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List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 is prepared for take-off from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). U.S. Navy photo.

‘The Quad’ unites against rising China threat

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, center right, and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, center left, attend a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan, Vietnam agree to boost defense ties, resume flights

By HAU DINH and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

A woman takes a selfie as visitors wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus gather near a giant cat structure on display at a commercial office building in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s economy accelerates as virus recovery gains strength

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2020, file photo, Yoshihide Suga is applauded after being elected as Japan's new prime minister at parliament's lower house in Tokyo. Japan's new Prime Minister Suga heads to Vietnam and Indonesia on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, on his first overseas foray since taking over from his former boss Shinzo Abe last month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan’s populist, pragmatic new PM Suga pushes Abe’s vision

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

From left, Yumiko Murakami, head of OECD Tokyo, Gon Matsunaka, head of Pride House Tokyo Legacy, Kanae Doi, Japan director of Human Rights Watch, Yuri Igarashi, co-representative director of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, Yuichi Kamiya, secretary-general of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, &quot;Tokyo Rainbow Pride&quot; representative co-director Fumino Sugiyama, and a soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada, pose for photographers during a press conference to launch international signature campaign for the enactment of the &quot;LGBT Equality Law&quot; as a legacy of the Tokyo Olympics Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Tokyo. Sexual minority groups and human rights activists have launched a petition calling for an LGBT equality law in Japan in hopes of achieving its enactment during the Olympic year when the country gets international attention over its effort and respect for more diversity. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

LGBT groups in Japan launch petition seeking equality law

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japan protests to China for entering Japanese waters

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Waves hit a shore on Miyake Island, off 200 kilometers (120 miles) south of Tokyo Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, as Typhoon Chan-hom approaches. (Kyodo News via AP)

Typhoon off southern Japan, heavy rain expected nationwide

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 7, 2019, file photo, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach arrives to meet French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Bach is planning a trip to Japan November, 2020, to meet with new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and organizers of the postponed Tokyo Olympics, Tokyo Olympic CEO Toshiro Muto said Friday, Oct. 9. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Thomas Bach to visit new Japanese PM, Tokyo Olympic leaders

Associated Press

Japan, Mongolia to cooperate on ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Masayuki Takahashi, head of Kamoenai Village, speaks during a press conference at the village on the northeastern coast of Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. A pair of remote northern towns struggling with rapidly graining and shrinking populations signed up for a preliminary government studies to possibly build a final repository site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear plants as a way of surviving.(Kyodo News via AP)

2 remote Japan towns seek to host nuclear waste storage site

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2020. Japan is the home of judo, and the 19th-century martial art is sure to get more attention at home than any other sport at next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics. But it’s also drawing unwanted scrutiny over widespread allegations of violence, and accompanying injuries and abuse. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Judo in Japan: Getting unwanted scrutiny for abuse, violence

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

People walk across a pedestrian crossing past billboards in the rain Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Tokyo. Typhoon Chan-hom is approaching Japan's main island, with authorities warning of strong winds and torrential rains. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Typhoon nears Japan, heavy weekend rain expected in Tokyo

Associated Press

In this Sept. 24, 2020, file photo, IOC President Thomas Bach, on the screen, speaks remotely with Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, during an online meeting focused on how to pull off the delayed Tokyo Games, in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers estimate they have found saving of about $280 million by simplifying and cutting out some frills from next year's postponed Games. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Tokyo Olympics say they found savings even as costs rise

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2007 file photo, a bluefin tuna swims inside farming pens prior to harvest near Ensenada, Mexico. Countries involved in managing bluefin tuna fisheries are set to face-off over a Japanese proposal to raise its catch quotas for the fish, highly prized for sushi and sashimi. At an online meeting that began Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, Japan is seeking to raise its catch limits for both smaller and larger bluefin tuna by 20%. (AP Photo/Chris Park, File)

Japan seeks to boost catch limits of prized bluefin tuna

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press