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In this Monday, April 28, 2014 photo, a large size figure of Godzilla in a diorama is on display at Cheepa's gallery in Tokyo. Godzilla-lovers in this nation where the stomping all began say their iconic hero falls into a special phantasmal category called “kaiju,” different from more mundane monsters like King Kong or Frankenstein. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)

Loyal to zip-up Godzilla, Japan wary of US remake

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

In this April 14, 2014 photo, preschool teacher Arene Galirza, left, a 4-year-old student color a rabbit-shaped paper cutout at Community Day Preschool of Garden Grove, in Garden Grove, Calif. According to the school's executive director Sue Puisis, the enrollment at the preschool has dropped by more than 50 percent since 2008. The financial crisis that followed the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 sent birth rates tumbling around the world as couples found themselves too short of money or too fearful about their finances to have children. Six years later, birth rates haven't bounced back. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Fear of economic blow as births drop around world

By BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

South Korea's national soccer team coach Hong Myung-bo, right, and other coaches pay silent tribute to the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol before announcement of the national team lineup for the upcoming Brazil World Cup at National Football Center in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Park, Ki included in South Korea’s World Cup squad

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

No Fukushima radiation detected in West Coast kelp

Associated Press

In this April 14, 2014 photo, preschool teacher Arene Galirza, left, a 4-year-old student color a rabbit-shaped paper cutout at Community Day Preschool of Garden Grove, in Garden Grove, Calif. According to the school's executive director Sue Puisis, the enrollment at the preschool has dropped by more than 50 percent since 2008. The financial crisis that followed the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 sent birth rates tumbling around the world as couples found themselves too short of money or too fearful about their finances to have children. Six years later, birth rates haven't bounced back. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Fear of economic blow as births drop around world

By BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

FILE- In this June 11, 2013 file photo, attendees play video games on the Nintendo 3DS at the Nintendo Wii U software showcase during the E3 game show in Los Angeles. The gaming company said Tuesday, May 6, 2014, it wouldn't bow to pressure to allow players to engage in romantic entanglements with characters of the same sex in the English version of &quot;Tomodachi Life&quot; following a social media campaign launched last month seeking virtual equality for the game's characters, which are modeled after real people. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

Nintendo says no to virtual equality in life game

By Derrik J. Lang - Associated Press

FILE - This photo provided by Steven Black shows Iowa state Sen. Dennis Black on July 12, 2013, in front of the 115-year-old mausoleum of former Iowa Gov. Samuel Merrill in Woodland Cemetery in Des Moines. A bill passed just before 4 a.m. Thursday as one of the final actions of the Iowa House for the year is packed with nearly $80 million worth of government spending from the current budget year with an assortment of projects including $50,000 to restore a former governor’s grave, $90,000 for the preservation of Civil War muster rolls, and $100,000 for the Midwest United States-Japan Conference. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Steven Black)

Questions raised over one-time spending bill

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 20, 2014 file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo. Japan is marking the 67th anniversary of its postwar constitution on May 3, 2014 with growing debate over whether to revise the war-renouncing document as Abe pushes for an expanded role for the military. Abe&#8217;s ruling conservative party has long advocated revision but been unable to sway public opinion. Now he proposes that the government reinterpret the constitution so it can loosen the reins on its military without having to win approval for constitutional change. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayash, File)

FEULNER: Reassuring anxious Asian allies

By Ed Feulner

FILE - In this July 20, 2013 file photo, South Korea's Lee Seung-gi, right, fights for the ball against Australia's Ruben A. Zadkovic during their East Asian Cup soccer match at Seoul World Cup stadium in Seoul, South Korea. The second round of the Asian Champions League takes on extra emphasis for some World Cup hopefuls this week, with South Korea’s Hong Myong-bo among the national team coaches carefully watching the continental club competition before announcing his squad for Brazil 2014. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

High stakes in Asian Champion League 2nd round

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

A worker pushes a cart as he walks out from a construction site at the Central Business District in Beijing, China Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The International Monetary Fund raised its economic growth forecast for China on Monday but warned that its financial system faces risks due to the rapid expansion of debt. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

EDITORIAL: So what if China grows?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration by Heng, Lianhe ZaoBao, Singapore

CHELLANEY: Obama’s Asia policy remains adrift

By Brahma Chellaney

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ignoring China’s rise will harm U.S.

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

China to bring 4 ships to Hawaii naval exercises

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a meeting of Russia's People's Front in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Ukrainian government troops moved against pro-Russia forces in the east of the country on Thursday and killed at least two of them in clashes at checkpoints manned by the insurgents, the government and insurgents said. Russian President Vladimir Putin decried what he described as a "punitive operation." (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

ORTEL: Putin schools Obama in economic standoff

By Charles Ortel

Mr. Obama, Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko raise their glasses in a toast during a state dinner at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Thursday.

Obama reaffirms support of Japan as China’s claim to islands raises tension in region

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 31, 2009 file photo, soldiers from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) 6th Armored Division carries the Chinese type 97 semi-auto machine guns march at their military base on the outskirts of Beijing. China’s boosted defense spending this year grew 12.2 percent to $132 billion, continuing more than two decades of nearly unbroken double-digit percentage increases that have afforded Beijing the means to potentially alter the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific. Outside observers put China’s actual defense spending significantly higher, although estimates vary widely. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China splurging on military as US pulls back

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Police train their fire hose at protesters as the latter try to force their way closer to the U.S. Embassy for a rally against next week's visit of U.S. President Barack Obama, in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Philippine police armed with truncheon, shields and water hose have clashed with more than 100 left-wing activists who rallied at the U.S. Embassy in Manila to oppose a visit by Obama and a looming pact that will increase the American military presence in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Protesters, police clash in Philippines ahead of Obama visit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama prior to their talks at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Facing fresh questions about his commitment to Asia, Obama will seek to convince Japan's leaders Thursday that he can deliver on his security and economic pledges, even as the crisis in Ukraine demands U.S. attention and resources elsewhere. (AP Photo/Toru Yamanaka, Pool)

Obama avoids ‘red line’ for China, prepared to impose tougher sanctions on Russia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on improving U.S.-Asia trade by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

WAGONER: Protectionists blocking trade with Asia

By Mark Wagoner