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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

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn holds a press conference at the Maronite Christian Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, as he launches an initiative to help Lebanon that is undergoing a severe economic and financial crisis, in Kaslik, north of Beirut, Lebanon. Two Americans suspected of helping Ghosn skip bail and escape to Lebanon in December 2019 have been extradited to Japan. Michael Taylor and his son Peter were handed over to Japanese custody on Monday, March 1, 2021 and were due to arrive in Tokyo on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

EXPLAINER: Japan to try US men accused of helping Ghosn flee

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE—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. Taylor is accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in 2019 while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. (DHA via AP, File)

2 Americans wanted in Ghosn’s escape in Japanese custody

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, right, speaks to media after a video conference with the IOC executive board on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Tokyo. Hashimoto, a former Olympics minister and seven time Olympian, was recently appointed the Tokyo 2020 president after her predecessor Yoshiro Mori quit following a backlash over sexist comments he made at an earlier meeting. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP)

It’s March, the month when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Suga’s PR chief resigns after meal tied to Japan broadcaster

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

China says Japan-U.S. security treaty a product of Cold War

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In this photo provided on Feb. 18, 2021, by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan, Japan's Emperor Naruhito, left, and Empress Masako pose for a photo at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2021. Naruhito celebrated 61st birthday on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (The Imperial Household Agency of Japan via AP)

Japan emperor shows concern to those suffering in pandemic

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Shimane Gov. Tatsuya Maruyama, center, delivers a speech during 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 the 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. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan renews claim on South Korea-held island

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, attends the 10th anniversary memorial service of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Monday marked a decade since the quake struck, killing 185 people. (George Heard/NZ Herald via AP)

New Zealand remembers 185 who died in quake 10 years ago

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

In this March 29, 2014 file photo, a Chinese Coast Guard ship attempts to block a Philippine government vessel as the latter tries to enter the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea to relieve Philippine troops and resupply provisions. China’s simmering feud with South Korea over the deployment of an American missile defense system is just the latest in a string of foreign policy challenges piling up on President Xi Jinping’s desk as he prepares to host the annual summit of the G20 nations next month. North Korea, Taiwan, the South China Sea and the United States all pose difficult challenges and pose the risk of exhausting China’s crisis management capacity and the ruling Communist Party’s aura of total control. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

U.S. voices concerns on new China maritime law

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 17, 2019, file photo, Nippon Ham Fighters starter Kohei Arihara pitches against the Oakland Athletics in the first inning of an exhibition baseball game on Tokyo. Arihara says he settled on the Texas Rangers because they told right-hander what they thought he could do better in addition to mentioning the things they liked. The process of working on some of those things has started with pitchers and catchers officially reporting to spring training in Arizona. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Rangers RHP Arihara starts transition to majors from Japan

Associated Press

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto, center, is surrounded by reporters at the Lower House in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Japan's Kyodo news agency, citing a source “familiar with the matter,” said a selection committee will ask Hashimoto to become the new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. Hashimoto, who could be named this week, would replace Yoshiro Mori who was forced to resign last week after he made demeaning comments about women — basically saying they talk too much.(Meika Fujio/Kyodo News via AP)

Report: Hashimoto will be offered job to head Tokyo Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

U.S. troops gather on the USS Wasp where U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver Memorial Day remarks to the troops, at the U.S. Military Base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) **FILE**

U.S., Japan extend $1.9 billion deal to cover costs of American troops

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Tokyo Medical Center director Kazuhiro Araki, left, receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Japan's first coronavirus shots were given to health workers Wednesday, beginning a vaccination campaign considered crucial to holding the already delayed Tokyo Olympics. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan starts COVID-19 vaccinations with eye on Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Wally the Green Monster, the team's mascot, right, waves as a Boston Red Sox baseball equipment truck departs Fenway Park, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Boston on its way to the team's spring training facility, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Sawamura eager to follow Uehara’s footsteps to Red Sox

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Japan's first coronavirus shots were given to health workers Wednesday, beginning a vaccination campaign considered crucial to holding the already delayed Tokyo Olympics. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

Delayed vaccine rollout latest dark cloud over Tokyo Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference at the cabinet office in Tokyo, on Sept. 19, 2019. Japan's Kyodo news agency, citing a source “familiar with the matter,” said Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, a selection committee will ask Hashimoto to become the new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. Hashimoto, who could be named this week, would replace Yoshiro Mori who was forced to resign last week after he made demeaning comments about women — basically saying they talk too much.(Kyodo News via AP)

Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Delivery staff move a box of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine on a carriage at the hospital in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Japan's COVID-19 vaccinations are scheduled to begin Wednesday after the government granted belated first approval to a shot co-developed by Pfizer Inc. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan begins COVID-19 vaccination drive amid supply worry

By MARI YAMAGUCI - Associated Press

Lee Yong-soo, a South Korean woman who was sexually enslaved by Japan's World War II military, weeps during a press conference at the Press Center in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Lee called for the leaders of both countries to settle an impasse over the issue by seeking judgment from the International Court of Justice. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

S. Korean sexual slavery survivor wants UN court judgment

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

EXPLAINER: Japan begins vaccination drive, but why so late?

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press