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Loved ones honor SoCal airman killed in Osprey crash

U.S. Air Force Major Luke Unrath, 34, was one of eight U.S. military service members killed in an Osprey crash on Nov. 29, 2023. (Unrath Family)

Unsigned in MLB, Bauer gets big welcome in Japan

Posters of Trevor Bauer who's pitching for the Yokohama BayStars are placed at the pathway of a train station on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Yokohama near Tokyo. Bauer will pitch his first official game for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Wednesday and, to promote the start, a local department store is to unveil a seven-story poster of the former Cy Young winner on the building's facade. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s ex-leader Abe assassinated during speech

As COVID-19 surges, Japan races to vaccinate after Olympics …

In this July 1, 2021, file photo, a Tokyo Metropolitan government employee takes the Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in the government building in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics are over, but it's still vacation season in Japan, and many are ignoring government pleas to avoid travel and stay away from bars and restaurants even as the coronavirus spikes at record levels. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Rice pizza, Cup Noodle ice cream: Unique food shows Japan’s …

A Cup Noodle ice cream, made with the powdered soup of Cup Noodle and topped with freeze-fried shrimp, onions, egg and meat, is prepared to be eaten at the Cup Noodles Museum in Yokohama, Japan, on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Sold only at the Yokohama museum, the ice cream embodies a spirit of adventure in Japanese foods. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

1st openly transgender Olympians are competing in Tokyo

Canada's Quinn, left, and Chile's Karen Araya vie for the ball during a women's soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Sapporo, Japan. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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EXPLAINER: Why Japan’s ‘rising sun’ flag provokes …

In this July 20, 2019, file photo, protesters tear a Japanese rising sun flag during a rally denouncing the Japanese government's decision on their exports to South Korea in front of Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Japan’s “rising sun” flag is raising anger at the Olympics, with some of the host nation’s neighbors calling for it to be banned during the Tokyo Games, which start Friday, July 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

American father and son sent to Japan prison, accused …

This Dec. 30, 2019, image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. A Tokyo court handed down prison terms for the American father Michael Taylor and son Peter accused of helping Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, escape to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan.(DHA via AP, File)

2 South African soccer players test positive for …

People gather for a rally in Tokyo's Shinjuku shopping district Sunday, July 18, 2021, to protest against the Olympics starting from July 23. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

Olympic athlete, staffer test positive for coronavirus …

People walk by the Olympic rings installed by the Nippon Bashi bridge in Tokyo on Thursday, July 15, 2021. (Hiro Komae/Associated Press)

‘No spectators’ still an option for Tokyo Olympics …

The Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre is pictured on June 24, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Japan plans to ease coronavirus state of emergency …

A volunteer holds a poster with measures against covid19 propagation in the BMX freestyle track venue during a test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo on May 17, 2021. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

G-7 leaders pledge to share COVID vaccine doses

President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson talk as they look over copies of the Atlantic Charter, during a bilateral meeting ahead of the G-7 summit, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Carbis Bay, England.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)