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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

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), speaks during a news conference Thursday, March 11, 2021, after attending the International Olympic Committee (IOC) general meeting. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Olympic host Japan will not take part in China vaccine offer

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

From left to right, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pose for a picture before a four Indo-Pacific nations' foreign ministers meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP)

Joe Biden to host first Quad meeting between U.S., India, Australia and Japan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, a mobile phone customer looks at an earthquake warning application on an iPhone in Los Angeles. An earthquake early warning system operated by the U.S. Geological Survey has been activated in Oregon on the 10th anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. California already has the system. Washington state joins it in May, which will complete coverage of the West Coast of the contiguous United States. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

With ‘big one’ coming, quake alert system launches in Oregon

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, left, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), and Toshiro Muto, CEO of Tokyo 2020, bow at the beginning of a news conference Thursday, March 11, 2021, following the International Olympic Committee (IOC) general meeting. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

IOC members worry about banning foreign fans from Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan on March 14, 2011 after explosion following an earthquake and tsunami. Japan will mark the 10th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, on Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Timeline of Japan’s 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster

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)

Torch relay among final hurdles for postponed Tokyo Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows flooded fields and destroyed homes in east of Natori, Miyagi prefecture, Japan on March 12, 2011. Japan will mark the 10th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, on Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Japan’s recovery from tsunami disaster, by the numbers

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

People offer a silent prayer for victims of the 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami, on the site of former town office in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture, Japan Thursday, March 11, 2021. Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck Japan's northeastern coast. (Koki Sengoku/Kyodo News via AP)

Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during an event with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to mark International Women's Day, Monday, March 8, 2021, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin to take joint trip to Japan and South Korea to rally allies

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Washington. Biden is returning to the White House after visiting W.S. Jenks &amp; Son hardware store, a small business that received a Paycheck Protection Program loan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden joining summit with key Asia-Pacific ‘Quad’ leaders

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 25, 2021, photo, high school students hold up banners to protest a recent academic paper by Harvard University professor J. Mark Ramseyer, behind statues symbolizing wartime sex slaves in Seoul, South Korea. The signs read: &quot;J. Mark Ramseyer, are you a 21st century professor at Harvard? Are you a university professor in the Japanese Empire 100 years ago? We criticize anti-human rights research.&quot; (Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap via AP)

Harvard professor ignites uproar over ‘comfort women’ claims

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), speaks before reporters after a five-party meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP)

New Tokyo Olympic president tries to assure Japan on safety

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Yoichi Kitamura, the defense lawyer for Greg Kelly, who is on trial in Japan on charges related to former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s compensation, speaks to The Associated Press at his Tokyo office Friday, March 5, 2021. The lawyer for former Nissan Motor Co.'s executive Kelly, said his client was merely trying to prevent Ghosn from going to a rival automaker. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

AP Interview: Lawyer says Kelly innocent of Ghosn pay scheme

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

A man wearing a face mask walks on a street during lunchtime in Tokyo on Thursday, March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Japan extends virus emergency for 2 weeks for Tokyo area

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), attends a news conference with Toshiro Muto, left, CEO of Tokyo 2020, after a council meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Fans from abroad unlikely for postponed Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

People walk past a theater where the film “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train&quot; is screened on its opening day, Oct. 16, 2020. “Demon Slayer,” directed by Haruo Sotozaki, has become the biggest grossing film for Japan, including live-action films, and has struck a chord with pandemic-era Japan, and possibly with the world. (Tsuyoshi Ueda/Kyodo News via AP)

Animated ‘Demon Slayer’ strikes chord with pandemic Japan

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk near a banner of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 310 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan weighing extension of coronavirus emergency in Tokyo

Associated Press

Sri Lanka approves new port development with India and Japan

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Seattle Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi throws during baseball spring training Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Yusei Kikuchi faces most important season yet for Mariners

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press