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Professor Park Yu-ha answers reporters' questions outside the Supreme Court of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Park Dong-ju/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean scholar acquitted of defaming sexual slavery victims during Japan colonial rule

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

North Korean and Russian flags are seen at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 125 miles from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2023. South Korea, the U.S. and Japan strongly condemned what they call North Korea’s supply of munitions and military equipment to Russia, saying Thursday, Oct. 26 that such weapons shipments sharply increase the human toll of Russia’s war in Ukraine. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

South Korea, U.S., Japan condemn North Korea’s alleged munitions supply to Russia for war in Ukraine

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

People moves past the building housing the headquarters of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as Unification Church, in Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Japan’s government is convening a meeting of religious affairs council Thursday to ask experts to decide whether to seek a court order to revoke legal status from the Unification Church, whose devious fundraising tactics and cozy ties with the governing party have triggered public outrage. (Kyodo News via AP)

Independent women’s group says it’s facing persecution for Unification Church ties

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japan's Supreme Court is seen in this Sept. 4, 2023, in Tokyo. Japan's Supreme Court will rule Wednesday, Oct 25, whether a law forcing transgender people to have their reproductive organs removed in order to officially change their gender is constitutional. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s top court strikes down required sterilization surgery to officially change gender

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards, Sept. 20, 2023, in New York. Kishida on Monday, Sept. 25, unveiled the gist of his new economic package that focuses on wage increases and measures to soften the impact of rising prices. Support for his Cabinet has dwindled despite the latest reshuffle less than two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, file)

Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida plans an income tax cut for households and corporate tax breaks

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Lydie Evrard, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General and head of the Department of Nuclear Safety answers a question during a press conference at the Foreign Press Center Japan Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

IAEA officials say Fukushima’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater is going well

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Collin Morikawa of the United States hits his tee shot on the second hole in the final round of the PGA Tour Zozo Championship at the Narashino Country Club in Inzai on the outskirts of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Tomohiro Ohsumi)

Morikawa wins Zozo Championship in Japan for first PGA Tour title in more than two years

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Justin Suh of the United State hits a shot on the seventeenth hole in the third round of the PGA Tour Zozo Championship at the Narashino Country Club in Inzai on the outskirts of Tokyo, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Tomohiro Ohsumi)

Justin Suh takes his first 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour into final round of the Zozo Championship

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa watches her tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship at the Seowon Hills Country Club in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Ashleigh Buhai shoots 10-under 62 to take 1st-round lead at LPGA tournament in South Korea

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American golfer Rickie Fowler, left, speaks at a press conference at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Inzai, Chiba prefecture, Japan Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Steve Wade)

Americans Schauffele, Morikawa, and Fowler play first event since loss 3 weeks ago in Ryder Cup

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Couples from around the world attend a mass wedding ceremony at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, on Feb. 7, 2020. South Korean and foreign couples exchanged or reaffirmed marriage vows in the Unification Church's mass wedding arranged by Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial founder of the Unification Church. The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has revealed long-suspected, little-talked-of links between him and the Unification Church. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Unification Church vows to fight ‘biased’ disbandment request

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Taiwan's Guan Ling Chen competes in the women's 55 kg Group A weightlifting final at 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

The Asian Games wrap up, with China dominating the medal count

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Richard Day, 97, right, a British army veteran who survived the Burma Campaign, one of the harshest battles in the World War II, talks to Yukihiro Torikai, left, a Tokai University humanities professor whose late grandfather also fought in the campaign, during a memorial at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. The memorial was attended by military officials from the embassies of several former allied nations, including Australia, Britain, New Zealand and the U.S. at the cemetery for the unknown Japanese who died overseas during the war. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

U.K. veteran who fought against Japan in World War II visits Tokyo’s national cemetery

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting on Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. Xi accused Washington on Monday, March 6, 2023, trying to isolate his country and hold back its development. That reflects the ruling Communist Party's growing frustration that its pursuit of prosperity and global influence is threatened by U.S. restrictions on access to technology, its support for Taiwan and other moves seen by Beijing as hostile. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Global semiconductor market tilts against China as chip wars escalate

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Japan's Lomano Lava Lemeki makes a run during the Rugby World Cup Pool D match between Japan and Chile at Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Samoa shakes up back row and midfield for must-win Japan game at the Rugby World Cup

Associated Press

Zhang Boheng of China competes on the parallel bars during the men's all-around individuals gymnastics event of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Chinese gymnast Zhang Boheng wins men’s all-around at the Asian Games. The Paris Olympics are next

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

England's Lewis Ludlam, left, celebrates after scoring a try during the Rugby World Cup Pool D match between England and Japan in the Stade de Nice, in Nice, France Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

England grind Japan down and cut loose late in second Rugby World Cup win

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Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi listens to Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau speaking to the media, following their talks on regional security and support for Ukraine at Poland's Foreign Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Foreign Minister Hayashi, accompanied by a number of business leaders, is visiting Ukraine on Saturday for talks with his counterpart to show support for the war-torn country and emphasize his country's backing of sanctions against Russia, the Japanese foreign ministry said in a statement. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Japan’s foreign minister to visit war-torn Ukraine with business leaders to discuss reconstruction

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - Former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn speaks during an interview in Beirut, Lebanon on June 23, 2023. Ghosn, the former rock star businessman who fell from grace, is the subject of a multi-part documentary series, “Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn," premiering globally on Apple TV+, Friday, Aug. 25. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Two men questioned in Lebanon at Turkey’s request over 2019 escape of former Nissan tycoon Ghosn

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minster Fumio Kishida attends the East Asia Summit at the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s Kishida says China seafood ban contrasts with wide support for Fukushima water release

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press