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Ashley Young, right, of Manchester United and Jordan Stevens of Leeds United compete for the ball during their friendly soccer match in Perth, Australia, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (Richard Wainwright/AAP Image via AP)

Mongolia awaits star players in 2022 World Cup qualifying

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

Bank of Korea Gov. Lee Ju-yeol speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 18, 2019. South Korea's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the first time in three years to combat a faltering economy that faces further risks from a heated trade dispute with Japan. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s central bank lowers rate amid Japan trade row

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Washington Wizards' Rui Hachimura speaks with the media after playing the Atlanta Hawks in an NBA summer league basketball game Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Wizards’ Rui Hachimura has role, goals beyond the court

By Deron Snyder - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018, file photo, victims of Japan's forced labor and their family members arrive at the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea. Colonial-era Korean laborers on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, are seeking a court's approval for the sales of local assets of their former Japanese employer after it refused to comply with a court order to compensate them for forced labor decades ago. The sign reads &quot;Mitsubishi Heavy Industries should compensate and apologize to victims of forced labor.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Former Mitsubishi workers seek assets sale for forced labor

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

A notice campaigning for a boycott of Japanese-made products is displayed at a store in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 12, 2019. South Korea said Friday it wants an investigation by the United Nations or another international body as it continues to reject Japanese claims that Seoul could not be trusted to faithfully implement sanctions against North Korea. The signs read: &quot;We don't sell Japanese products.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: Japan blames S.Korea export control ‘weaknesses’

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Kim You-geun, deputy chief of South Korea's presidential national security office, speaks during a press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 12, 2019. South Korea proposed an investigation by the United Nations or another international body as it continues to reject Japanese claims that Seoul could not be trusted to faithfully implement sanctions against North Korea. (Lee Yun-chung/Newsis via AP)

S. Korea, Japan fail to resolve growing trade dispute

By TONG-HYUNG KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, center, sits between Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto as they sign a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that is replacing the NAFTA trade deal, during a ceremony at a hotel before the start of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mr. Trump’s new North America trade agreement would give the U.S. economy only a modest boost, an independent federal agency finds. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ policy sparks trade deals for other countries, experts say

By Moss Brennan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 9, 2019, file photo, notices campaigning for a boycott of Japanese-made products are displayed at a store in Seoul, South Korea. South Koreans believe Japan still hasn't fully acknowledged responsibility for atrocities committed during its 1910-45 colonial occupation of Korea. Thousands of South Koreans have signed petitions posted on the presidential office's website that call for boycotting Japanese products and travel to Japan. The signs read: &quot;We don't sell Japanese products.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Tensions over history, North keep Japan, South Korea at odds

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

A volunteer picks up plastic products during a cleanup campaign at a famed park in Nara, western Japan, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Nine deer at the park have died recently after swallowing plastic bags. Nara Park has more than 1,000 deer and tourists can feed them special sugar-free crackers sold in shops nearby. The crackers don’t come in plastic bags, but people still carry them. A veterinarian says the deer may associate the plastic with food. (Kyodo News via AP)

9 deer at famed park in Japan die after eating plastic bags

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FILE - In this Tuesday, July 9, 2019, file photo, notices campaigning for a boycott of Japanese-made products are displayed at a store in Seoul, South Korea. South Koreans believe Japan still hasn't fully acknowledged responsibility for atrocities committed during its 1910-45 colonial occupation of Korea. Thousands of South Koreans have signed petitions posted on the presidential office's website that call for boycotting Japanese products and travel to Japan. The signs read: &quot;We don't sell Japanese products.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea seeks US help in bitter trade spat with Japan

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at his official residence after announcing his government not to appeal against damages ruling in leprosy suit, in Tokyo Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Japan says it will not challenge the recent court ruling awarding damages to former leprosy patients' families for their suffering from discrimination caused by the government's failure to end its isolation policy. (Yohei Kanasashi/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan gov’t to pay damages to kin over leprosy isolation

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Japan said it has no plans to retract its tightened control on high-tech exports to South Korea, saying it involves Japanese internal policy review. Suga said the review was necessary to appropriately carry out export controls, and that Tokyo does not plan to negotiate its decision with Seoul. (Yohei Kanasashi/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan says it won’t discuss or retract SKorea export rules

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, speaks during a meeting with senior aides at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 8, 2019. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

SKorea’s Moon calls for diplomatic solution to trade spat

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, a man walks past the Tokyo 2020 Olympic logos, in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers say they are putting an unspecified “hundreds of thousands” of tickets into a lottery next month for Japan residents who were shut out when results of the first lottery were announced in June. On Friday, July 5, organizers said 3.22 million tickets were sold to Japan residents in the first lottery. They said more than 90% bought tickets the tickets were awarded in the lottery.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Tokyo Olympics offer ‘second-chance’ lottery for Japan fans

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this June 23, 2019, photo, a security officer uses a flashlight to check on the Olympic Rings in front of the New National Stadium in Tokyo. Overwhelmed by unprecedented demand, Tokyo Olympic organizers said Thursday they would run another ticket lottery next month for residents of Japan to view the games. Millions of Japanese were let down last month when they came away empty-handed without tickets for next year's Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Got a Tokyo Olympics ticket? Unrivaled demand causes turmoil

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, a container ship is docked at a port in Tokyo. Japanese controls on exports of key materials used to make semiconductors and displays have taken effect, as South Korean officials vowed to fight back. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, file )

Japan export curbs take effect as SKorean officials protest

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during the party's leader debate Wednesday, July 3, 2019 in Tokyo. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan says curbs on exports to SKorea due to broken pledge

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this June 26, 2019, photo, Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyers JS Murasame (DD-101), front, and JS Akebono (DD-108) participate in a drill off the coast of Brunei. One of Japan’s largest warships, the helicopter carrier Izumo, is returning home from Subic port in the Philippines along with two destroyers following a powerful show of Tokyo’s determination to expand its military presence and counter China’s forays into strategic waters. (AP Photo/Emily Wang)

Japan’s biggest warship offers clue to military ambitions

By EMILY WANG - Associated Press

South Korean Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Sung Yun-mo, center, speaks during a meeting at Korea Trade Insurance Corporation in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 1, 2019. South Korea plans to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization over Japan's imposition of restrictions on its exports of key technology materials to South Korea. Sung said Monday that the Seoul government sees Japan's move as retaliation against South Korean court rulings ordering Japanese firms to compensate South Korean plaintiffs over forced labor during World War II.(Ahn Jung-won/Yonhap via AP)

Japan cites security concerns in curbing exports to SKorea

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2018, file photo, Kim Kardashian West attends the 2018 LACMA Art+Film Gala at Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles. The reality star and makeup mogul has decided to change the name of her Kimono Solutionwear less than a week after she received backlash from people who objected to what they said was appropriation of the traditional Japanese kimono in the name of her upcoming shapewear line. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Japan official to Kardashian West: Kimono belongs to Japan

By HARUKA NUGA - Associated Press