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Keir Giles, a Russia specialist with Britain’s Chatham House think tank, poses for a photo in central London on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Giles was one of three people targeted by an undercover agent calling himself Lucas Lambert. An Associated Press investigation has found that the operation appears to have been directed at critics of the Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

AP Exclusive: Mysterious operative haunted Kaspersky critics

By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 22, 2016, aerial file photo shows Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. The World Trade Organization has upheld South Korea's import ban on Japanese seafood from areas affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima. South Korea on Friday, April 12, 2019, welcomed the decision and said it will continue to block all fishery products from Fukushima and seven neighboring prefectures to ensure &quot;only foods that are confirmed as safe are put on the table.&quot;(Kyodo News via AP, File)

WTO upholds South Korean ban on Fukushima seafood

By KIM TONG-HYUNG AND MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Nissan shareholders OK ouster of ex-chair Carlos Ghosn from board

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this April 3, 2019, photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn returns to his residence in Tokyo. Japanese prosecutors took Ghosn for questioning Thursday, April 4, 2019, barely a month after he was released on bail ahead of his trial on financial misconduct charges. (Mizuki Ikari/Kyodo News via AP)

Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn arrested again in financial misconduct case

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this April 3, 2019 photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in a car leaves his lawyer's office in Tokyo. Japanese prosecutors took Ghosn for questioning Thursday, April 4, 2019, barely a month after he was released on bail ahead of his trial on financial misconduct charges. (Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News via AP)

The Latest: Ghosn predicted arrest in French TV interview

Associated Press

Junichiro Hironaka, lawyer of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Hironaka said his client cannot get a fair trial under the same judge as the Japanese automaker, which is a co-defendant in a pending financial misconduct case, arguing Nissan has been acting “as one” with the prosecutors.((AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Renault board to discuss Ghosn investigation, ex-CEO’s pay

By ANGELA CHARLTON and YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale (41) works in the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Saturday, March 16, 2019, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Defending champ Red Sox open against already 2-0 Mariners

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki waves to spectators while leaving the field for defensive substitution in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the Major League baseball opening series against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)

Ichiro walks off into history in ‘sayonara’ at Tokyo Dome

By STEPHEN WADE and TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki waves to spectators while leaving the field for defensive substitution in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the Major League baseball opening series against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) ** FILE **

Ichiro retiring after Mariners’ Tokyo series: Report

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

International Olympics Committee member and head of the Japanese Olympic Committee Tsunekazu Takeda bows as he arrives at the venue of a JOC executive board meeting in Tokyo Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Takeda is resigning amid a bribery scandal that investigators suspect helped Tokyo land next year's Olympics. Takeda announced Tuesday he will stand down when his term ends in June, but he denied corruption allegations against him. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japanese Olympic Committee head resigns amid bribery scandal

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2016, file photo, the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games displays the new official logos of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, left, and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. The Tokyo Olympic clock has hit 500 days to go. Organizers marked the milestone on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, unveiling the stylized pictogram figures for the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Tick tock, tick tock: Tokyo Olympics clock hits 500-day mark

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 20, 2018 file photo, Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York. Felix Hernandez says he's upset to have been passed over for opening day, but the longtime Seattle Mariners ace isn't surprised. Hernandez spoke publicly Sunday, march 10, 2019 for the first time since manager Scott Servais announced a day earlier that Marco Gonzales would pitch Seattle's season opener against Oakland in Japan on March 20. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

King Felix upset by opening day decision, but not surprised

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

A man walks by a TV monitor which reports on former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., Carlos Ghosn, in Tokyo Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Disguised as a construction worker, Ghosn left a Tokyo detention center Wednesday after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) bail. (Akiko Matsushita/Kyodo News via AP)

Ghosn’s journey: Star auto executive to masked suspect

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Hawaiian seeks additional flights to Tokyo’s Haneda airport

Associated Press

The South Gate entrance of the Honda car plant in Swindon, England, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. The Japanese carmaker announced Tuesday that the Swindon car plant in western England, where Honda makes its Civic model, will close in 2022, with the potential loss of some 3,500 jobs. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Honda to shut plant in Britain, imperiling 3,500 jobs

By Kaori Hitomi - Associated Press

Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike reacts during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Gov. Koike has declined to weigh in on the future Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda. Takeda is being investigated for his part in a bribery scandal that French investigators believe may have helped Tokyo win the 2020 Olympics in a vote by the International Olympic Committee.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Tokyo governor won’t speculate on Olympic bribery scandal

By HARUKA NUGA - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raises his hand during a parliamentary session at the Lower House in Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Abe and his chief spokesman have declined to say if Abe nominated President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace prize. Speaking in parliament on Monday, Abe said the Nobel committee has never in a half-century disclosed the identity of the person or groups behind such nominations. He said, “I thus decline comment.”(Kyodo News via AP)

Shinzo Abe mum on reports he nominated Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

By Haruka Nuga - Associated Press

In this Feb. 9, 2019, photo, invitees listen during an orientation for volunteers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo. Unpaid Olympic volunteers do almost everything: guide athletes around, greet dignitaries, and translate for lost fans. IOC officials acknowledge the games couldn’t be held without them; invariably smiling, helpful and praised by presidents, prime ministers, and monarchs. That’s the case at next year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics where about 80,000 will be needed. Just over 200,000 have applied with orientation and interviews for Japan residents starting this month. (Mizuki Ikari/Kyodo News via AP)

Olympic volunteers: One-time chance, or exploitation?

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Lee Yong-su, left, a former South Korean sex slave who was forced to serve for the Japanese military in WW II, watches a statue symbolizing sex slaves during the funeral ceremony for another sexual slavery victim Kim Bok-dong in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday near the embassy for the funeral of Kim forced as a girl into a brothel and sexually enslaved by the Japanese military in WWII. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Woman enslaved by Japan’s military mourned near protest site

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

A statue of a girl representing thousands of Korean women enslaved for sex by Japan's imperial forces before and during World War II, is seen during a weekly rally near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Hundreds of South Koreans are mourning the death of a former sex slave for the Japanese military during World War II by demanding reparations from Tokyo over wartime atrocities. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

SKoreans mourn death of wartime sex slave who fought Tokyo

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press