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In this May 24, 2014 photo, China's Harbin (112) guided missile destroyer, left, and DDG-139 Ningbo Sovremenny class Type-956EM destroyer, right, take part in a week-long China-Russia &quot;Joint Sea-2014&quot; navy exercise at the East China Sea off Shanghai, China. (AP Photo)

Tokyo concerned over China-Russia naval drills near Japan

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga leaves the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Suga who stepped down at the end of September, prayed at the shrine during the shrine's autumn festival. The shrine is viewed by China and the Koreas as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s premier sends offering to controversial Tokyo shrine

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Former US Vice President Mike Pence holds a speech during the 4th Budapest Demographic Summit in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. The biannual demographic summit, which was first organized in 2015, offers a forum for &quot;pro-family thinker&quot; decision-makers, scientists, researchers, and church representatives of the same sort to exchange their thoughts about connections between demographics and sustainability. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Pence calls on Biden to show ‘strength’ on North Korea and China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This photo released by Tokyo Zoological Park Society shows Lei Lei, one of giant panda twins, 103 days after she was born at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. The twin cubs, Lei Lei and her brother Xiao Xiao, which were palm-size pink creatures when born on June 23, got their names Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, chosen from hundreds of thousands of suggestions sent from fans around the country. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society via AP)

Panda cubs at Tokyo zoo get their names, to debut in January

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister-elect Fumio Kishida arrives at his official residence Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. Kishida was elected Japan's prime minister in a parliamentary vote Monday and will be tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and other domestic and global challenges and leading a national election within weeks. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Biden congratulates new Japanese PM

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leader Fumio Kishida arrives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Japan's Cabinet and leader Yoshihide Suga resigned Monday, paving the way for parliament to elect Kishida as the new prime minister, tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and security challenges before an imminent national election. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s Parliament elects former diplomat Kishida as new PM

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

People eat and drink at a restaurant after 8 p.m., the time the government suggests to close under the ongoing state of emergency, in the famed Asakusa tourist spot in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. On Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Trains packed with commuters as Japan fully ends emergency

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This photo provided on Oct. 1, 2021, by the North Korean government shows what North Korea claims to be the test firing of a newly developed anti-aircraft missile in North Korea, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. 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)

North Korea says it fired anti-aircraft missile, 4th recent test

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this Sept. 17, 2021, file photo, candidates for the presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party pose prior to a joint news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo. Japan's governing party will vote Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, to pick its new leader who is presumed next prime minister with crucial tasks such as addressing a pandemic-hit economy and ensuring strong alliance with Washington amid growing security risks from China and North Korea. The contenders are, from left to right, Taro Kono, the cabinet minister in charge of vaccinations, Fumio Kishida, former foreign minister, Sanae Takaichi, former internal affairs minister, and Seiko Noda, former internal affairs minister. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Ex-diplomat Fumio Kishida wins Japan party vote, to become new PM

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

The USS John S. McCain under repair at a dry dock is seen after a rededication ceremony for at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, Thursday, July 12, 2018. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer dedicated one of two destroyers involved in fatal accidents in the Pacific last year to Sen. John McCain. He added McCain's name to a Japan-based warship that was already named for the Arizona senator's father and grandfather. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

USS John McCain heading stateside after 24 years in Japan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Pompeo hits Biden’s ‘dangerous moves’ on North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This combination of photos provided by the North Korean government on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, shows long-range cruise missiles tests held on Sept. 11 -12, 2021 in an undisclosed location of North Korea. North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months that underscored how it continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the United States. 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)

Pentagon expresses ‘ironclad’ support for Asian allies after North Korean missile tests

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk on a street in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan extends virus emergency until end of September

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this Aug. 17, 2021, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. Broadcaster NHK says Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, Suga won't run for party leader, hinting he will resign as Japanese leader at the end of September. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Suga bows out of party vote, paves way for new Japan leader

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this June 30, 2021, file photo, a health worker prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Sumida ward of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan suspends 1.63M doses of Moderna over contamination

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk across an intersection Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan further expands coronavirus emergency areas as cases surge

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A commercial business is closed in Sydney on Aug. 13, 2021, as greater Sydney continues a weeks-long COVID-19 lockdown. Japan, Australia and New Zealand all got through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic in relatively good shape, but now are taking very divergent paths in dealing with new outbreaks of the fast-spreading delta variant. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths

By Nick Perry, Mari Yamaguchi and Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

In this Sept. 29, 2003, file photo, Japanese actor Sonny Chiba arrives for the premiere of the film &quot;Kill Bill: Volume 1&quot; at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Chiba, known in Japan as Shinichi Chiba, who wowed the world with his martial arts skills, acting in more than 100 films, including “Kill Bill,” has died late Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. He was 82. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

Japanese martial artist film star Sonny Chiba dies at 82

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Tokyo. Nearly three years later, Kelly is still wondering why the questions that led to his arrest and trial in Japan weren’t simply taken up in the automaker's corporate boardroom. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Ex-Nissan exec Greg Kelly wants boardroom, not criminal, trial

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 22, 2018, file photo, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic mascot &quot;Someity&quot; stands at stage during their debut event in Tokyo. Tokyo organizers said Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, what everyone expected: fans will be barred from the Paralympic Games during the pandemic, as they were from the just-completed Tokyo Olympics.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Paralympics follow lead of Olympics: No fans during pandemic

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press