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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2018, file photo, South Korean Lee Chun-sik, center, a 94-year-old victim of forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula before the end of World War II, sits on a wheelchair upon his arrival outside the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea. In a landmark ruling in October, South Korea's top court ordered Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay 100 million won ($88,000) each to four plaintiffs forced to work for the company when Japan colonized the Korean Peninsula from 1910-45. The banner reads: &quot;Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal Corporation should compensate and apologize to victims of forced labor.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

The Latest: SKorea summons Japanese envoy over export curbs

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Japan to restrict exports to South Korea, citing less trust

By YURI KAGEYAMA and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Whaling boat leave a port in Kushiro, Hokkaido, northern Japan Monday, July 1, 2019. Japan is resuming commercial whaling for the first time in 31 years, a long-cherished goal seen as a largely lost cause. (Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese whalers bring home 1st commercial catch in 31 years

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump’s ‘unconventional’ diplomacy opens doors, Pompeo says

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 29, 2008, file photo, fleet of fishing boats leave Taiji port, in Japan for a day of fishing. Japanese whalers are discussing plans ahead of their July 1, 2019 resumption of commercial hunting along the northeastern coasts for the first time in three decades. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)

Japan resumes commercial whaling after 31 years despite low demand

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: K-pop band greets Trump during Seoul visit

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, speaks at the G-20 summit event on the Digital Economy in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. President Donald Trump, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, listen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

You’re welcome Japan; now it’s time you help us

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka Saturday, June 29, 2019. (Yuri Kadobnov/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Abe, Putin announce initiatives to expand ties

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President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a working breakfast on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: China says Trump, Xi strike deal on trade talks

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President Donald Trump, right, leans over to talk to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a G-20 summit event on women's empowerment in Osaka, Japan, in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. Ivanka Trump is in the middle. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Abe’s G-20 show eclipsed by Trump-China trade talks, tweets

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 18, 2019, photo trader Peter Tuchman, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 28. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Stocks close out rocky quarter with solid gains

By ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump, China’s Xi to talk trade at G-20 summit

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, and European Council President Donald Tusk, left, are escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to their working lunch on the sidelines of the G20 Summit at the International Exhibition Center in Osaka, Japan, Thursday, June 27, 2019. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Japan welcomes Xi as sign of improving ties

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President Donald Trump walks down the steps of Air Force One at Osaka International (Itami) Airport, in Osaka, Japan, Thursday, June 27, 2019. Trump is in Osaka to attend the G20 summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump arrives in Asia for G-20 talks on trade, Iran, North Korea

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, second from left, attends dinner with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, second from right, in Osaka, Japan, Thursday, June 27, 2019. Trump and Morrison are in Osaka to attend the G20 summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump starts summit dining with Australian PM

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EU plans to ease restrictions on food from Fukushima area

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks in Osaka, western Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. Morrison said he remained concerned for an Australian student who is uncontactable in North Korea and has been offered international support to find him. Morrison said the plight of Alek Sigley had been raised with him by world leaders attending the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

Australia welcomes help to find man missing in North Korea

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2018, file photo, Japan's delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita holds a news conference on banned Japanese basketball players in Jakarta, Indonesia. The former gold medalist has been elected to lead the Japanese Olympic Committee, which is mired in a scandal that forced the former president to step aside in an alleged vote-buying scheme to land next year's Tokyo Games. (Shohei Miyano/Kyodo News via AP, File)

JOC gets new leader in wake of Tokyo Olympic bribery scandal

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the start of their talks at a hotel in Osaka, western Japan, Thursday, June 27, 2019, ahead of the G-20 Summit. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Putin invites Trump to visit Russia next year

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In this April 25, 2019, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo. A Japanese court has turned down an appeal from the lawyers of Ghosn over his bail conditions that limit his contact with his wife. Kyodo News service reported Thursday the Tokyo District Court rejected the appeal filed earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) **FILE**

Japan’s cruel justice system leaves Carlos Ghosn in the lurch

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times