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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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Candidates for the president of ruling party Liberal Democratic Party, Japanese Prime Minister and head of current party president Shinzo Abe, left, and Shigeru Ishiba shake hands prior to a debate ahead of Liberal Democratic Party president election in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Abe is vying for his third re-election as the ruling party leader next week, extending his stay in power to work on his long-cherished ambition, to revise his country's war-renouncing constitution. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Abe aims to rewrite Japan constitution as he seeks 3rd term

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as delivers a speech during a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russia’s Putin suggests long-awaited peace treaty to Japan

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Yukio Edano, who heads the Constitutional Democratic Party, is photographed in Washington, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. He says the nation’s prime minister is papering over differences on trade and other issues with President Donald Trump, and that could ultimately hurt the U.S.-Japan alliance. (AP Photo/Matthew Pennington)

Japan opposition leader says its PM is too close to Trump

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

In this Aug. 24, 2017, photo, Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces' Type-16 mobile combat vehicle runs during an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo. Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking a record-high budget for fiscal 2019 that would more than double spending on missile defense, including purchases of costly American arsenals. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan would boost missile defenses in record military budget

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

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

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Abe visiting flood-hit western Japan as deaths reach 176

By HARUKA NUGA and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, walks with U.S. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, left, commander of United States Forces Korea, upon his arrival at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. South Korea's presidential office said Pompeo will meet President Moon Jae-in Thursday morning to discuss the meeting, which made history as the first between sitting leaders of the U.S. and North Korea. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Moon sees strong support for summit in South

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President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2018. . (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump declares attitude a key to a good summit

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President Donald Trump welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2018. Abe is expected to make sure Trump doesn't overlook Japan's security and other concerns at next week's U.S.-North Korea summit. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump welcomes Japan’s prime minister to White House ahead of North Korea summit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe, for dinner at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trade issues expose the limits of Trump-Abe ‘bromance’

By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Donald Trump downplays rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership, seeks greater trade with Japan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, second from right, listens during a working lunch with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Trump prefers bilateral trade deal with Japan

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This combination of two file photos shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington on Feb. 26, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attending in the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Wong Maye-E, File)

Donald Trump: ‘Irreversible’ denuclearization from Kim Jong-un, North Korea required

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: AP source: Pompeo, Kim discussed held Americans

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President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, sit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe before dinner Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, Tuesday, April 17, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump, Abe fail to agree on US tariff exemption for Japan

By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 10, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stand on stage together at the conclusion of their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Abe is heading to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday, April 17, 2018, for two days of talks, hoping to keep Japan’s interests on the table in a possible U.S.-North Korea summit as well as stem a slide in his voter support ratings. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Donald Trump to host Japan’s Shinzo Abe amid strain over North Korea, tariffs

By Jill Colvin and Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

This combination of two file photos shows CIA Director Mike Pompeo, left, listens during his introductions before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a confirmation hearing on his nomination to be secretary of state on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 12, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 9, 2018. Pompeo recently traveled to North Korea to meet with Kim, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump: U.S. already holding ‘extremely high-level’ talks with North Korea

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, right, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe, left, walk at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, Tuesday, April 17, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: White House says NKorea talks at highest level

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