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In this Oct. 2, 2020, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, with Croatia's Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman, arrives for a press conference after talks in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The foreign ministers from four Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad group will gather in Tokyo Wednesday for talks in hopes of stepping up their cooperation and take leadership in a regional initiative to counter China’s growing assertiveness and influence. On his way to Tokyo, Pompeo told traveling reporters that the four countries have been preparing and hoped to have some “significant achievements” at the meeting, but he did not elaborate. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Mike Pompeo confronts ‘Asian NATO’ hurdles in Asian allies meeting

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2020, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, right, waits his cabinet members for a photo session after their first cabinet meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. Prime Minister Suga's government says it will not look into scandals of a previous government, even though it is largely inheriting former leader's policies. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Japan PM tells South Korea it’s time to fix strained ties

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 3, 2017, file photo, a farmer gathers grass for livestock in Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Among the challenges awaiting newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is the urgent challenge of how to keep the world’s third-largest economy growing as its population ages and shrinks. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

End of Abe era leaves Japan still searching for way forward

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga walks at the prime minister's office after a cabinet meeting Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned, clearing the way for his successor Suga to take over after parliamentary confirmation later in the day. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s new PM Yoshihide Suga, self-made and strong-willed

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2020 file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister official residence in Tokyo. When Abe announced his decision last month to step down as Japan’s prime minster over an illness, South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s office issued glowing praise about his unspecified contributions to bilateral ties. The rare praise came after years of intense diplomatic rows over wartime history, trade and military issues that sank the relationship between the key U.S. allies to post-war lows. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Yoshihide Suga named Japan’s prime minister, succeeding Abe

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Newly elected head of Liberal Democratic Party Yoshihide Suga poses for photos following his press conference at its headquarters after the party's leadership election in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Suga was elected as the new head of Japan’s ruling party on Monday, all but assuring that he will become the country's new prime minister when a parliamentary election is held later in the week. (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan PM Abe, Cabinet set to resign ahead of new leadership

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Yoshihide Suga was elected as the new head of Japan's ruling party on Monday, all but assuring that he will become the country's new prime minister when a parliamentary election is held later in the week. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Yoshihide Suga set to become next Japanese prime minister

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, walks by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upon his arrival for a welcome and family photo session at the G-20 leaders summit in Osaka, western Japan. When Abe announced his decision last month to step down as Japan’s prime minster over an illness, Moon’s office issued glowing praise about his unspecified contributions to bilateral ties. The rare praise came after years of intense diplomatic rows over wartime history, trade and military issues that sank the relationship between the key U.S. allies to post-war lows. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Analysis: With Abe’s exit, Seoul seeks to mend Japan ties

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election candidate and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a debate ahead of the LDP's leadership election, in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. The party plans a vote on Sept. 14 to choose Shinzo Abe's replacement as party chief. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)

Suga wins party vote, all but assuring election as Japan PM

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election candidate and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a debate ahead of the LDP's leadership election, in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. The party plans a vote on Sept. 14 to choose Shinzo Abe's replacement as party chief. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan PM hopeful says he may need help from Abe on diplomacy

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, left, and former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba attend a speech session for the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election at its headquarters in Tokyo Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. The official campaigning to lead Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead the government. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Campaign to succeed PM Abe as party leader begins in Japan

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2015, file photo, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo after the release of an online video that purported to show an Islamic State group militant beheading Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. Suga, a longtime loyal assistant and the public face of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in daily media briefings, has emerged as a favorite to succeed him in an upcoming internal party vote. Suga is set to announce his candidacy and key policies later Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Abe’s assistant and spokesman seen as favorite successor

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

China detains Japanese man, possibly on spying allegations

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Rescuers search for missing persons at the site of a landslide triggered by Typhoon Hagibis, in Marumori town, Miyagi prefecture, Japan Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The typhoon hit Japan's main island on Saturday with strong winds and historic rainfall that caused more than 200 rivers to overflow, leaving thousands of homes flooded, damaged or without power. (Kota Endo/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan typhoon death toll climbs, while floodwaters recede

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this September 2017, photo, a minke whale is unloaded at a port after a whaling for scientific purposes in Kushiro, in the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. Japan is considering leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts after unsuccessfully campaigning for decades to gain support for the cause. The Fisheries Agency said Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, officials haven't made a final decision but are considering the step. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan to resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 18, 2004, file photo, Jumpei Yasuda, right, arrives with Nobutaka Watanabe at Marka airport in Amman, Jordan, following their release after being held hostage in Iraq. Japan said Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, it’s doing utmost for the rescue of Japanese freelance journalist Yasuda believed to be held in Syria, after acknowledging a man in a video is considered himself. Yasuda has lost contact since he was last heard from war-torn Syria in 2015. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud, File)

Japan vows to rescue journalist believed held in Syria

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

TV monitors show the J-Alert (warning siren) at an office of Kyodo News in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. South Korea's military said North Korea fired an unidentified missile Friday from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before landing in the northern Pacific Ocean. (Toshiyuki Kuwana/Kyodo News via AP)

The Latest: Sirens blare, trains stop during missile flight

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People react as they watch the news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed the order to carry out the test-fire of intercontinental ballistic rocket near the Pyongyang railway station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. North Korea claimed to have tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile in a launch Tuesday, a potential game-changing development in its push to militarily challenge Washington — but a declaration that conflicts with earlier South Korean and U.S. assessments that it had an intermediate range. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

The Latest: S.Korea leader wants tougher sanctions for North

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Japan deploys missile-defense systems around Tokyo

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times