeting the Pacific Ocean to advance his country's ability to contain Guam, state media said Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang for the first time flew a ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload over Japan. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Trump sows confusion by rejecting idea of North Korea talks

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

South Korean army's K-9 self-propelled howitzers move on the street in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said. The aggressive missile launch — likely the longest ever from the North — over the territory of a close U.S. ally sends a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: China recommits to sanctions on North Korea

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In this Aug. 24, 2017 photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, a South Korean missile is test-fired at an undisclosed location in South Korea. South Korea has released footage of its own missile tests it says were conducted last week in a response to the latest North Korean missile launch that flew over northern Japan. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

No fire or fury, but muted Trump response to NKorea missile

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

North Dakota Wheat Commission hosting Japanese bakers

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China's United Nations Ambassador Liu Jieyi arrive for U.N. Security Council consultations on North Korea, Tuesday Aug. 29, 2017 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

The Latest: UN Security Council condemns NKorea missile test

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Japan to practice missile defense at US bases in Japan

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People watch a TV news program reporting a North Korea's missile launch, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before plunging into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday, an especially aggressive test-flight that will rattle an already anxious region. The signs at left top read &quot; North Korea fired a ballistic missile.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: Japan leader gets on phone with Trump on missile

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Kimiko Date says she will retire after Japan Women’s Open

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Japan's Keitaro Miyahara (10) is greeted by teammates after hitting a solo home run off Lufkin, Texas' Chip Buchanan in the fourth inning of the Little League World Series Championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar). **FILE**

Japan beats Lufkin, Texas, for Little League World Series title

By Matt Martell and Jack Dougherty - Associated Press

Reynosa, Mexico's Jorge Lambarria rounds second after hitting a two-run home run off White Rock, British Columbia, pitcher Chase Marshall in the fifth inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. Mexico won 6-2. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Mexico and Japan clash for berth in LLWS championship game

By MATT MARTELL - Associated Press

The Republic of Singapore Navy's RSS Brave, right, sails off from the Tuas naval base on a search and rescue mission for the USS John S. McCain's missing sailors on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Singapore. Aircraft and ships from the navies of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia are searching seas east of Singapore where the collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker happened early Monday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Navy IDs 2 dead, 8 missing sailors from the USS John McCain

By JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press

Jedinak cut from Australia squad for World Cup qualifiers

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In this photo released by the Royal Malaysian Navy, the U.S guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is seen after a collision, off Johor, Malaysia, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. A number of U.S. sailors were missing after a collision between the USS John S. McCain and a tanker early Monday east of Singapore, the second accident involving a ship from the Navy's 7th Fleet in the Pacific in two months. (Royal Malaysian Navy via AP)

Adm. John Richardson, Navy chief, orders probe into Pacific fleet after collisions

By Lolita C. Baldor, Annabelle Liang and Stephen Wright - Associated Press

Indiana governor to lead trade trip to Japan next month

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Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (left) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, and Defense Secretary James Mattis, gather at the start of acommittee meeting, Thursday at the State Department in Washington. (Associated Press)

James Mattis, Rex Tillerson pledge closer military bond with Japan in face of North Korean threat

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Monday, May 29, 2017 photo, Asahi Breweries employee Kiyoshi Sakai speaks during an interview at a factory in Moriya near Tokyo. Sakai, who has worked at Asahi for 29 years, recalls those days the caps for beer cans had to be placed into machines by hand, a repetitive task that was hard not just on the body but the mind. And so he is grateful for the helping hand from automation. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Reverence for robots: Japanese workers treasure automation

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

WWII veteran Marvin Strombo, right, and Tatsuya Yasue, 89-year-old farmer, hold a Japanese flag with autographed messages which was owned by his brother Sadao Yasue, who was killed in the Pacific during World Work II, during a ceremony in Higashishirakawa, in central Japan's Gifu prefecture Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Strombo has returned to the fallen soldier's family the calligraphy-covered flag he took from the man's body 73 years ago. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Marvin Strombo, U.S. vet, returns dead Japanese soldier’s flag

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press