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Incumbent Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike celebrates after she was elected for Tokyo's gubernatorial election in Tokyo, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo’s incumbent Governor Koike projected to win a third term, exit poll results show

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Incumbent Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike celebrates after she was elected for Tokyo's gubernatorial election in Tokyo, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Tokyo’s Governor Koike declares victory after exit polls project her reelection for a third term

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A person looks at an election poster board for Tokyo gubernatorial election Monday, July 1, 2024, in Tokyo. Tokyo elects a new governor on Sunday, July 7, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree never seen before. There are nearly nude women in suggestive poses, pets, an AI character and a man practicing his golf swing. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

‘We have to be wacky.’ With suggestive poses and pets, election campaigning tests Tokyo’s patience

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - Athletes compete in the swimming portion of the men's modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Athletes at the last Summer Olympics remember the unmistakable sadness and longing of competing with nearly no one in the stands, thanks to pandemic-era restrictions in Tokyo three years ago. At the Paris Games, which begin this month, those folks can all join in for the ride, offering something that was missing the last time around on the big stage: a support system that can help improve results, help get through the tough moments and help celebrate the best ones. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Summer Olympians will get their support systems back in Paris after Tokyo’s COVID bans

By Howard Fendrich and Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Simone Biles and the U.S. women celebrate as the 2024 team is named at the United States Gymnastics Olympic Trials on Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Biles, now 27, is still clearly the gymnast to beat heading to Paris Olympics

By Will Graves - Associated Press

From left to right, Joscelyn Roberson, Suni Lee, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Leanne Wong smile after they were named to the 2024 Olympic team at the United States Gymnastics Olympic Trials on Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Simone Biles headlines a U.S. women’s gymnastics team eyeing redemption at the Paris Olympics

By Will Graves - Associated Press

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone bites down on her gold medal after winning the women's 400-meter hurdles final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Richardson, McLaughlin-Levrone, Lyles set to lead U.S. to big medal haul at Olympic track

By Eddie Pells and Pat Graham - Associated Press

Protesters chant slogans during a rally opposing the South Korea-U.S.-Japan military alliance near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Protesters demand to stop the South Korea, U.S. and Japan trilateral military drill called "Freedom Edge." The letters read "Stop the South Korea, U.S. and Japan's military drill called "Freedom Edge." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Japan, South Korea, U.S. kick off new ‘Freedom Edge’ military exercise

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Caeleb Dressel reacts after winning the Men's 100 butterfly finals Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

U.S. swim trials drew big crowds, fueled big hope for Paris

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

Shigeo Takahashi, 83, uses a pec deck machine as he works out at the Fukagawa Sports Center in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. If you are getting up there in years, weight-resistance training might deliver unexpected benefits. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Looking for the Fountain of Youth? Try the gym and weight-resistance training

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Four-time Olympian Jordan Larson joins the USA Volleyball Spring Training Camp at Open Gym Premier in Anaheim, Calif., on March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

American volleyball star Jordan Larson comes out of retirement to play in fourth Olympics

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

Novelist Haruki Murakami and film director Pierre Foldes shake hands at the end of a talk session after a screening of “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman,” an animated film adapted from the Japanese author’s short stories, in Tokyo, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

Noted Japanese author Haruki Murakami is happy with first animated adaptation of his short stories

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, left, and Yonaguni Mayor Kenichi Itokazu talk in front of a monument indicating Japan's westernmost point on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Friday, May 17, 2024. Emanuel visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of tension with China's increasingly assertive actions in the regional waters. (Kyodo News via AP)

The U.S. ambassador to Japan visits southern islands at the forefront of China tension

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles Owens is interviewed after training at the Stars Gymnastics Sports Center in Katy, Texas, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Biles begins preparations for the Paris Olympics when she returns to competition at the U.S. Classic in Hartford, Connecticut on Saturday. Biles, who cited mental health concerns while removing herself from several competitions at the Tokyo Olympics, says she is better prepared for the pressure competing presents this time around. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Simone Biles is stepping into the Olympic spotlight again. She is better prepared for the pressure

By Will Graves - Associated Press

Shoma Uno of Japan shows off his gold medal after winning the men's free skating in the World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on March 25, 2023. Olympic medalist and two-time world champion Uno said Thursday, May 9, 2024, he is retiring. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Shoma Uno, Japan’s Olympic medalist, says he’s retiring from figure skating

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