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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is presented with flowers as he boards his plane to depart for Australia from Don Mueang International Airport, in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Snubbed by North Korea, Pompeo hits other Asian turbulence

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

South Korean protesters hold banners during a rally to denounce Japan's new trade restrictions on South Korea in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved the removal of South Korea from a list of countries with preferential trade status, prompting retaliation from Seoul where a senior official summoned the Japanese ambassador and told him that South Koreans may no longer consider Japan a friendly nation. The banners read: &quot;We don't buy Japanese products.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Thousands of South Koreans protest Japanese trade curbs

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this July 12, 2019, photo, a notice campaigning for a boycott of Japanese-made products is displayed in Seoul, South Korea. The sign reads: &quot;We don't sell Japanese products.&quot; A widespread anti-Japanese boycott has gained ground in South Korea since Tokyo tightened its exports of materials used to manufacture semiconductors and display screens, key export items for South Korea.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

SKorea vows countermeasures as Japan downgrades trade status

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

From left, Japan's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Keiichi Ishii, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Finance Minister Taro Aso attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Japan has approved the removal of South Korea from a &quot;whitelist&quot; of countries with preferential trade status, escalating tensions between the neighbors. (Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP)

The Latest: US says Japan-South Korea committed nuke efforts

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South Korean police officers stand guard for possible rallies against Japan in front of a building which houses Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Police say a 72-year-old South Korean man is in critical condition after setting himself ablaze in downtown Seoul, apparently to express his anger toward Japan amid worsening tensions between countries over trade and wartime history. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Police: South Korean man set himself ablaze to protest Japan

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean protesters stage a rally denouncing the Japanese government's decision on their exports to South Korea in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. A 72-year-old South Korean man was in critical condition after setting himself ablaze in downtown Seoul on Thursday, apparently to express his anger toward Japan amid worsening tensions between countries over trade and wartime history, a police official said. The signs read: "Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Japan cabinet OKs plan stripping South Korea of preferred trade status

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this July 12, 2019, photo, a notice campaigning for a boycott of Japanese-made products is displayed in Seoul, South Korea. The sign reads: &quot;We don't sell Japanese products.&quot; A widespread anti-Japanese boycott has gained ground in South Korea since Tokyo tightened its exports of materials used to manufacture semiconductors and display screens, key export items for South Korea.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

S. Koreans shun Japanese beer, travel, cars as dispute grows

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Japanese lawmaker Fukushiro Nukaga, second left, and South Korean counterpart Suh Chung-won, second from right, shake hands at a hotel during a meeting in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 31, 2019. The lawmakers from South Korea held a lunch meeting with their Japanese counterparts during a visit to Tokyo on Wednesday. The gathering comes amid strained relations between Seoul and Tokyo after Japan recently tightened export controls for some high-tech materials. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan, SKorea lawmakers meet to ease row over trade, history

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Illustration on Korean/Japanese relations by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Korea-Japan dispute calls for U.S. mediation, now

By Yoon Sang-hyun

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2018, file photo, Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, delivers a speech at the164th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris. Antagonisms between South Korea and Japan are already at the boiling point. They’re bound to deepen with Tokyo’s decision to expand controls over exports of sensitive materials by dropping its neighbor from a list of 27 countries granted preferential trade status. Seko said on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, he planned to go ahead and strip South Korea of its preferred status for export licensing. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Japan-Korea trade spat to intensify with new export limits

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Spectators watch a rugby match between Japan and Fiji at Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, northern Japan, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Japan took a big step forward in its Rugby World Cup preparations Saturday as the game was played before 13,135 spectators at the stadium which was built on the grounds of two schools destroyed by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit on March 11, 2011, decimating much of Japan's northeastern coastline. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan, US, Samoa winners in Pacific Nations Cup

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Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono meets with South Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan Pyo, front right, at foreign ministry in Tokyo Friday, July 19, 2019. Japan has summoned South Korea's ambassador to protest Seoul's refusal to join in an arbitration panel to settle a dispute over World War II labor. (Masanobu Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan likely to tighten SKorean export curbs in late Aug

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japan to pursue SKorea trade curbs, citing lax trade control

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2019, file photo, Japanese and French flags are hoisted at the entrance to the Nissan headquarters where Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors board meeting takes place in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The executives charged with strengthening governance at Nissan are saying extensive job cuts are coming, designed to drive a recovery at the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Nissan directors say reforms, job cuts are coming

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2006, file photo, the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant in Tomiokamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, is seen. The operator of the nuclear plant wrecked by a tsunami is considering decommissioning more reactors in northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings says a decision is pending on dismantling the four reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ni plant. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan utility to scrap 4 more reactors in Fukushima

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Commuters walk past the Olympic Rings Tuesday, July 23, 2019, in Tokyo. To mark the year-to-go mark, the gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals are to be unveiled Wednesday as part of daylong ceremonies around the Japanese capital. Tokyo's 1964 Olympics showcased bullet trains, futuristic designs and a new expressway, underlining Japan's recovery following World War II. Those games were the first seen worldwide by early satellites, sending the Olympics into a new era. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

1 Year: Tokyo Olympics unveil gold, silver, bronze medals

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this June 8, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. If Donald Trump is serious about his public courtship of Vladimir Putin, he may want to take pointers from one of the Russian leader's longtime suitors: Chinese President Xi Jinping. In this political love triangle, Putin and Xi are tied by strategic need and a rare dose of personal affection, while Trump's effusive display in Helsinki showed him as an earnest admirer of the man leading a country long considered America's adversary. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

South Korea confrontation highlights Russia-China alliance, growing threat to U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A South Korean protester uses scissors to cut an image of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a rally denouncing the Japanese government's decision on their exports to South Korea in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. The signs read &quot;Punish economic aggression.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Colonial-era Korean laborers want Mitsubishi compensation

Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe speaks following Sunday's elections results, at the party's headquarter in Tokyo Monday, July 22, 2019. Abe's ruling coalition secured a majority in Japan's upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, but it lost ground and fell short of the super-majority needed to propose constitutional revisions, according to vote counts by public television and other media. (Yohei Kanesashi/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s Abe pushes charter change despite election results

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Former Japanese Olympic gymnast Kotono Tanaka performs as a &quot;1-Year to Go&quot; banner hangs outside the Ariake Gymnastics Center, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Tokyo. Despite scandals, rising costs and doubts about the economic payoff, the Tokyo Olympics will be a must-see event — if you can find a ticket or a hotel room — when they open in a year. Tokyo was supposed to be a &quot;safe pair of hands&quot; after Rio de Janeiro's corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Year to go to Tokyo Games, with costs, ticket demand rising

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press