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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

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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

An HII-A rocket is launched from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Japan launched a rocket Thursday carrying an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe as well as a small lunar lander. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan launches rocket carrying lunar lander and X-ray telescope to explore origins of universe

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is a ballistic missile in North Pyongan Province, North Korea, on March 19, 2023. North Korea says its ballistic missile launch over the weekend simulated a nuclear attack against South Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

‘Lack of need’ for U.S. talks spurs North Korean move to Russia, China, ex-intel officer

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Smoke billows from a Kyoto Animation building in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 18, 2019. A murder trial began Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, for the 2019 deadly arson attack on the Kyoto animation studio which left 36 people dead, and the defendant who needed time to recover from serious burns that nearly killed him pleaded guilty to the deadliest crime in decades, officials and media reports said. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Trial opens in Japan in the 2019 animation studio arson that killed 36 people. Suspect pleads guilty

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Cabinet Public Affairs Office, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats the seafood from Fukushima prefecture at lunch at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (Cabinet Public Affairs Office via AP)

Japan announces emergency relief measures for seafood exporters hit by China’s ban

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This shows a construction work off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan on May 2, 2023, where the Japanese government plans to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of the prefecture to another. Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 dismissed Okinawa's rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals who oppose the American troops' presence. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s top court orders Okinawa to allow a divisive government plan to build U.S. military runways

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this file image from a video provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, on April 7, 2017. Japan’s defense ministry is requesting a nearly 12% budget increase that includes two warships with advanced radar and long-range cruise missiles as it further fortifies the nation's military in the face of North Korean threats and Chinese military advancement. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Japan’s defense ministry requests nearly 12% budget increase to bolster military’s strike capability

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this photo provided by U.S. Embassy, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, left, eats a local fig at JA farmer’s market in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. U.S. Ambassador Emanuel visited a northern Fukushima city Thursday and had seafood lunch with the mayor, talked to fishermen and stocked up on local produce at a grocery store to show they're all safe after the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi plant to the sea, backing Japan effort while criticizing China's ban on Japanese seafood as political.(U.S. Embassy via AP)

U.S. envoy visits Fukushima to eat fish, criticize China’s seafood ban over wastewater release

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Cabinet Public Affairs Office, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats the seafood from Fukushima prefecture at lunch at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (Cabinet Public Affairs Office via AP)

Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it’s safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

President Joe Biden, left, talks with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, ahead of a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Sunday, May 21, 2023. Biden aims to further tighten security and economic ties between Japan and South Korea, two nations that have struggled to stay on speaking terms, as he welcomes their leaders to the rustic Camp David presidential retreat Friday, Aug. 18. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

What was ignored at the Trilateral Summit at Camp David

By Jianli Yang and Sean Woo

Camp David summit between South Korea, Japan and U.S. illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Camp David summit a good start, but more needs to be done

By Rep. Michelle Steel

Montenegro center Nikola Vucevic (4) celebrates a three-point basket against Mexico during the second half of a Basketball World Cup group D match in Manila, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Montenegro defeated Mexico 91-71. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Canada knocks off France; Basketball World Cup attendance record set on Day 1

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