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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

The headquarters of Japanese advertising company Dentsu Inc. is seen in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. One of Japan's most powerful companies, the giant agency Dentsu Inc. is part of an investigation into alleged vote-buying connected with landing the 2020 Olympics for Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

French Olympic probe raises questions about Japanese firm

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 20, 2013, file photo shows Japan Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, right, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, left, following a press conference in Tokyo. France's financial crimes office says International Olympic Committee member Takeda is being investigated for corruption related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The National Financial Prosecutors office says Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, was placed under formal investigation for &quot;active corruption&quot; on Dec. 10.(AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)

Takeda corruption probe sullies 2020 Tokyo Olympics and IOC

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono for the talks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia tells Japan retaking Pacific islands not on horizon

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 file photo of Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games bid, as he listens to a question from the media during their first international presentation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games bid in London. France's financial crimes office says International Olympic Committee member Takeda is being investigated for corruption related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The National Financial Prosecutors office says Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, was placed under formal investigation for &quot;active corruption&quot; on Dec. 10.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Probe of IOC’s Takeda hangs over Tokyo Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, right, escorts Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda during an IOC Executive Board meeting in Tokyo. France's financial crimes office says International Olympic Committee member Takeda is being investigated for corruption related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The National Financial Prosecutors office says Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, was placed under formal investigation for &quot;active corruption&quot; on Dec. 10.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

IOC marketing chair from Japan investigated for corruption

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

In this Oct. 6, 2017, file photo, Renault Group CEO Carlos Ghosn listens during a media conference at La Defense business district, outside Paris, France. A Japanese news report says former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn will be detained at least through Jan. 11, 2019. Ghosn, who led Nissan Motor Co. for two decades saving the Japanese automaker from near bankruptcy, was arrested Nov. 19, 2018, on suspicion of falsifying financial reports. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s ex-chairman, appears in court, asserts innocence

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this May 12, 2016, photo, then Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn speaks during a joint press conference with Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The Tokyo District Court decided Ghosn and another executive Greg Kelly, both arrested Nov. 19 for allegedly falsifying financial reports to underreport Ghosn's pay, will remain in custody through Dec. 20. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Arrest of Nissan star Ghosn raises speculation over coup

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Tokyo Detention Center, where former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn is being detained, stands in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Tokyo prosecutors say Ghosn, who was arrested on Nov. 19, is suspected of underreporting income by 5 billion yen ($44 million) over five years. Japanese media are reporting that the government Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission is accusing Nissan as a company, along with Ghosn and another executive, of underreporting income. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

The Latest: PM Abe says Japan-French ties unshakable

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, right, gestures to John Coates, left, chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, shake hands prior to an IOC Executive Board meeting Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Tokyo. The IOC said boxing will take place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But exactly who runs the tournament and the details of qualifying are up in the air because of charges of corruption and malfeasance surrounding the boxing federation that runs the sport at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Bach and IOC: No Olympic city ever as ready as Tokyo

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Lim Jae-sung, plaintiffs' attorney, speaks as Kim Se-eun, left, plaintiffs' attorney, listens during a press conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The two lawyers for Korean forced laborers demanded Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal Corp., a Japanese steelmaker, respond to their request to discuss compensation by Christmas, or they will take legal step to freeze its assets in their country. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan firm warned of legal step over Korean forced laborers

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attends an IOC Executive Board meeting Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Tokyo. The IOC said boxing will take place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But exactly who runs the tournament and the details of qualifying are up in the air because of charges of corruption and malfeasance surrounding the boxing federation that runs the sport at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Whither Olympic boxing: Will it be in Tokyo, or not?

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Kim Sung-joo, center bottom, a victim of Japan’s forced labor, and their family members and supporters raise their hands in celebration after the Supreme Court's ruling ordering Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to compensate them in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. South Korea's top court has ordered a Japanese company to compensate 10 Koreans for forced labor during Tokyo's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

S. Korea orders 2nd Japan firm to compensate forced laborers

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Friday, April 20, 2018, photo, Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. Ghosn, who became one of the auto industry's most powerful executives by engineering a turnaround at the Japanese manufacturer, was arrested Monday and will be fired for allegedly underreporting his income and misusing company funds, the automaker said. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Nissan board fires Carlos Ghosn as chairman following arrest

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Nissan Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa speaks during a press conference at Nissan Motor Co. Global Headquarter Monday Nov. 19, 2018, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Saikawa said Monday that Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who helped turn around the carmaker over two decades, has been arrested and will be dismissed for allegedly under-reporting his income and misusing company funds. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

The Latest: Ghosn to remain as CEO of Renault

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A worker observes the rising wooden roof process as part of Olympic Gymnastic Centre for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games under construction is seen in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. The new Tokyo 2020 Olympic venue is halfway completed. On Wednesday engineers raised a massive wooden roof section, one of five sections that will top out the 20.5 billion yen ($180 million) building. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Raising the roof on 2020 Tokyo Olympics gymnastics venue

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

South Korean Chief Justice of the Supreme Court KIM Myeongsu, center, sits with other justices upon their arrival at the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. South Korea's Supreme Court has ruled that a Japanese steelmaker should compensate four South Koreans for forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula before the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Court orders Japan company to pay 4 Koreans for forced labor

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Xavier Gonzalez, left, CEO of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), and Toshiro Muto, right, CEO of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) shake hands after their IPC and Tokyo 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo Paralympics: Wheelchair-friendly rooms tough to find

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

A prospective buyer checks frozen tunas before bidding during the first auction at the newly opened Toyosu Market, new site of Tokyo's fish market, in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. Tokyo's famous fish market reopened Thursday at a new location but with an old tradition: the tuna auction. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

New Tokyo fish market starts traditionally with tuna auction

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press