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Tokyo Olympics: Costs hit almost $25 billion _ may go higher

By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2013, file photo, members from conservative civic organizations burn a Japanese rising sun flag during a rally to protest Japanese lawmakers who made a visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has reiterated a demand that Japan should remove its “rising sun” naval flag from a warship participating in an international fleet review in Jeju island next week. The potential display of the alleged “war-crime flag” has touched a nerve in South Korea where many associate the symbol with Japanese military aggression during World War II. (Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap via AP)

S. Korea renews call for Japan to remove ‘rising sun’ flag

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Sept. 26, 2018, photo, Tai Yamaguchi of fish wholesaler Hitoku Shoten, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. Japan’s famed Tsukiji fish market is closing down on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 after eight decades, with shop owners and workers still doubting the safety of its replacement site. “If the new place were better, I’ll be happy to move,” said Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi feels it has been mishandled by authorities who failed to fully consult those affected. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Famed Tsukiji fish market uneasy over move to new site

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Japan sends warships deep into Indian Ocean in move to counter China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Flyers to recruit volunteers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are pictured as they are distributed to passersby at a station in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. Tokyo Olympic organizers have begun their search for 80,000 unpaid volunteers to staff many of the venues when the Olympics and Paralympics open in just under two years. (Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo Olympics begin search for 80,000 unpaid volunteers

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this July 12, 2018, photo, a child works on a digital program at Coby Preschool in Yoshikawa, suburban Tokyo, on an assignment, which was to draw on a triangle on an iPad. For the kids, it’s all about having fun. Japanese preschool programs equipped with tablet computers aim to prepare kids for the digital age. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama) ** FILE **

Japan preschools using tablets to prep tots for digital age

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, rear center, leads opening ceremony for new site of Tokyo's fish market which will officially open to the public next month, in Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Tokyo's hugely popular Tsukiji fish market will be closed for up to five years while it is modernized and turned into a food theme park. The fish market's move to Toyosu was originally scheduled for last year but has been delayed due to contamination of underground water at the new complex. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo chief opens replacement for city’s iconic fish market

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Naomi Osaka, the champion of U.S. Open women's singles, smiles during a press conference in Yokohama, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Osaka defeated Serena Williams of the U.S. on Saturday, Sept. 8, to become the first Grand Slam singles champion from Japan. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Osaka’s US Open win re-opens identity discussion in Japan

By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Kansai International Airport is partially flooded by Typhoon Jebi in Osaka, western Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. The powerful typhoon slammed into western Japan on Tuesday, inundating the region's main international airport and blowing a tanker into a bridge, disrupting land and air travel and leaving thousands stranded. (Hiroko Harima/Kyodo News via AP)

Storm-hit Japan airport counts damage; unclear when reopens

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

High waves hit breakwaters at a port of Aki, Kochi prefecture, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. Powerful Typhoon Jebi is approaching Japan's Pacific coast and forecast to bring heavy rain and high winds to much of the country. (Ichiro Sakano/Kyodo News via AP)

Strong typhoon slams west Japan; 2 dead, airport flooded

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japan’s Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko speaks during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at his office in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Seko criticized President Donald Trump’s tariff policies as based on a serious misunderstanding about the importance of free trade and the contributions of Japanese companies to the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

AP Interview: Japan official says Trump misunderstands trade

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

The remains of longtime Associated Press journalist Richard Pyle are carried by Arlington National Cemetery representative Jeffrey Aaron, right, in the columbarium where Pyle will be interned, with military honors, at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

AP reporter Richard Pyle laid to rest at Arlington cemetery

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Protesters display signs against a planned U.S military base relocation during a rally in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, on the southern Japanese island Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. (Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa protest: Thousands rally for removal of U.S. military base

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2016 file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, third from left, accompanied by Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, left, inspects an honor guard at the Defense Ministry Tokyo. Japan and the U.S. have agreed in principle on guidelines for limiting immunity from Japanese prosecution for civilian workers at American military bases, following a murder case this year on Okinawa involving a Marine-turned-contractor, officials said Monday, Dec. 26. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Okinawan Governor Onaga, who led anti-U.S. base move, dies

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Flights canceled as Typhoon Shanshan heads toward Tokyo

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In this undated black and white photo provided by Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami poses at its radio station in Tokyo. Japanese best-selling author Haruki Murakami has hosted a radio show featuring some of his favorite songs for jogging and says writing novels to him is about rhythm, as in music and running. (Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. via AP)

Author Murakami talks music, running, novels on radio show

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japan Self-Defense Forces marching band members perform as British Royal Navy's HMS Albion amphibious assault ship arrives at a dock in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. The British warship has docked in Tokyo as Britain seeks to expand its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region. (AP Photo/Ken Moritsugu)

British warship docks in Tokyo as UK expands Asia presence

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Japan's Yuka Sato is helped off the course after finishing the mixed relay at the ITU World Triathlon Series in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday July 28, 2018. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Tokyo 2020 triathlon to start early to beat the heat

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

In this July 24, 2018, photo, journalists tour the Olympic Aquatics Center under the construction, in Tokyo. Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics insist that construction delays at two key venues will have no impact on preparations for the games including test events. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced last month that construction of the Olympic Aquatics Center and the Sea Forest Waterway will be delayed by two months. (Daisuke Suzuki/Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo 2020 organizers say venue delays won’t hit test events

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In this Friday, July 20, 2018, photoA man walks in shade of a building in Tokyo. 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, File)

2020 Tokyo Olympics consider daylight saving to beat heat

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