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In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, file photo, a statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands guard outside the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) **FILE**

U.S. slaps sanctions on Japanese Yakuza crime syndicate Yamaguchi-Gumi

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 30, 2018, photo, Denny Tamaki celebrates his victory with supporters in the election for Okinawa governor in Naha city. Tamaki is the first Amerasian elected leader of Okinawa, and he is promising to reduce the U.S. military presence on the southwestern Japanese islands. With a Marine as his father, Tamaki represents to many the complex problems of Okinawa. He is also emerging as a new kind of leader, standing for diversity in a nation long known for uniformity and conformity. But what he can do on the bases remains a huge challenge, as many expect Japan’s national government to bulldoze its plan.(Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP)

New Okinawa chief embodies complexity of Japan’s US bases

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Japan's legislator Denny Tamaki celebrates his victory, dancing with supporters in the election for Okinawa governor in Naha city, Sunday, Sept 30, 2018. Tamaki, who campaigned criticizing the American military presence on the southwestern Japanese islands of Okinawa, won the election for governor Sunday, defeating a ruling party-backed candidate pushing the status quo.(Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)

AP Explains: The new Okinawa governor and US military bases

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this Sept. 18, 2015, file photo Dr. James P. Allison, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, poses for a photo in New York. James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

The Latest: Nobel winner Allison hears the news from his son

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A worker clears branches of a fallen tree affected by a typhoon in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Ryosuke Uematsu/Kyodo News via AP)/

Typhoon pummels Japan; flights canceled, trains shut down

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 24, 2018, file photo, villagers take refuge on a rooftop above flood waters from a collapsed dam in the Attapeu district of southeastern Laos. The July 24 collapse of a dam in eastern Laos, along a tributary of the Mekong, killed at least 27 people and left more than 130 missing as flash floods wrecked roads and villages downstream as far as Cambodia and Vietnam. The government has not released damage estimates. (Attapeu Today via AP, File)

String of disasters exacts heavy damage, human toll in Asia

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

A worker clears branches of a fallen tree affected by a typhoon in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Ryosuke Uematsu/Kyodo News via AP)/

Typhoon bears down on Japan, areas hit by previous storm

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Hideki Moronuki, Japan's senior fisheries negotiator of Fisheries Agency and Alternate Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC), speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Moronuki said that if Japan gives up to achieve sustainable use of whales, the country could face serious difficulties in the future like food security, after members of the IWC defeated a Japanese proposal to reinstate commercial whaling at a meeting in Brazil earlier this month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan to continue to push resumption of commercial whaling

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Despite losing in World Cup, Japan basketball on the rise

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

This April 17, 2018, photo shows Takamikura throne, left, and Michodai, a curtained platform, placed at the Kyoto Imperial Palace in Kyoto, western Japan. The special imperial throne for the coronation of Japan’s new emperor arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, from the ancient imperial palace in Kyoto more than a year ahead of time. The Takamikura throne will be used at a ceremony in October 2019 when Crown Prince Naruhito formally announces his succession. (Kyodo News via AP)

Elaborate throne for Japan’s next emperor arrives in Tokyo

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US, Japan agree to negotiate a free trade agreement

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 12, 2017, file photo, Indiana Fever's Jazmon Gwathmey (1) goes to the basket against San Antonio Stars' Kelsey Plum (10) during the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis. The crowds for the opening two days of play at the FIBA Women's World Cup have been strong, with games taking place over the weekend. With the final day of the preliminary round on Tuesday, Sept. 25, the local organizing committee brought in school kids to fill the stands for the early 11 a.m. tip. Both sides had loud support. &quot;It was a great atmosphere, even better than WNBA kids games because they were cheering for both sides,&quot; said Gwathmey, who scored 23 points for Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Early round of World Cup full of upsets and surprises

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

The Latest: Canada rallies past rival France at World Cup

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In this July 12, 2018, photo, a child works on a digital program at Coby Preschool in Yoshikawa, suburban Tokyo, on an assignment, which was to draw on a triangle on an iPad. For the kids, it’s all about having fun. Japanese preschool programs equipped with tablet computers aim to prepare kids for the digital age. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama) ** FILE **

Japan preschools using tablets to prep tots for digital age

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2015, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe explains about &quot;three arrows&quot; of his &quot;Abenomics&quot; plan during a press conference at the headquarters of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo. Abe is expected to be re-elected by his ruling Liberal Democratic Party to a third term as its leader on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, paving the way for him to serve as prime minister for up to three more years. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Abe’s third term: A chance for constitutional change?

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

The Webb Ellis Cup is placed at the stage during one-year-to-go kick-off event of Rugby World Cup 2019 Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Tokyo. Rugby World Cup 2019 will take place in twelve venues in Japan from Sept. 20 until Nov. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s Rugby World Cup prepares for typhoons, earthquakes

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this Sept. 13, 2018 photo, Atsushi Taguchi, a &quot;drone grapher,&quot; as those specializing in drone video are called, who teaches at Tokyo film school Digital Hollywood, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo. Taguchi acknowledged flying cars won’t become a reality for years, but test flights in limited areas, such as an airport, will likely be carried out sooner. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Will flying cars take off? Japan’s government hopes so

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2018, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands prior to their talks at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia. Abe says he will meet again this year for more talks with Putin on Putin's proposal for the two countries to sign a peace treaty and discuss the status of disputed islands. (Mikhail Metzel/TASS News Agency Pool Photo via AP, FIle)

Abe says will talk more on peace treaty, islands with Putin

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Japanese proposal to reinstate commercial whaling defeated

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, center, gestures talks about Asia's Geopolitcal Outlook in the ongoing World Economic Forum on ASEAN at the National Convention Center Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Listening at left is South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and Lynn Kuok, International Institute of Strategic Studies, Singapore. The World Economic Forum has attracted hundreds of participants with the theme: ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Japan’s foreign minister says country to open to foreigners

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