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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, center left, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, far right, lays a wreath at the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday, March 26, 2022. (Keiji Uesho/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan PM, US envoy pray in Hiroshima amid Russia nuke fears

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Lee Yong-soo, a South Korean sexual slavery survivor who has been demanding since the early 1990s that the Japanese government fully accept culpability and offer an unequivocal apology, speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ** FILE **

South Korean slavery victim seeks U.N. justice as time runs out

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to journalists at his official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, March 16, 2022, following an earthquake. A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than 2 million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan to fully lift COVID-19 restrictions as infections slow

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Products are scattered at a convenience store in Fukushima, northern Japan Wednesday, March 16, 2022, following an earthquake. A powerful earthquake shook off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami advisory. (Kyodo News via AP)

7.3 magnitude quake hits north Japan, tsunami alert issued

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura (8) shoots for three points in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Wizards to play two preseason games against Warriors in Japan

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol attends a ceremony to disband a presidential election camp at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea Thursday, March 10, 2022. (Song Kyung-seok/Pool Photo via AP)

South Korea’s president-elect vows tighter U.S. alliance amid North Korea threats, China bullying

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters on the current situation in Ukraine, at his official residence in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. World leaders reacted Thursday to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of military action in Ukraine with outrage and vows to both tighten sanctions and hold the Kremlin accountable. (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)

White House praises Japan for joining the effort to cut Russian finances, banks

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Japan mulls easing COVID border controls amid criticism

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Fumio Kishida, third from right, poses with key party members as he puts rosettes by successful general election candidates' names on a board at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing coalition is expected to keep a majority in a parliamentary election Sunday but will lose some seats in a setback for his weeks-old government grappling with a coronavirus-battered economy and regional security challenges, according to exit polls. (Behrouz Mehri, Pool via AP)

China lashes out at Japan’s ‘concern’ over human rights

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 4, 2021. President Joe Biden and Kishida will hold their first formal talks on Friday as the two leaders face fresh concerns about North Korea’s nuclear program and China’s growing military assertiveness. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Biden-Kishida talks to touch on North Korea, China

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Putin, Xi to highlight Russia-China summit while U.S. and allies diplomatically boycott Olympics

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile on Jan. 11, 2022 in North Korea. North Korea on Friday, Jan. 14, berated the Biden administration for imposing fresh sanctions against the country over its latest missile tests and warned of stronger and more explicit action if Washington maintains its “confrontational stance.” 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: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

N. Korea fires fresh missiles in response to U.S. sanctions

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

People walk past the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen, in Kin, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan, on Jan. 6, 2022. Okinawa, a southwestern group of islands, which houses most of the 55,000 U.S. troops in Japan, is among the three prefectures where new restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus infections kicked in Sunday, Jan. 9.(Kyodo News via AP)

U.S. troops in Japan restricted to bases over COVID-19

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A vehicle leaves the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen, in Kin, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2022. The U.S. military on Thursday, Jan. 6, ordered personnel stationed in Japan to wear masks when going off base to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan asks U.S. forces to stay on base as COVID-19 cases jump

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this file photo Oct. 6, 2020, from left India Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Australia Foreign Minister Marise Payne and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remove their protective face masks before posing for a photograph prior to the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) ministerial meeting in Tokyo. At a Jan. 2022 edition of "The Washington Brief," a monthly forum hosted by The Washington Times Foundation, analysts examined the likelihood that the four-nation Quad could expand to include nations such as South Korea, a strategically vital player in the Pacific. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Expanding the Quad? Opening seen to boost pro-democracy alliance against China

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Firefighters stand on a floor at a building where a fire broke out in Osaka, western Japan Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. Japan's NHK says a fire broke out in the building and dozens of people were feared dead. (Kyodo News via AP)

Suspected arson in downtown Osaka building leaves 24 dead

By Chisato Tanaka and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force (JGDDF) Type 90 tank fires its gun at a target during an annual drill exercise at the Minami Eniwa Camp Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Eniwa, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Dozens of tanks are rolling over the next two weeks on Hokkaido, a main military stronghold for a country with perhaps the world's most little known yet powerful army. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan holds drills in north as it faces Russia, China threat

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, A Bastion missile launcher is positioned on the Matua Island, part of the Kurils Islands chain, in Russia, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. The Russian military has deployed the Bastion coastal defense missile systems on the Matua Island, which is close to several islands also claimed by Japan, a move intended to underline Moscow's firm stance in the dispute. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia sends missiles near Pacific islands claimed by Japan

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during the 6th South Korea-U.S. Alliance Night in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Austin arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for annual security talks expected to bolster the countries' decades-long military alliance in the face of North Korean nuclear threats and mounting challenges from China. (Lim Hwa-young/Yonhap via AP)

U.S., South Korea to bolster alliance at talks but questions remain

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A medical worker of Tokyo Medical Center receives a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. Japan has started administering the booster shots to health care workers on Wednesday. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan suspends new reservations on all incoming flights

By Mari Yamaguchi and Foster Klug - Associated Press