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A man takes a picture of a countdown clock that shows seven more days to go before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Plenty at stake for NBC as COVID Olympics opening looms

By David Bauder - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach waves from the vehicle to media upon his arrival an accommodation Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Tokyo. Bach arrived on Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Tokyo as Japan Prime Minister Yoshihde Suga was set to declare a state of emergency that is likely to result in a ban on fans from the Tokyo Olympics as coronavirus infections spread across the capital. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

IOC president arrives in Tokyo, greeted by state of emergency

By Mari Yamaguchi and Stephen Wade - Associated Press

In this May 11, 2021, file photo, athletes compete in the men's 400-meter T20 race during an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games at National Stadium in Tokyo. The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics are shaping up as a TV-only event with few fans — if any — being allowed when they open in just over two weeks. Japan's Asahi newspaper, citing multiple unidentified government sources, says the opening ceremony will be limited only to VIP guests. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Tokyo Olympics shaping up as TV-only event with few fans

By Stephen Wade and Kantaro Komiya - Associated Press

Tens of thousands of Taiwan supporters rally to denounce China in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)

Pentagon sidesteps Japan’s vow to help defend Taiwan from Chinese attack

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Rescuers continue a search operation at the site of a mudslide at Izusan in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, southwest of Tokyo Monday, July 5, 2021. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan searches for dozens missing in mudslide; 4 dead

By Kantaro Komiya and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A man wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks at pre-opened Main Press Center (MPC) for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Big Site Friday, July 2, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) **FILE**

Serbian arriving for Tokyo Olympics tests positive

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Women carry their children on their bicycles as they ride through an intersection near a sporting arena planned to be used during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Tokyo shapes up to be No-Fun Olympics with many rules, tests

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Japan forward Kumi Yokoyama (20) passes the ball past Brazil defenders Tamires (6) Erika (4) during the first half of a SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

‘It would be harder to live closeted’: Spirit’s Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender man

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto, left, and President Seiko Hashimoto attend the news conference after receiving a report from a group of infectious disease experts on Friday, June 18, 2021, in Tokyo. The experts including Shigeru Omi, head of a government coronavirus advisory panel, issued a report listing the risks of allowing the spectators and the measurements to prevent the event from triggering a coronavirus spread. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)

Top medical adviser says ‘no fans’ safest for Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this May 9, 2021, file photo, people who are against the Tokyo 2020 Olympics set to open in July, march to protest around Tokyo's National Stadium during an anti-Olympics demonstration. Public sentiment in Japan has been generally opposed to holding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. This is partly based of fears the coronavirus will spike as almost 100,000 people — athletes and others — enter for both events.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) **FILE**

Coronavirus fears stir opposition to Olympics

By Stephen Wade and Kantaro Komiya - Associated Press

People walk by posters to promote the Olympic Games planned to start in the summer of 2021, in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan announces easing of coronavirus state of emergency ahead of Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This Dec. 30, 2019, image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Americans Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor go on trial in Tokyo on Monday, June 14, 2021, on suspicion they helped Nissan former Chairman Carlos Ghosn skip bail in Japan and escape to Lebanon in December 2019. (DHA via AP, File)

Americans stand trial in Japan, accused in Carlos Ghosn’s escape

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

A man walks past the Olympic rings in Tokyo, Monday, June 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) **FILE**

Public health experts: Olympics can be held safely, if changes are made

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne, left, participate in the inaugural Quad leaders meeting with the President of the United States Joe Biden, the Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in a virtual meeting in Sydney, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (Dean Lewins/Pool via AP) **FILE**

EXCLUSIVE: Biden not seeking to add countries to Quad to counter China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A soldier holds a Taiwan national flag during a military exercise in Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) **FILE**

Contrary to ‘myth,’ U.S. partnerships with Asian allies are strong, former White House adviser says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Police officers stand guard near the venue of a ceremony to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated &quot;Takeshima Day&quot; in Matsue, Shimane prefecture, western Japan, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Japan renewed its claim on a contested island in the Sea of Japan held by South Korea at an annual event Monday, escalating tensions between the neighbors were already strained over Seoul's compensation claim over Tokyo's World War II atrocities. The island is called &quot;Takeshima&quot; in Japan and &quot;Dokdo&quot; in South Korea. The poster in the background reads: &quot;Takeshima is Shimane's treasure, my territory.&quot; (Kyodo News via AP) ** FILE **

South Korea seeks mediation of Olympic-sized dispute over islands

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this May 24, 2021, file photo, former sumo stable master Chiganoura, left, receives his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sporting arena. The arena, mainly used for sumo wrestling tournaments, is being used as a temporary inoculation venue for residents over 65 years old in Tokyo. Japan, seriously behind in coronavirus vaccination efforts, is scrambling to boost daily shots as the start of the Olympics in July closes in. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) **FILE**

Tokyo converts Olympics public-viewing site to a mass-vaccination center

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly arrives for the first trial hearing at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo. Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has backed his former colleague American lawyer Kelly's insistence on his innocence of any wrongdoing. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP, File)

American on trial in Japan gets support from ex-boss Ghosn

By Yuri Kageyama and Jeffrey Schaeffer - Associated Press

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, wearing a face mask, answers questions about U.S. travel warning to Japan during an upper house meeting at parliament in Tokyo Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Tokyo was quick to respond to U.S. travel warning for Americans against traveling to Japan and denied impact on Olympic participants, as the country determinedly prepare for the games starting July 23. (Toshiyuki Matsumoto/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan says U.S. travel warning for virus won’t hurt Olympians

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A man walks by posters promoting the Olympic Games planned to start in the summer of 2021, in Tokyo, Monday, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) **FILE**

Japan says U.S. travel warning for virus won’t hurt Olympians

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press