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Jean-Christophe Rolland, center, president of the Swiss-based International Rowing Federation, accompanied by Koji Murofushi, right, sport director for the 2020 Tokyo Organizing Committee, speaks to the press following his meeting with 2020 Tokyo Organizing Committee Deputy Director Yukihiko Nunomura in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Rolland says he is seeking clarification from Tokyo officials after a city advisory panel recommended moving the 2020 Olympics rowing competition far from the Japanese capital to save money. He said the reports of a possible venue change had come as a surprise. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

Rowing federation opposed to proposed Olympic venue move

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike looks over a report during an expert panel at the Tokyo Metropolitan government office in Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. The panel, launched by Koike raised concerns about ever-growing unofficial cost estimates and burden on the city and its taxpayers, warned that total cost for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic could exceed 3 trillion yen ($30 billion) unless they take drastic cost-cutting measures. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

A look at rising costs for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

By JIM ARMSTRONG and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike looks over a report during an expert panel at the Tokyo Metropolitan government office in Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. The panel, launched by Koike raised concerns about ever-growing unofficial cost estimates and burden on the city and its taxpayers, warned that total cost for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic could exceed 3 trillion yen ($30 billion) unless they take drastic cost-cutting measures. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Expert panel: Tokyo Olympics costs could top $30 billion

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2016 file photo, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, second left, speaks about his design of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium during a press conference in Tokyo. A Tokyo government panel is set to propose moving more venues outside of the city — including hundreds of kilometers (miles) away — in order to save money, the latest in a series of changes since the Japanese capital was awarded the games three years ago. Among the venues being reviewed are those for volleyball, swimming, rowing and canoe sprint, Kyodo news agency reported Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Tokyo to propose moving more venues for Olympics

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a reinterpretation of his constitution to allow Japanese forces to come to the aid of attacked allies. (Associated Press)

Japan’s military posturing raises alarm in Asia as Shinzo Abe reconsiders pacifist constitution

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe removes costume of the Nintendo game character Super Mario as he makes an appearance during the closing ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. Abe's brief but show-stopping appearance as Super Mario offered a tantalizing glimpse at Tokyo's plans for the 2020 games. (Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP)

Shinzo Abe, Japanese prime minister, wows Rio finale as Super Mario

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

A screen displays Japanese Emperor Akihito delivering a speech in Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. The Japanese emperor, in a rare address to the public, signaled Monday his apparent wish to abdicate by expressing concern about his ability to carry out his duties fully. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan Emperor Akihito says he’s concerned about fulfilling duties

By Mari Yamaguchi

President Bush poses for photos with the U.S. women's softball team, including Jennie Finch, back row right, as he greets members of the U.S. Olympic team prior to the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

IOC approves return of baseball, softball to 2020 Olympic Games

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

Japan's newly-appointed Defense Minister Tomomi Inada answer questions from reporters at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe changed more than half of the 19-member Cabinet on Wednesday in a bid to support his economic, security and other policy goals. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japan picks defense chief who downplays wartime past

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Jennie Finch and the U.S. softball team have beaten opponents by a combined score of 53-1 during these Olympics. (Getty Images)

Olympics considering returning softball in 2020

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

World champion surfer Adriano De Souza takes first place in round two of the U.S. Open of Surfing on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 in Huntington Beach, Calif. (Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register via AP)

Baseball, surfing among new sports closer to approval for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Associated Press

Indian Muslims holding placards condemning the weekend militant attacks in Bangladesh walk in a procession in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)

Japanese bodies flown home; Dhaka officials search for clues

Associated Press

South Korean soldiers walk by a signboard showing the distance to the North Korea's capital Pyongyang and to South Korea's capital Seoul from Imjingang Station near the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ** FILE **

North Korea makes apparent progress with midrange missile

By Foster Klug and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

This undated photo released Friday, June 3, 2016, by Hamawake Elementary School shows 7-year-old Yamato Tanooka, who was found safe nearly a week after he was abandoned in the forest by his parents in Nanae, Hokkaido, northern Japan. (Hamawake Elementary School/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan praises Yamato Tanooka, boy who survived after abandonment in forest

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2016, photo, Arthur Ishimoto, 93, a Japanese-American and U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service veteran, poses with archival photographs of himself as he is interviewed in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Obama’s Hiroshima visit stirs differing views across Pacific

By Mari Yamaguchi and Julie Watson - Associated Press

In this Aug. 21, 2015, file photo, then-IAAF president Lamine Diack adjusts his headphones during a joint IOC and IAAF news conference on the site of the World Athletic Championships in Beijing. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

French prosecutors probe $2 million tied to 2020 Tokyo Games

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Kyodo News via Associated Press/File)

Shinzo Abe, Vladimir Putin to meet as U.S. pursues Japan’s support

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, in Beijing, China, Saturday, April 30, 2016. (Jason Lee/Pool Photo via AP)

China lays out firm conditions for improved ties with Japan

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Mitsubishi Motors President Tetsuro Aikawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday it used improper testing methods to make some of its vehicle models look more fuel efficient than they actually are. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors finds falsified fuel mileage tests

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

A local resident cleans up her house in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2016. Aftershocks rattled communities in southern Japan as businesses and residents got a fuller look Friday at the widespread damage from an unusually strong overnight earthquake. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda)

Japan earthquake: ‘I thought I was going to die’

By Emily Wang - Associated Press