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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, center, and Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono, right, hold Okinawa's request document during their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Gov. Tamaki urged Japan's government to pressure the U.S. military to better guard against an escalating coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 130 Marines stationed on the southern Japanese island, triggering fear of infections spreading outside of the bases.(Ren Onuma/Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa urges US to do more to stop virus outbreak at bases

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - This October 2015, aerial file photo shows U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, southern Japan. Japanese defense minister said on Tuesday, July 14, 2010 that officials have discovered &quot;a number of problems” with the U.S. military's coronavirus measures for its service members stationed in Japan after about 100 Marines have tested positive for the virus in a massive outbreak at multiple bases in Okinawa. Most of cases are at the air station. (Kazuhiko Yamashita/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan: US military coronavirus policy has multiple problems

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 18, 2020, file photo, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. The Abe government's Defense White Paper 2020 highlights what are potential Chinese and North Korean threats as Japan tries to further increase its defense capability. (Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Japan says coronavirus adds to security threat by China

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this image made from video released by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, project manager Omran Sharaf speaks during a pre-launch video briefing of a Mars orbiter, Monday, July 13, 2020. The United Arab Emirates is up first with the Martian orbiter set to launch from Japan on Wednesday, July 15. The liftoff of the Mars orbiter named Amal, or Hope, from Japan marked the start of a rush to fly to Earth's neighbor. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries via AP)

Bad weather may delay 1st UAE Mars mission on Japan rocket

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Ghosn says he is aiding those who helped him flee to Lebanon

Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 27, 2018, aerial file photo shows U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, southern Japan. Okinawan officials said Saturday, July 11, 2020 that dozens of U.S. Marines have been confirmed to have infected with the coronavirus at two bases, Futenma and Camp Hansen, on the southern Japanese island in what is feared to be a massive outbreak, and demanded adequate explanation from the U.S. military officials. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Okinawa governor wants tougher action as 61 Marines infected

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Fans wearing face masks cheer as SoftBank Hawks' Nobuhiro Matsuda, center, celebrates after hitting a solo home run against Rakuten Golden Eagles in the second inning of a regular season baseball game in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, Friday, July 10, 2020. Japan’s professional baseball league began allowing up to 5,000 fans into the games on Friday, or 50% of the stadium capacity - whichever is smaller. Officials hope to allow the stadiums to be filled to 50% capacity beginning on Aug. 1. (Kyodo News via AP)

Baseball is back in Japan, and so are fans in the stadiums

By KOJI UEDA and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2020, file photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks to Japanese media during an interview in Beirut, Lebanon. Prosecutors filed documents on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, detailing wire transfers by Ghosn to a company linked to one of the men accused of helping smuggle him out of Japan in a box in 2019. (Meika Fujio/Kyodo News via AP)

No bail for 2 accused of helping ex-Nissan boss escape Japan

Associated Press

A schoolyard of a junior high school is seen flooded following heavy rains in Gero, Gifu prefecture, southern Japan Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Floodwaters flowed down streets in southern Japanese towns hit by heavy rains. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan battered by more heavy rain, floods; 58 dead

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

US: Ex-Nissan boss wired money to man who helped him flee

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

A landslide is seen near an exit of a highway in Kyoto, western Japan Thursday, July 9, 2020. Pounding rain spread to central Japan and triggered mudslides. (Kyodo News via AP)

Heavy rain hits scenic central Japan, more damage in south

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japan’s ruling party calls for government to cancel Xi visit

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Rescuers search for missing persons at the site of a landslide in Tsunagi town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Monday, July 6, 2020. Rescue operations continued and rain threatened wider areas of the main island of Kyushu. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)

40 dead in Japan floods, as more areas warned of heavy rain

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. North Korea on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, repeated it has no immediate intent to resume dialogue with the United States hours before U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun was to arrive in South Korea for discussions on the stalled nuclear diplomacy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

North Korea rejects talks as US envoy arrives in Seoul

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Nissan's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon. Tokyo prosecutors said Friday, July 3, 2020, that a request for extradition of two Americans arrested in the U.S. for allegedly helping Ghosn flee Japan while he was out on bail has been filed. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Japan seeks extradition of Americans accused in Ghosn escape

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

A police officer gives instructions to people to observe social distancing, as people walk outside a court in Istanbul, Friday, July 3, 2020, where the trial began for defendants accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan. A private airline official, four pilots and two flights attendants are on trial in Istanbul, accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan to Lebanon, via Turkey. Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to eight years in prison each for the four pilots and the airline official on charges of illegally smuggling a migrant, for helping Ghosn escape to Lebanon while he awaited trial in Japan. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Turkey: pilots on trial over Ghosn escape released from jail

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Japan to boost space cooperation with US in revised policy

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

President Donald Trump (left) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in hold a press conference at Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Trump G-7 expansion push reignites Japan-South Korea flap

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono attends a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Japan's National Security Council has endorsed plans to cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems aimed at bolstering the country’s capability against threats from North Korea, Kono said Thursday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan confirms its scrapping US missile defense system

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Smoke rises from at the 18th Wing Hazardous Materials Pharmacy building at Kadena Air Base during a fire on Okinawa island, Japan, Monday morning, June 22, 2020. Cause of fire is unknown, no injuries are reported. (Kyodo News via AP)

Fire breaks out at hazmat facility at US air base on Okinawa

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press