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U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Raymond Greene, center, delivers a speech as Japanese Parliamentary Vice Minister for Defense Kimi Onoda, left, and Embassy of the Philippines Chargé d'Affaires Robespierre Bolivar, right, listen in during an opening session of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on U.S. Japan Philippines cooperation in maritime security Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Tokyo. Maritime security experts from the United States, Japan, and the Philippines meet to discuss trilateral maritime security cooperation. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ** FILE **

Japan, U.S., Philippines to step up maritime security ties

By HARUKA NUGA - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, Pool)

Japan PM apologizes for party’s church links, will cut ties

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Tetsuya Yamagami, the alleged assassin of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gets out of a police station in Nara, western Japan, on July 10, 2022, on his way to local prosecutors' office. A glimpse of Yamagami's painful childhood has led to a surprising amount of sympathy in Japan, where three decades of economic malaise and social disparity have left many feeling isolated and unease. (Nobuki Ito/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Abe murder suspect says life destroyed by mother’s religion

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Unification Church followers hold signs during a rally in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, protesting negative Japanese media coverage of their religion after the suspect in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe blamed the church for his family’s troubles. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Unification Church followers decry ‘biased’ Japanese media

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference with her congressional delegation at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Pelosi vows not to let Beijing isolate Taiwan in parting remarks capping her Asia tour

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Legal expert Hiroshi Yamaguchi, holding a book related to the Unification Church, speaks during a news conference on the church and its activities at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Friday, July 29, 2022. A group of lawyers said Friday that the alleged assassin of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was one of many victims of the Unification Church, which has long cultivated ties with high-level Japanese politicians. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Lawyers say church caused suffering for Abe’s alleged killer

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This long exposure image shows the eruption of volcano Sakurajima Sunday night, July 24, 2022, in the view from Tarumizu city, Japan's southern prefecture of Kagoshima. Japan’s Meteorological Agency said a volcano on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu erupted Sunday night, spewing ash and volcanic rocks, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in nearby towns. (Kyodo News via AP)

Volcanic eruption in Japan forces evacuations in 2 towns

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, left, and Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi bump elbows before their talks in Tokyo, Monday, July 18, 2022. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan, South Korea foreign ministers agree to improve ties

By Yuri Kageyama and Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

A photo of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is displayed at a memorial area near the site where Abe was fatally shot in Nara, western Japan Friday, July 15, 2022. Many people mourned the death of Abe at the site where he was gunned down during a campaign speech a week ago Friday, shocking a nation known for its low crime rate and strict gun control. (Kyodo News via AP)

Police probe of Abe security lapse begins as people mourn

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, shouts traditional &quot;Banzai (long life)&quot; cheers with lawmakers and members of his ruling Liberal Democratic (LDP) Party during its annual convention at a hotel in Tokyo on March 5, 2017. Assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was perhaps the most divisive leader in recent Japanese history. He was also the longest serving and, by many estimations, the most influential. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Abe’s complicated legacy looms large for current Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

By Foster Klug and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Abe’s killing haunts Japan with questions on handmade guns

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

A car which is believed to carry the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at his home Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Abe’s body arrives in Tokyo as country mourns ex-PM’s death

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this image from a video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, is attended on the ground in Nara, western Japan Friday, July 8, 2022. Abe was shot and critically wounded during a campaign speech Friday. He was airlifted to a hospital but officials said he was not breathing and his heart had stopped. (Kyodo News via AP)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated, was shot during campaign speech

By Mari Yamaguchi, Chisato Tanaka and Foster Klug - Associated Press

Police inspect the site where Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in Nara, western Japan Friday, July 8, 2022. Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, NHK public television said Friday. (Kyodo News via AP)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in grave condition after being shot during campaign speech

Associated Press

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Asian stocks rebounded Tuesday as Wall Street futures moved higher while U.S. markets were closed for a holiday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Global stocks rebound as Wall St futures gain after holiday

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

From left, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the Japan-U.S.-Australia-India Fellowship Founding Celebration event in Tokyo Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden: Leaders navigating ‘dark hour’ after Ukraine invasion

By Josh Boak and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a bilateral meeting at Akasaka Palace, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal, warns over inflation

By Josh Boak and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

China, North Korea cast shadow over Biden Asia mission

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, foreground, inspects the U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma from the city hall in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan Sunday, May 15, 2022. Okinawa on Sunday is marking the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan after 27 years of American rule on May 15, 1972, amid protests against a continued heavy U.S. military presence and lack of support from the mainland. (Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa marks 50 years of end to US rule amid protests

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Japan's southern island of Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks online Friday, May 6, 2022, from the prefectural capital of Naha ahead Okinawa's 50th anniversary of its reversion to Japan on May 15. Japan should do more for peaceful diplomacy with China and not just focus on arms deterrence as tensions rise around Taiwan to the west of Okinawa, said the southern island prefecture's governor Friday, demanding further reduction of its security burden and its risk hosting U.S. military there. (Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan via AP)

Japan’s Okinawa urges government to reduce China tensions

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press