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Hiroyasu Ito, chairperson of the Toyosu Market Association, speaks to reporters at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Ito acknowledged Tuesday the recent move of Japan’s main fish market from Tsukiji to a site found contaminated by arsenic could have been better handled. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

Official: Move of Japan fish market could have been better

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

US to enter trade talks with Japan, European Union, Britain

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with state and local officials on the response to Hurricane Michael, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Macon, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump tells Congress he’ll seek trade deals with U.K., Japan, European Union

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Japan raises concerns over Pacific’s debt to China

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center standing, reviews members of Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) marching during the Self-Defense Forces Day at Asaka Base in Asaka, north of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Abe renewed his pledge to push for a revision to Japan's war-renouncing constitution at an annual defense review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Abe renews pledge to change Japan’s charter to boost troops

By EUGENE HOSHIKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2018, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia. Abe is to travel to China later in October, 2018 for his first formal visit in seven years, in a further sign of improving relations between the regional rivals. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP, File)

Japanese PM Abe to visit China in sign of improved relations

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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands during a meeting at Abe's office in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. Tamaki won the election for governor at the end of last month, becoming the first Amerasian to lead the southwestern Japanese islands. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

New Okinawa chief wants US to rethink Marine base relocation

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Nasa Hataoka of Japan watches her shot on the second hole during the first round of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship at Sky72 Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Hataoka fires 7-under 65 to lead in South Korea

Associated Press

Tokyo Olympics: Costs hit almost $25 billion _ may go higher

By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. (Daisuke Suzuki /Pool/Pool Photo via AP)

China tells US to stop criticism, says relations suffering

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2013, file photo, a Japanese protester holds the rising sun flag and Japanese flag during a rally against South Korea in Tokyo. Japan has announced Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 it won't send a warship to an international fleet review hosted by South Korea after Seoul requested the removal of the Japanese navy's &quot;rising sun&quot; flag. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan to skip South Korea fleet event over ‘rising sun’ flag

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FIEL - This Feb. 19, 2012, file photo shows a line of 2012 Prius sedans at a Toyota dealership in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, it has issued a recall for 2.43 million hybrid vehicles in Japan and elsewhere for problems with stalling. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Toyota recalls 2.4 million hybrids due to stalling problems

Associated Press

Typhoon Kong-rey heads toward Japan and South Korea

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2010, file photo, environmentalists stage a rally against Japan's whaling in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Japan says it will revise one of its two major research whaling programs after an international organization said bringing home and selling sei whale is illegal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Japan to revise northern Pacific sei whaling program

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2013, file photo, members from conservative civic organizations burn a Japanese rising sun flag during a rally to protest Japanese lawmakers who made a visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has reiterated a demand that Japan should remove its “rising sun” naval flag from a warship participating in an international fleet review in Jeju island next week. The potential display of the alleged “war-crime flag” has touched a nerve in South Korea where many associate the symbol with Japanese military aggression during World War II. (Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap via AP)

S. Korea renews call for Japan to remove ‘rising sun’ flag

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Representative Director and CTO of SoftBank Corp. Junichi Miyakawa, left and Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation Shigeki Tomoyama, right, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Japan’s No. 1 automaker Toyota Motor Corp. and Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. say they are setting up a joint venture to create mobility services. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Toyota, SoftBank setting up mobility services joint venture

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, file photo, people move in to take a closer look at the &quot;Comfort Women&quot; monument after it was unveiled in San Francisco. The mayor of Osaka, Japan says he is withdrawing his city from a six-decade &quot;sister-city&quot; relationship with San Francisco to protest a statue honoring women forced into working in brothels servicing Japanese soldiers during World War II. The San Francisco Examiner reports Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura sent a letter to San Francisco announcing his desire to withdraw from the largely ceremonial relationship. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Japan city snubs San Francisco over ‘comfort women’ statue

Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Pompeo is heading back to North Korea for another round of talks aimed at getting Kim Jong Un to give up nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Mike Pompeo to meet Kim Jong-un in North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his prime minister's office in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Abe is scheduled to reshuffle his Cabinet after his re-election as president of the ruling party, retaining key diplomatic and economy posts for continuity as Japan tackles challenging trade talks with the U.S.(Yohei Kanasashi/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s PM reshuffles Cabinet; foreign, trade ministers stay

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow gestures as he answers questions for members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Ludlow answered questions about the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. It replaces the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, which President Donald Trump had called a job-killing disaster. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Can Trump’s bullying style deliver more trade breakthroughs?

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press