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Alert level raised for tiny volcanic isle in southern Japan

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Nervous? Not Japan’s big bats chasing Little League repeat

By TOMMY BUTLER - Associated Press

Worshippers release doves, wishing for the world's peace, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Japan marked Wednesday the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II. (Yohei Nishimura/Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese emperor tries to make amends for his father’s war

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japan checking report of Japanese man held in North Korea

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this July 20, 2018, photo, people walk on a street in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Japan reports its economy resumed its longtime expansion in the last quarter as consumers and businesses stepped up spending. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s economy rebounds as consumers, companies spend more

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A woman walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. Shares were lower in Asia on Friday, tracking losses on Wall Street, despite the release of data showing Japan’s economy resumed its longtime expansion in the last quarter. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

World markets unnerved by Turkey’s financial turmoil

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Mahathir calls for more mutual understanding to avoid wars

By HARUKA NUGA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2016, file photo, Japan's Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Aska Cambridge celebrate winning the silver medal in the men's 4 x 100-meter relay during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With the Tokyo Olympics less than two years away, Japanese athletes will be using the Asian Games to build confidence as they prepare to host the world on sport's biggest stage. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

With Tokyo 2020 looming, Japan aims high at Asian Games

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

A man walks in wind and rain as Typhoon Shanshan approaches in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Kyodo News via AP)

Flights canceled but no major damage as typhoon soaks Japan

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Strong quake strikes off Japan’s eastern coast

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A woman burns a stick of incense at the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of atomic bombing at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, marking the 73rd anniversary of the bombing. (Yohei Nishimura/Kyodo News via AP)

Hiroshima remembers atomic bombing on 73rd anniversary

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, photo, a woman walks past the game of Tokyo Medical University in Tokyo. The Japanese medical university’s alleged systematic deduction of entrance exam scores only from female applicants has sparked outrage across Japan and invited criticisms from Cabinet officials. The scandal surfaced after the Yomiuri newspaper reported Thursday that Tokyo Medical University has been slashing female applicants’ entrance exam scores for years to keep female student population low, on grounds they tend to quit as doctors after starting families, causing staffing shortages. The Japan plate reads: &quot;Tokyo Medical University.&quot; (Ayaka Aizawa/Kyodo News via AP)

Reported med school discrimination sparks protests in Japan

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

U.S. forward Megan Rapinoe works with the ball in front of Brazil midfielder Thaisa during the fist half of a Tournament of Nations soccer match Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, in Bridgeview, Ill. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)

US defeats Brazil 4-1 to clinch Tournament of Nations title

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Storms force swimmer to suspend attempt to cross Pacific

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

FILE - This July 9, 2018, file photo, shows an submerged housing area in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture, western Japan Monday, July 9, 2018. More than 300 people died in July from weather-related disasters in one of Japan’s deadliest months in recent years. The record heat reignited a simmering debate about how athletes and spectators will fare at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2020. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Deadly month: Japan’s weather-related deaths top 300 in July

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2012, file photo, spent nuclear fuel rods are stored in a storage pool at the Rokkasho nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, run by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. in Rokasho village in Aomori prefecture, northern Japan. Japan’s nuclear policy-setting panel approved on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, a revised guideline on plutonium use, putting a cap on its stockpile and pledging to eventually reduce it to address international concern. Japan Atomic Energy Commission guideline adopted Tuesday calls for some government oversight to minimize plutonium separation and utilities to cooperate. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan pledges to reduce plutonium, but doesn’t say how

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Two persons walk in front of security check counters at a quiet Haneda international airport in Tokyo following the cancellations of flights Saturday, July 28, 2018. Heavy rain is falling on parts of Japan and airlines have canceled flights as the approaching Typhoon Jongdari threatens to dump more rain on a region devastated by floods and landslides earlier this month. (Kyodo News via AP)/Kyodo News via AP)

Tropical storm hits Japan, heads for hard-hit western region

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In this July 26, 2018, photo, Takeo Hatano, a used bookstore owner, shows the five-page &quot;Yuzawa memo,&quot; written by Michio Yuzawa, interior vice minister in 194, in Tokyo. The newly released memo by a wartime Japanese official provides what a historian says is the first look at the thinking of Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that thrust the U.S. into World War II. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Released memo points to Hirohito’s role in Pearl Harbor raid

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Moriyasu new coach of Japan

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This photo provided by Quaerere Co., Ltd., shows the homepage of the Sorehara website that features Sore-neko, “the cat who seeks justice.” In the #MeToo era, companies, colleges and support groups are devising all sorts of apps and other online tools for victims of sexual harassment and other misbehavior. But the Japanese start-up takes the concept to extremes with a website that lets people complain anonymously to those who offend them in a variety of ways, including excessively strong perfume. Despite concerns over the potential for abuses, the Sorehara web service is gaining in popularity. Sorehara is an abbreviation of the Japanese for &quot;That's harassment.&quot; (Quaerere Co,. Ltd., via AP)

Japan website offers anonymity for variety of grievances

By NICOLA SHANNON - Associated Press