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FILE - This March 21, 2012 file photo shows former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker in Washington, who has died. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Sen. Baker, who posed famous Watergate query, dies

By CONNIE CASS - Associated Press

Referee Joel Aguilar from El Salvador shows a red card to Greece's Kostas Katsouranis, left, during the group C World Cup soccer match between Japan and Greece at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

World Cup: Greece salvages draw with Japan after red card

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

Ivory Coast's Gervinho (10) celebrates along with teammate Didier Drogba (11) after Gervinho scored his side's second goal during the group C World Cup soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Cup: Ivory Coast rallies past Japan in 2nd half

By Brett Martel - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2014, file photo, a flag on the 10th green blows in the wind at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

U.S. Open tee times, pairings set for Pinehurst No. 2

The Washington Times

Dale Wen-Chieh Jieh, head of the department of policy planning within the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, meets with editors and reporters at The Washington Times. (Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times)

Taiwanese resist U.S. system to detect Chinese missiles, officials say

By Maggie Ybarra and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Tom Cruise in the 1986 blockbuster movie Top Gun

Top Gun sequel: Russian jet, U.S. plane nearly collide in showdown over Pacific

By Bill Gertz - Washington Free Beacon

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein Saturday, May 31, 2014 in Singapore. Hagel warned an international security conference Saturday that the U.S. &quot;will not look the other way&quot; when nations such as China try to restrict navigation or ignore international rules and standards. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel spars with China over territorial disputes

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Will Zaccheroni be the right man for Japan?

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

An advanced Global Hawk surveillance drone sits in its hangar at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan Friday, May 30, 2014. The U.S. Air Force has deployed two of the unarmed Global Hawk aircraft to Japan for the first time over the past week to enhance the U.S. military’s efforts to monitor nuclear activities in North Korea, Chinese naval operations in the region and assess natural disasters to assist humanitarian aid operations. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

U.S. deploys advanced drones to Japan to watch China, North Korea

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Japanese journalists gather around an advanced Global Hawk surveillance drone in its hangar at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan, Friday, May 30, 2014. The U.S. Air Force has deployed two of the unarmed Global Hawk aircraft to Japan for the first time over the past week to enhance the U.S. military’s efforts to monitor nuclear activities in North Korea, Chinese naval operations in the region and assess natural disasters to assist humanitarian aid operations. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

US deploys first advanced drones to Japan

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Japan¹s Keisuke Honda, right, and Cyprus’ Giorgos Efrem, left, clash during a friendly soccer match in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Tuesday, May 27, 2014.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Honda, Kagawa will need to step up for Japan

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

Japan¹s Shinji Kagawa, right, and Cyprus’ Giorgos Merkis vie for the ball during a friendly soccer match in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Japan will play against Ivory Coast, Greece and Colombia in Group C of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

5 Japan players to watch at the World Cup

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

China has sought to cultivate warmer ties with South Korea by exploiting shared historical issues against Japan. With South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the helm in Seoul, that strategy seemed to be succeeding until the Chinese-Russian joint naval drill reignited bad feelings between the two. (Associated Press)

Inside China: How not to make friends China-style

By Miles Yu

In this photo released by Japan's 5th Regional Coast Guard, clouds of black smoke billow from Shoko Maru, a 998-ton Japanese oil tanker, after it exploded off the southwest coast near Himeji port, western Japan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. One of the eight people aboard is missing and the other seven were injured, according to the coast guard. (AP Photo/Japan's 5th Regional Coast Guard)

Massive tanker explosion spews fire off coast of Japan; captain missing

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the Upper house diplomacy and Defense committee session in Tokyo Thursday, May 29, 2014. China’s moves to assert its territorial claims in the South China Sea are giving fresh impetus to a Japanese push to play a bigger role in regional security, adding to the growing strains between the two Asian rivals. Japan said this week it is exploring whether it can accelerate a proposal to supply patrol boats for Vietnam, following a tense standoff at sea in May over a Chinese oil rig moved into waters that Vietnam also claims. In a similar deal, Japan agreed in December to lend 18.7 billion yen ($183 million) to the Philippines to purchase 10 Japanese-made boats. The vessels are a tangible sign of Abe’s effort to deepen ties with Southeast Asia in the face of China’s expanding maritime ambitions. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Amid Asian feuds, Japan seeks bigger security role

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

Paul Pogba of France, left, and Olivier Giroud celebrate a goal during the friendly soccer match between France and Norway at the Stade de France stadium in Saint Denis, outside Paris, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. France are preparing for the upcoming soccer World Cup in Brazil starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Giroud scores twice as France beats Norway 4-0

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Injured Kim Jin-su ruled out of Korean WCup squad

Associated Press

Japan's Atsuto Uchida (2) scores a goal against Cyprus during a friendly soccer match in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Japan will play against Ivory Coast, Greece and Colombia in Group C of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Japan beats Cyprus 1-0 in World Cup tuneup

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

Suzuki named chief of Indiana’s Japan trade office

Associated Press