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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Thursday, March 10, 2016, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Tears, prayers as Japan marks 5th anniversary of tsunami

By Emily Wang and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Philippine soldiers react to the media as they head to the mountains to secure the release of two Germans who were held for six months by the Abu Sayyaf militant group, on the volatile island of Jolo, southern Philippines, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said the group released Stefan Okonek and Henrike Dielen late Friday on southern Jolo Island. (AP Photo/Nickee Butlangan)

Japan to supply Philippines with military equipment

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this March 23, 2015, file photo, a child looks at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station and the surrounding area from an observation deck at a park in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture on southern Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Okinawa sues Tokyo in bid to stop move of U.S. Marine air base

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this Oct. 24, 2015, file photo, participants parade during an annual Halloween event in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. Although Japan has its own traditional festivals to celebrate spookiness and honor the dead, Halloween is being observed with a special frenzy. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

No tricks: Halloween all the rage in Japan as costume play

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this March 15, 2011, file photo, a child is screened for radiation exposure at a testing center in Koriyama city, Fukushima Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, after a nuclear power plant on the coast of the prefecture was damaged by March 11 earthquake. A new study says children living near the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate 20 to 50 times that of children elsewhere, a difference the authors contend undermines the government’s position that more cases have been discovered in the area only because of stringent monitoring. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)

Children’s cancer linked to Fukushima radiation in Japan, researcher says

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

People inside houses wait to be rescued as the houses are submerged in water flooded from a river in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Heavy rain is pummeling Japan for a second straight day, overflowing rivers and causing landslides and localized flooding in the eastern part of the country. (Kyodo News via AP)

Floods rage in Japan as helicopters pluck residents to safety

By Mari Yamaguchi and Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Japan scraps Olympic logo over plagiarism allegation

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, photo, workers walk out from a construction site at the Central Business District of Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China share plunge drives panic selling in Asian markets

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

Minamikojima (foreground), Kitakojima, (middle right) and Uotsuri (background) are tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File)

Inside China: Lee Teng-hui, Taiwan’s former president, says Senkaku islands belong to Japan

By Miles Yu

Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg waves from the aircraft Solar Impulse 2 before taking off at Nanjing Lukou International Airport in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province, in this Sunday, May 31, 2015, file photo. The solar plane attempting to fly around the world without a drop of fuel said Monday, June 1, that it is making an unscheduled stop in Nagoya, central Japan, because of bad weather. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

Solar Impulse plane to land in Japan due to bad weather

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Japanese soccer fans react to a strong earthquake as they watch a J-League soccer match between the Shonan Bellmare and the Sanfrecce Hiroshima at BMW Stadium in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo Saturday, May 30, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Powerful offshore earthquake shakes Japan; officials say no tsunami threat

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Lt. Col. Richard Cole speaks on the phone with the son of Ruan Yicheng, the provincial commissioner who was in charge of the operation that rescued Cole and his fellow airmen immediately following the Doolittle Tokyo Raid.

A Doolittle Raider offers some long-distance healing

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A man walks past a Honda on display at Honda Motor Co. headquarters in Tokyo in this April 25, 2014, file photo. Honda Motor Co. recalled an additional 4.89 million vehicles around the world Thursday, May 14, 2015, for a new type of problem in Takata air bag inflators, for which Japanese rivals Toyota and Nissan have already carried out recalls.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

New Takata air bag recall brings total to over 33 million

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, greets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in front of Kerry's residence in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Sunday, April 26, 2015. Abe arrived in the U.S. Sunday for a weeklong visit. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Obama, Shinzo Abe to talk trade, defense during visit to U.S.

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Well-wishers wave Japanese flags to greet Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko during New Year's public appearance of the imperial couple at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2. (Associated Press)

Japan issues tsunami warning after earthquake south of Okinawa

Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida before their working lunch at the foreign ministry's Iikura guest house in Tokyo Wednesday, April 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Yuya Shino, Pool)

U.S. defense chief warns of al-Qaida gains in Yemen

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid that Avenged Pearl Harbor’

By Thomas W. Schaaf Sr.

Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces Capt. Yasuhiro Sato said “We have China in sight. We hope we can keep a good relationship by abiding by international rules. But we are aware that there are disputes between our nations.” (Bill Gertz)

Japan set to counter North Korean missiles

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times