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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, then newly appointed Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. Hashimoto's response to a question in the upper house of Parliament on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, implies the Olympics could be held later in the year and would not have to start on July 24, 2020. Tokyo's Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most sports events and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan Olympic Minister: Games could be held any time in 2020

by Yuri Kageyama Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressMarch 3, 2020

A passenger who disembarked from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship peeks out of a bus window Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Hundreds of passengers began leaving the cruise ship Wednesday after the end of a much-criticized, two-week quarantine that failed to stop the spread of a new virus among passengers and crew. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Passengers leave ship off Japan after quarantine ends

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press, and Foster Klug Associated PressFebruary 19, 2020

The cruise ship Diamond Princess is docked at Yokohama Port, near Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. Japan on Friday reported 41 new cases of a virus on the cruise ship that's been quarantined. About 3,700 people have been confined aboard the ship. (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)

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Japan finds 41 more coronavirus cases on ship; doc who first raised alarm dies

by Ken Moritsugu Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressFebruary 7, 2020

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2019, file photo, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks about a proposal from the International Olympic Committee to move the marathons and race walking events to Sapporo, during a regular press conference in Tokyo. Tokyo city officials are in a public feud with the International Olympic Committee over IOC plans, made without consulting the city or local organizers, to move the marathon 800 kilometers (500 miles) north to avoid Tokyo’s summer heat. (Shinji Kita/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Tokyo officials feud with IOC over Olympic marathon switch

by Stephen Wade Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressOctober 29, 2019

People injured in a fire are treated near a Kyoto Animation building in Kyoto, western Japan, Thursday, July 18, 2019. The fire broke out in the three-story building in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, after a suspect sprayed an unidentified liquid to accelerate the blaze, Kyoto prefectural police and fire department officials said.(Kyodo News via AP)

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Man shouting ‘You die’ kills 33 by burning Japan anime studio

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressJuly 19, 2019

A man pays respects at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a knife attack Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Kawasaki, just outside Tokyo. A man carrying a knife in each hand has attacked a group of schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Knife-wielding man attacks schoolgirls in Japan, killing 2

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press, and Jae Hong Associated PressMay 29, 2019

Japan's Emperor Akihito speaks during the ceremony of his abdication in front of other members of the royal families and top government officials at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. The 85-year-old Akihito ends his three-decade reign on Tuesday as his son Crown Prince Naruhito, left, will ascend the Chrysanthemum throne on Wednesday. (Japan Pool via AP)

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Japan’s emperor announces abdication

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressApril 30, 2019

People walk by a huge screen showing US Open women’s singles champion Naomi Osaka with her trophy, in Tokyo, Monday.

Osaka charms Japan with her manners – and broken Japanese

by Stephen Wade Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressSeptember 11, 2018

Police, in blue with yellow uniform, search for missing persons around a house destroyed by a landslide after a powerful earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. Several people were reported missing in the nearby the town, where a massive landslide engulfed homes in an avalanche of soil, rocks and timber. (Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP)

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Big quake hits northern Japan

by Eugene Hoshiko Associated Press, Haruka Nuga Associated Press, and Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressSeptember 7, 2018

FILE - In this March 20, 1995, file photo, subway passengers affected by sarin nerve gas in the central Tokyo subway trains are carried into St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo. Japanese media reports say on Friday, July 6, 2018, doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara, who has been on death row for masterminding the 1995 deadly Tokyo subway gassing and other crimes, has been executed. He was 63. (AP Photo/Chiaki Tsukumo, File)

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Japan executes cult leader, 6 others for ’95 sarin attacks

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated PressJuly 6, 2018