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This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test fire of newly developed new-type tactical guided projectile by the Academy of Defense Science, at an undisclosed place in North Korea, Thursday, March 25, 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)

EXPLAINER: North Korean missiles getting more agile, evasive

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Activists gather in front of parliament before they submit a petition in Tokyo Thursday, March 25, 2021. LGBTQ and other human rights activists submitted a petition with over 106,000 signatures to Japan's ruling party Thursday, calling for an LGBT equality law to be enacted before the Tokyo Games, saying Japan as host nation should live up to the Olympic charter banning gender and sexual discrimination. (Kyodo News via AP)

LGBT groups want equality law in Japan before Tokyo Olympics

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

A photo showing North Korea's missile launch is displayed at the Unification Observation Post in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. North Korea fired short-range missiles this past weekend, just days after the sister of Kim Jong Un threatened the United States and South Korea for holding joint military exercises. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea test-fires ballistic missiles in message to US

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike delivers a speech during the Grand Start of the Olympic Torch Relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 25, 2021. The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics kicks off its 121-day journey

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Japan’s Toyota, Isuzu, Hino join in truck technology tie up

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2020, file photo, the Olympic Flame burns during a ceremony in Fukushima, Japan. The torch relay is kicking off from northeastern Japan. It will last 121 days and involve 10,000 runners carrying the torch to 47 Japanese prefectures. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

EXPLAINER: Torch relay not just a sideshow in time of COVID

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, a child wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus runs in front of the logos of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC on Saturday, March 20, 2021 announced a ban on fans from abroad attending the the games, which open on July 23. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan spends millions on technology for absent Olympic fans

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2021, file photo, the Pacific Ocean looks over nuclear reactor units of No. 3, left, and 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan on Tuesday, March 23, asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to provide support to safely carry out an imminent release of the massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water stored at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant and to gain understanding from the international community. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Japan asks IAEA support for Fukushima tank water release

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, file photo, Nathan Chen competes during the men's short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Las Vegas. As Nathan Chen seeks a third straight World Figure Skating Championships title, something no American has achieved since Scott Hamilton got his fourth in a row in 1984, he has two major challenges in front of him. One is two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, who Chen calls “the benchmark.&quot; The other is idleness in major competitions forced by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Chen has 2 major challenges as he seeks 3rd straight worlds

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

Southampton's Takumi Minamino controls the ball during an English Premier League soccer match between Southampton and Brighton at the St Mary's Stadium in Southampton, England, Sunday March 14, 2021. (Mike Hewitt/Pool via AP)

World Cup qualifying set to resume in Asia after 16 months

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, center, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, talks with Kyoko Raita, right, Tokyo 2020 Executive Board member and speaker for a presentation on the Olympic Charter and Gender Equality in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, March 22, 2021. Fujio Mitarai, Honorary President of Tokyo 2020, is at left. Hashimoto said they will take all possible COVID-19 countermeasures as the torch relay opens this Thursday from northeastern Fukushima prefecture. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Volunteers from abroad ruled out for Tokyo Olympics

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Japanese Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Yoshihide Suga delivers a speech at the annual party convention in Tokyo Sunday, March 21, 2021. Suga pledged Sunday to do his utmost to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus ahead of the Olympic torch relay and his upcoming visit to Washington. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan PM vows no virus rebound as emergency measures end

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Two women take a selfie with the Olympic rings in the background in the Odaiba section of Tokyo, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke Thursday after the World Health Organization labeled the spreading virus a &quot;pandemic,&quot; a decision almost certain to affect the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

EXPLAINER: Tokyo Olympics march on without fans from abroad

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto speaks after a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa in Tokyo Saturday, March 20, 2021. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP)

Spectators from abroad to be barred from Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, speaks during a press conference regarding its creative director's comments about a well-known female celebrity, in Tokyo Thursday, March 18, 2021. Tokyo Olympics creative director Hiroshi Sasaki is resigning after making demeaning the comments. Sasaki was in charge of the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics, which are to begin on July 23. Last year he told planning staff members that well-known entertainer Naomi Watanabe could perform in the ceremony as an “Olympig.” (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Olympics: Yet another scandal over sexist comments

By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Japan raises tariffs on US beef after hitting import limit

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, elbow bumps with Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, front, watch after a joint news conference after their two plus two security talks at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are meeting to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. lines up Japan, South Korea ahead of China meeting in Alaska

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a virtual business roundtable at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan, US to share China worry as ministers meet in Tokyo

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, employees pack boxes containing vials of COVID-19 vaccine at Serum Institute of India in Pune, India. Serum Institute of India has been contracted to manufacture a billion doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of the Indo Pacific alliance known as “the Quad” will announce on Friday, March 12, a plan to expand coronavirus vaccine manufacturing capacity in India, according to administration officials. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

US, Indo-Pacific allies to expand India’s vaccine production

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

Japan Post Holdings President Hiroya Masuda, right, and Rakuten President Hiroshi Mikitani, left, pose together during a press conference on their strategic partnership on Dec. 24, 2020 in Tokyo. Japan’s giant postal system said Friday, March 12, 2021, it is investing about $1.4 billion, for an 8% stake in the e-commerce venture Rakuten to strengthen a partnership in deliveries, fintech and other areas.(Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan Post, Rakuten tie-up in digital delivery, cashless pay

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press