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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 4, 2021. President Joe Biden and Kishida will hold their first formal talks on Friday as the two leaders face fresh concerns about North Korea’s nuclear program and China’s growing military assertiveness. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Biden-Kishida talks to touch on North Korea, China

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Putin, Xi to highlight Russia-China summit while U.S. and allies diplomatically boycott Olympics

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile on Jan. 11, 2022 in North Korea. North Korea on Friday, Jan. 14, berated the Biden administration for imposing fresh sanctions against the country over its latest missile tests and warned of stronger and more explicit action if Washington maintains its “confrontational stance.” Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

N. Korea fires fresh missiles in response to U.S. sanctions

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

People walk past the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen, in Kin, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan, on Jan. 6, 2022. Okinawa, a southwestern group of islands, which houses most of the 55,000 U.S. troops in Japan, is among the three prefectures where new restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus infections kicked in Sunday, Jan. 9.(Kyodo News via AP)

U.S. troops in Japan restricted to bases over COVID-19

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A vehicle leaves the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen, in Kin, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2022. The U.S. military on Thursday, Jan. 6, ordered personnel stationed in Japan to wear masks when going off base to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan asks U.S. forces to stay on base as COVID-19 cases jump

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this file photo Oct. 6, 2020, from left India Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Australia Foreign Minister Marise Payne and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remove their protective face masks before posing for a photograph prior to the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) ministerial meeting in Tokyo. At a Jan. 2022 edition of "The Washington Brief," a monthly forum hosted by The Washington Times Foundation, analysts examined the likelihood that the four-nation Quad could expand to include nations such as South Korea, a strategically vital player in the Pacific. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Expanding the Quad? Opening seen to boost pro-democracy alliance against China

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Firefighters stand on a floor at a building where a fire broke out in Osaka, western Japan Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. Japan's NHK says a fire broke out in the building and dozens of people were feared dead. (Kyodo News via AP)

Suspected arson in downtown Osaka building leaves 24 dead

By Chisato Tanaka and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force (JGDDF) Type 90 tank fires its gun at a target during an annual drill exercise at the Minami Eniwa Camp Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Eniwa, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Dozens of tanks are rolling over the next two weeks on Hokkaido, a main military stronghold for a country with perhaps the world's most little known yet powerful army. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan holds drills in north as it faces Russia, China threat

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, A Bastion missile launcher is positioned on the Matua Island, part of the Kurils Islands chain, in Russia, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. The Russian military has deployed the Bastion coastal defense missile systems on the Matua Island, which is close to several islands also claimed by Japan, a move intended to underline Moscow's firm stance in the dispute. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia sends missiles near Pacific islands claimed by Japan

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during the 6th South Korea-U.S. Alliance Night in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Austin arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for annual security talks expected to bolster the countries' decades-long military alliance in the face of North Korean nuclear threats and mounting challenges from China. (Lim Hwa-young/Yonhap via AP)

U.S., South Korea to bolster alliance at talks but questions remain

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A medical worker of Tokyo Medical Center receives a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. Japan has started administering the booster shots to health care workers on Wednesday. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan suspends new reservations on all incoming flights

By Mari Yamaguchi and Foster Klug - Associated Press

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga leaves the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Suga who stepped down at the end of September, prayed at the shrine during the shrine's autumn festival. The shrine is viewed by China and the Koreas as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression. (Kyodo News via AP)

U.S. benefits from stronger bond between Seoul and Tokyo

By James Jay Carafano and H.R. McMaster

In this May 24, 2014 photo, China's Harbin (112) guided missile destroyer, left, and DDG-139 Ningbo Sovremenny class Type-956EM destroyer, right, take part in a week-long China-Russia &quot;Joint Sea-2014&quot; navy exercise at the East China Sea off Shanghai, China. (AP Photo)

Tokyo concerned over China-Russia naval drills near Japan

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga leaves the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Suga who stepped down at the end of September, prayed at the shrine during the shrine's autumn festival. The shrine is viewed by China and the Koreas as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s premier sends offering to controversial Tokyo shrine

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Former US Vice President Mike Pence holds a speech during the 4th Budapest Demographic Summit in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. The biannual demographic summit, which was first organized in 2015, offers a forum for &quot;pro-family thinker&quot; decision-makers, scientists, researchers, and church representatives of the same sort to exchange their thoughts about connections between demographics and sustainability. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Pence calls on Biden to show ‘strength’ on North Korea and China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This photo released by Tokyo Zoological Park Society shows Lei Lei, one of giant panda twins, 103 days after she was born at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. The twin cubs, Lei Lei and her brother Xiao Xiao, which were palm-size pink creatures when born on June 23, got their names Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, chosen from hundreds of thousands of suggestions sent from fans around the country. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society via AP)

Panda cubs at Tokyo zoo get their names, to debut in January

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister-elect Fumio Kishida arrives at his official residence Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. Kishida was elected Japan's prime minister in a parliamentary vote Monday and will be tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and other domestic and global challenges and leading a national election within weeks. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Biden congratulates new Japanese PM

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leader Fumio Kishida arrives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Japan's Cabinet and leader Yoshihide Suga resigned Monday, paving the way for parliament to elect Kishida as the new prime minister, tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and security challenges before an imminent national election. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s Parliament elects former diplomat Kishida as new PM

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

People eat and drink at a restaurant after 8 p.m., the time the government suggests to close under the ongoing state of emergency, in the famed Asakusa tourist spot in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. On Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts gradually easing virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Trains packed with commuters as Japan fully ends emergency

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This photo provided on Oct. 1, 2021, by the North Korean government shows what North Korea claims to be the test firing of a newly developed anti-aircraft missile in North Korea, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says it fired anti-aircraft missile, 4th recent test

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press