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Yankees pitcher Tanaka to sit out World Baseball Classic

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FILE - In this April 23, 2014, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, left, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida after exchanging the documents to extend the agreement on cooperation in research and development in science and technology between the two countries in Tokyo. Kennedy is stepping down Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 after three years as U.S. ambassador to Japan, where she was welcomed like a celebrity and worked to deepen the U.S.-Japan relationship despite regular flare-ups over American military bases on the southern island of Okinawa. (Toshifumi Kitamura/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Japan says isle name on 2018 Olympic website ‘unacceptable.”

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Thousands of paper cranes brought to Hawaii from Japan

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FILE - In this March 28, 2014, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the Japan's Central League professional baseball opening game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. Kennedy is stepping down Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 after three years as U.S. ambassador to Japan, where she was welcomed like a celebrity and worked to deepen the U.S.-Japan relationship despite regular flare-ups over American military bases on the southern island of Okinawa. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Caroline Kennedy boosted US-Japan ties as US ambassador

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 28, 2014, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the Japan's Central League professional baseball opening game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. Kennedy is stepping down Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 after three years as U.S. ambassador to Japan, where she was welcomed like a celebrity and worked to deepen the U.S.-Japan relationship despite regular flare-ups over American military bases on the southern island of Okinawa. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Caroline Kennedy leaves Japan after 3 years as US ambassador

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3. 2014, file photo, a visitor looks at portraits of late former &quot;comfort women&quot; who were forced to serve for the Japanese troops as a sexual slave during World War II, at the House of Sharing, a nursing home and museum for 10 former sex slaves, in Toechon, South Korea. ‘Comfort women” were present wherever the Japanese Imperial Army invaded and occupied in Asia from the early 1930s through the end of World War II. That aspect of wartime history was kept quiet until the early 1990s, when a South Korean woman came forward, joined by some others, seeking Japanese help and accountability. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Definitions of ‘comfort women’ reveal Japan-S. Korea divide

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte walk together for their meeting at the Malacanang Palace grounds, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. Abe arrived Thursday for a two-day official visit that includes a visit to Duterte's hometown of Davao city in southern Philippines.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Abe pledges investments, speedboats to China-friendly Manila

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No sign of Japan-related radiation found in Alaska waters

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The F-35 Lightning II may soon be heading to Syria and Iraq to take on the Islamic State group. (Youtube, Lockheed Martin) ** FILE **

Marine Corps deploys first F-35 squadron to Japan: ‘A true force multiplier’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

North Koreans gather during a mass rally to vow to carry through the tasks set forth by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in his New Year's address, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

US sees ‘qualitative improvement’ in NKorea capability

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, file photo, Japan's Hideki Matsuyama kisses the trophy after winning the 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions golf tournament at the Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China. Matsuyama starts a new year at the SBS Tournament of Champions as the hottest player in golf with three straight victories. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Hideki Matsuyama hopes to extend his hot streak

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Small rural school is 1 of Missouri’s education successes

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Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada visits Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war dead, in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s defense minister visits Yasukuni after Pearl Harbor

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, with U.S. President Barack Obama, speaks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, in Honolulu. Abe and Obama made a historic pilgrimage Tuesday to the site where the devastating surprise attack sent America marching into World War II. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Obama, Japan’s Abe decry ‘horrors of war’ at Pearl Harbor

By JOSH LEDERMAN and CALEB JONES - Associated Press

Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, front right, visits Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war dead, in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s defense minister visits Yasukuni after Pearl Harbor

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, provided by the U.S. Navy, a small boat rescues a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Putting 75 years of resentment behind them, President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are coming together at Pearl Harbor for a historic pilgrimage to the site where a devastating surprise attack sent America marching into World War II. (U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: Obama calls Japan’s premier’s visit ‘historic’

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific to place a wreath at the Honolulu Memorial, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Honolulu. (Bruce Asato/The Star-Advertiser via AP)

Obama, Japan’s Abe to seek reconciliation at Pearl Harbor

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Pearl Harbor veterans Sterling Cale, from left, Al Rodrigues and Everett Hyland at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, in Honolulu. Abe and Obama made a historic pilgrimage Tuesday to the site where the devastating surprise attack sent America marching into World War II. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Shinzo Abe offers ‘everlasting condolences’ in Pearl Harbor visit with Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sal Miwa, of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii, center, shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the Ehime Maru Memorial, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Honolulu. The memorial is dedicated to the victims of a 2001 collision off the coast of Hawaii between the Ehime Maru, a fisheries training vessel, and a U.S. naval submarine. Several were killed, including four high school students, in the accidental collision. Shinzo Abe arrived in Hawaii on Monday to recognize the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Japanese prime minister lays wreaths at Hawaii cemeteries

By BRIAN SKOLOFF - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from left, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, second from right, and Japan’s Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda, right, bow at the Ehime Maru Memorial at Kakaako Waterfront Park, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Honolulu. The memorial is dedicated to the victims of a 2001 collision off the coast of Hawaii between the Ehime Maru, a fisheries training vessel, and a U.S. naval submarine. Several were killed, including four high school students, in the accidental collision. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

The Latest: Japanese leader attends Pearl Harbor events

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