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This July 23, 2018, photo provided by Mobile Mosque Executive Committee, shows Mobile Mosque, a mosque on wheels with the capacity for up to 50 people at Toyota Stadium in Toyota, western Japan. As Japan prepares to host visitors from around the world for the Summer Olympics in 2020, a Tokyo sports and cultural events company has created a mosque on wheels that its head hopes will make Muslim visitors feel at home. (Mobile Mosque Executive Committee via AP)

Company unveils moving mosque to welcome Muslims in Japan

By NICOLA SHANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2017, file photo, United States defender Becky Sauerbrunn plays the ball against New Zealand during the first half of an international friendly soccer match in Commerce City, Colo. Sauerbrunn and Amy Rodriguez arrived in Kansas City this week with their focus somewhat split. The veterans of the U.S. women’s national team understand the importance of the four-team Tournament of Nations, which begins with a match against Japan on Thursday night. But the national team stalwarts also understand that qualifying for next year’s World Cup looms in October. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)

US women view Tournament of Nations as World Cup tuneup

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

A woman walks on a street while watching TV news reporting executions of six members of Aum Shinrikyo, in Tokyo Thursday, July 26, 2018. Japan executed on Thursday all the six members of the doomsday cult who remained on death row for a series of crimes in the 1990s including a sarin gas attack on Tokyo subways that killed 13 people. Images on the screen are, from top left clockwise, Kazuaki Okasaki, Masato Yokoyama, Satoru Hashimoto, Kenichi Hirose, Toru Toyoda and Yasuo Hayashi. (Shinji Kita/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan hangs 6 more members of cult behind subway gas attack

By KEN MORITSUGU and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

The 2020 Olympics will open in 2 years, and the heat is on

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

A man wipes the sweat from his face in the scorching heat at a business district in Tokyo, Monday, July 23, 2018. Searing hot temperatures are forecast for wide swaths of Japan and South Korea in a long-running heat wave. The mercury is expected to reach 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday in the city of Nagoya in central Japan and reach 37 in Tokyo. Deaths have been reported almost every day. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Record high in Japan as heat wave grips the region

By Mari Yamaguchi and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un adjust his glasses after signing documents with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. North Korea’s state-run media have toned down their rhetorical attacks on the United States and South Korea while leader Kim Jong Un pursues a more diplomatic approach, but the vitriol continues, and Japan is now Pyongyang’s favorite foil. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

While making nice with US and South, North Korea slams Japan

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this May 19, 2018, photo, Japanese interpreter Mariko Nagai speaks during an interview with a backdrop of Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo which symbolized Japan’s revival just 19 years after World War II. The stadium hosted swimming in 1964 and will host handball in 2020. Nagai was a university student from northern Japan who landed a job as an interpreter at the dazzling swimming venue, where American Don Schollander would win four gold medals. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda)

Tokyo’s 1964 Olympics echo through the city’s 2020 games

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this July 20, 2018, photo, people make their way in scorching heat near Tokyo station in Tokyo. Searing hot temperatures are forecast for wide swaths of Japan and South Korea in a long-running heat wave. The mercury is expected to reach 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday, July 23, 2018, in the city of Nagoya in central Japan and reach 37 in Tokyo. Deaths have been reported almost every day. (Jun Hirata/Kyodo News via AP)

The Latest: Tokyo says addressing heat key to 2020 Olympics

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Germany's Volkswagen, Europe's largest automaker, warned the Trump administration against imposing tariffs on aluminum and steel imports. (Associated Press/File)

Europe resists Donald Trump’s zero-tariff trade offer

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this May 19, 2018, photo, Japanese interpreter Mariko Nagai speaks during an interview with a backdrop of Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo which symbolized Japan’s revival just 19 years after World War II. The stadium hosted swimming in 1964 and will host handball in 2020. Nagai was a university student from northern Japan who landed a job as an interpreter at the dazzling swimming venue, where American Don Schollander would win four gold medals. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda)

Tokyo’s 1964 Olympics echo through the city’s 2020 games

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

People walk under intense sun at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo Friday, July 20, 2018. A deadly heat wave in Japan has many residents in the Japanese capital questioning the wisdom of staging the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in July and August. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Heat wave has Tokyo residents concerned about Olympics

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

In this July, 2014, photo, restaurant guests enjoy Casino-style display at Jack &amp; Queen restaurant in Osaka. Japan’s parliament has approved a contentious casino implementation law on Friday, July 20, 2018, clearing the way for casinos to open in this wealthy nation and possibly lure more foreign visitors. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan Parliament OKs law to allow up to 3 casino resorts

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Friday, July 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s Abe: US auto tariffs will cost US jobs, harm economy

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Vice President of Strategy at Didi Chuxing Stephen Zhu, left, CEO and President of Softbank Mobile Corp. Ken Miyauchi, second left, President of Didi Chuxing Jean Liu, second right, and deputy division head at Softbank Mobile Keigo Sugano shake hands during a press conference announcing their joint venture in Tokyo Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Didi, SoftBank set up taxi-hailing joint venture in Japan

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE In this Friday, May 9, 2014, file photo, people smoke at a designated area in Tokyo. Japan has approved its first national legislation banning smoking inside of public facilities, but the measure excludes many restaurants and bars and is seen as toothless. The legislation aims to lower secondhand smoking risks ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics amid international calls for smoke-free games, but was largely watered down by the reluctant ruling party. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan OKs 1st anti-smoking law, but seen as lax and partial

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, shakes hands with European Council President Donald Tusk next to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, before a meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, July 17, 2018. The European Union and Japan are signing a widespread trade deal Tuesday that will eliminate nearly all tariffs, seemingly defying the worries about trade tensions set off by U.S. President Donald Trump's policies. (Martin Bureau/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan, EU sign trade deal to eliminate nearly all tariffs

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, the Pacific Egret cargo vessel, left, carrying MOX, a mixture of plutonium and uranium fuel, arrives at Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, western Japan. Japan and the U.S. extended their nuclear pact on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, as Tokyo pledged to work to reduce its plutonium stockpile to address Washington’s concern. The 30-year pact agreed upon in 1988 has allowed Japan to extract plutonium and enrich uranium for peaceful uses even though the same technology can make atomic bombs. (Madoka Ogawa/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan, US renew nuke pact amid Japan plutonium stock concern

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

The Latest: UN chief offers support to help deal with floods

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Rescuers remove the debris to clear an area hit by a mudslide caused by heavy rains in Hiroshima, southwestern Japan, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Rescuers were combing through mud-covered hillsides and along riverbanks Tuesday searching for dozens of people missing after heavy rains unleashed flooding and mudslides in southwestern Japan. (AP Photo/Haruka Nuga)

Many out of power, water in flood-hit Japan; over 150 dead

By Haruka Nuga and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

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