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MLB All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto of the Miami Marlins hits a solo home-run off Yomiuri Giants pitcher Ryusei Oe in the fifth inning of their exhibition baseball game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)

Marlins catcher Realmuto not distracted by trade rumors

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Gov. Tamaki talked to the media ahead of his U.S. trip to raise awareness among Americans about the tiny southern island's burden of hosting most of American troops (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa governor wants US to know burden of hosting bases

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2018, file photo, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives for a campaign rally with President Donald Trump at Southport High School in Indianapolis. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced Thursday, Nov. 8, that Pence will hold talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other top officials during his Nov. 12-13 visit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Pence to visit Japan on start of Asian tour next week

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MLB All-Star manager Don Mattingly speaks during a press conference at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Mattingly is in Japan as part of a Major League Baseball All-Star tour that features six games against Japan's national team. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)

Mattingly, Molina set to lead MLB All-Star tour of Japan

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad exchanges smiles with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the end of their joint news conference at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan to provide loan to help Malaysia battle debt problem

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

So Yeon Ryu shoots 65 for 1-shot lead in Toto Japan Classic

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In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, photo, former rugby player Toetu’u Taufa and Harumi Okuno, center, co-owner of a popular Takoyaki stand, sort through paper fans near Hanazono Stadium, one of 12 venues for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, in Higashiosaka, western Japan. At a tiny stand in the shadows of the 26,500-seat stadium, Okuno serves the ubiquitous Osaka delicacy Takoyaki (Octopus filled Japanese snacks). She and her husband Hiroshi Okuno have hosted some of the sport's biggest teams including the All Blacks. (AP Photo/Jim Armstrong)

Japan’s oldest rugby venue ready to welcome the World Cup

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

Governor of Okinawa, Denny Tamaki, speaks during a interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Tamaki, the newly elected governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, is headed to the U.S. with a message to the American people: Stop building the military base and build peace instead. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan resumes work at disputed site for US base relocation

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Governor of Okinawa, Denny Tamaki, speaks during a interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Tamaki, the newly elected governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, is headed to the U.S. with a message to the American people: Stop building the military base and build peace instead. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Okinawa leader wants Americans to stop U.S. base

By Mari Yamaguchi and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

South Korean Chief Justice of the Supreme Court KIM Myeongsu, center, sits with other justices upon their arrival at the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. South Korea's Supreme Court has ruled that a Japanese steelmaker should compensate four South Koreans for forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula before the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Court orders Japan company to pay 4 Koreans for forced labor

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Japan's rocket H-2A is launched, carrying aboard a green gas observing satellite &quot;Ibuki-2&quot; and KhalifaSat, a UAE satellite, Tanegashima, southern Japan, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. The Japanese rocket carrying United Arab Emirates' first locally-made satellite has successfully lifted off from a space center in southern Japan. (Nozomi Endo/Kyodo News via AP)

Rocket carrying 1st UAE-made satellite launched from Japan

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, walks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.(AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China-Japan drawing closer amid trade pressure from US

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and EMILY WANG - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from left, talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, second from right, during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (Nicolas Asfouri/Pool photo via AP)

China, Japan show united front on ‘free and fair’ trade

By EMILY WANG - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Abe arrived in Beijing on Thursday as both countries try to repair ties that have been riven by disputes over territory, military expansion in the Pacific and World War II history. (Roman Pilipey/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s Abe in China as 2 nations try to mend ties

By KEN MORITSUGU and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, center, is driven out of the immigration center in Antakya, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Yasuda was freed after more than three years of captivity in Syria Wednesday. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

The Latest: Freed Japan reporter ‘blank’ about future

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Men walk past a TV screen showing a news program with an image of Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 in Tokyo. A man believed to be Yasuda who disappeared three years ago in Syria has been released and is now in Turkey, a Japanese official said. Japanese characters at top right read: &quot;Jumpei Yasuda was released.&quot; (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

The Latest: Turkish official: Security unit saved Japan man

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his policy speech during a parliamentary session in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Abe has vowed to bolster cooperation and friendship between his country and China in a key policy speech the day before he makes the first trip to Beijing by a Japanese leader in seven years. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Abe vows to bolster ties with China day before Beijing trip

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this Oct. 22, 2018 photo, a staff walks by displayed pen-like &quot;heat-not-burn&quot; device iQOS at an IQOS store in Tokyo. In Japan, Philip Morris opened nine iQOS stores in trendy districts nationwide, offering free WiFi and drinks, to perk consumer interest. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Philip Morris woos puff-happy Japan for post-smoking era

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette speaks with journalist during a media roundtable session in Tokyo Monday Oct. 22, 2018. A top U.S. energy official says Asia is the center of growth in energy demand and offers a great opportunity to expand American liquefied natural gas exports. Brouillette told reporters Monday that the U.S. is working with Japan and others to build facilities for U.S. LNG exports and improve their energy security. Japan is the world's biggest importer of LNG.(AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

US seeking to boost LNG exports to Japan, rest of Asia

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2015, file photo, port workers chat each other next to a pile of cargo at a container terminal in Tokyo. Japan has recorded a trade surplus for September of 139.6 billion yen ($1.2 billion), but exports fell 1.2 percent from the previous year, marking the first decline since 2016, after several natural disasters. September imports rose 7 percent, according to data released Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, by the Ministry of Finance. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan exports fall in September, first decline since 2016

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press