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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

Japanese economy sees recovery from pandemic slump

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Burmese in Japan march in protest of military coup

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2018, file photo, Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami signs his autograph on his novel &quot;Killing Commendatore&quot; during a press conference in Tokyo. Murakami said politicians need to reduce public uncertainty and fear over the coronavirus by speaking sincerely about the pandemic. Murakami, in a two-hour live New Year's Eve show on Dec. 31, 2020, urged political leaders to “talk honestly from the gut” to the people to encourage them to help slow rising infections which are on the verge of getting out of control. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Author Murakami hosts live jam for relaxation amid pandemic

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura speaks to reporters after a panel of his ministry greenlit the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. to become the first approved for use in Japan, in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Japan on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021 formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the U.S. and many other countries. Japan’s health ministry said it had approved the vaccine co-developed and supplied by Pfizer Inc. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan formally approves its first COVID-19 vaccine

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - 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)

High court denies accused Ghosn smugglers’ bid to stay in US

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

A demonstrator holds a placard protesting the planned Tokyo 2020 Olympic games near a building where Yoshiro Mori was meeting to announce his resignation as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee in Tokyo on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Mori resigned Friday, following sexist comments implying women talk too much. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

EXPLAINER: Japan’s latest Olympic controversy

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - 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)

Ex-Nissan boss’ accused smugglers seek Supreme Court’s help

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

Yoshiro Mori, center, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, enters a venue for a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Yoshiro Mori is gone, but gender issues remain for Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping had warned at the World Economic Forum last month that the U.S. risked starting a “new Cold War” if they tried to rally the rest of the world against Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Joe Biden opts for Asia strategy used by Trump

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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)

Court won’t delay extradition of 2 nabbed in Ghosn’s escape

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Reports: Mori to resign Tokyo Olympics over sexist remarks

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

This photo shows an interior of hotel room where some passengers who returned to Japan from London are in quarantine, in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2021. The room has a single bed (120cm x 195cm), a humidifier, an air purifier, and 32-inch screen TV monitor. Because of the emergence in Japan of new coronavirus variants, all people traveling from Level 3 countries and regions, the U.K., South Africa, Ireland and parts of Brazil, have to quarantine at a location designated by the government, usually a hotel near the airport, for at least the first three days. Those who test negative for the virus on their third day can then leave, but they have to remain in self-isolation elsewhere for 11 more days to complete the quarantine. (AP Photo/Mayuko Ono)

A look at what quarantine is like in Olympic-host Japan

By MAYUKO ONO - Associated Press

Yoshiro Mori, right, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, bows his head after a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Olympics face another problem because of its president

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, enters a venue for a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Opposition remains strong to Tokyo Games after Mori remarks

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Hidemasa Nakamura, right, games delivery officer for the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), joins other representatives from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) at a Joint press briefing in Tokyo on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Tokyo 2020, IOC and IPC announced Wednesday they jointly developed and published the first version of &quot;The Playbooks,&quot; which contains advice from international and Japanese health experts for COVID-19 countermeasures as well as the guidelines and rules that each games stakeholder will need to observe in order to play their part in ensuing a safe and secure games. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

No cheering, no bars, less intimacy to ensure safe Olympics

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, left, and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi attend a video conference with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Defense Minister Ben Wallace on screen, not seen, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Feb. 3 2021. Both parties held their 4th Japan-UK Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting '2+2' to strengthen their cooperation. (Franck Robichon/Pool via AP)

Japan expresses concern to UK over new Chinese maritime law

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Banned public sports facilities are taped off according to social distancing rules at a park in Goyang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: Mexico sees near-record daily coronavirus deaths

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Japan regrets Sri Lanka’s scrapping of port terminal deal

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

Christophe Dubi, Olympic Games Executive Director for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), joins other representatives from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) at a Joint press briefing in Tokyo on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Tokyo 2020, IOC and IPC announced Wednesday they jointly developed and published the first version of &quot;The Playbooks,&quot; which contains advice from international and Japanese health experts for COVID-19 countermeasures as well as the guidelines and rules that each games stakeholder will need to observe in order to play their part in ensuing a safe and secure games. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Games offer Playbooks to assure athletes, sway public

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press