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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

Associated Press

Taiwan starting pitcher Fan Chen-Jun delivers against Japan during the first inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)

Taiwan looks tough at Little League World Series with star Fan Chen-Jun leading the way

By Max Ralph - Associated Press

A member of environmental group holds a mock fish during a rally to demand the stop of the Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

In Japan’s neighbors, fear and frustration are shared over radioactive water release

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says is a launch of the newly developed Chollima-1 rocket carrying the Malligyong-1 satellite at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground Wednesday, May 31, 2023. 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. North Korea has told Japan it plans to launch a satellite in the coming days, a possible second try to put a military spy satellite into orbit, Japanese media said Tuesday, Aug. 22. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea tells Japan of launch plan, a possible second try to put up spy satellite

By Mari Yamaguchi and Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE- Leaders of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) from left to right, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pose for photo at the entrance hall of the Prime Minister's Office of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. Modi's visit to Washington in June is expected to reduce India's dependence on Moscow for arms, economic ties and technology as New Delhi and Washington try to strengthen the Quad partnership, which also includes Japan and Australia, to contain growing aggression from China.(Zhang Xiaoyu/Pool Photo via AP, file)

India’s strategic positioning in Taiwan-China conflict

By Jianli Yang

This photo shows part of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2023. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a brief visit to the power plant on Sunday, Aug. 20, to highlight the safety of an impending release of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, a divisive plan that his government wants to start soon despite protests at home and abroad. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese government pledges long-term support for fisheries during Fukushima plant water release

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A TV screen shows an image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles from a navy ship, state media reported Monday, as the U.S. and South Korean militaries kicked off major annual drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea’s Kim watches cruise missile launches as U.S., South Korean troops begin annual drills

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu delivers his speech at the International Military Forum Army-2023 in the Patriot Park near Moscow in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.The Moscow Conference on International Security is held at the Army Forum, Russia's main military showcase event that began just outside Moscow on Monday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

China blasts U.S.-Japan-South Korea summit, warns of ‘contradictions and increasing tensions’

Associated Press

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, meet Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

U.S., Japan and South Korea open summit to bolster security over objections of Beijing

By Aamer Madhani and Darlene Superville - Associated Press

President Joe Biden listens during a joint news conference with South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden swats away questions about Hunter at Camp David presser with South Korean, Japanese leaders

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times