Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) holds the World Baseball Classic trophy as he meets Japan national baseball team members at his office in Tokyo on March 23, following their tournament victory. Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama (2nd from L, front row) looks on.

Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Munetaka Murakami (L) of Japan's World Baseball Classic team shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the team's visit to the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the WBC final in Miami, Florida.

Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (L) puts a World Baseball Classic championship winner's medal around the neck of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the team's visit to the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the WBC final in Miami, Florida.

S. Korea's unification minister in Japan

S. Korea's unification minister in Japan

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno (R) shakes hands with South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young Se during a meeting at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023.

S. Korea's unification minister in Japan

S. Korea's unification minister in Japan

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno (far R) and South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young Se (far L) hold talks at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023.

Figure Skating: World Championships

Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese pair Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara pose after winning gold at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 23, 2023.

Figure Skating: World Championships

Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese pair Riku Miura (front) and Ryuichi Kihara pose after winning gold at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 23, 2023.

Figure Skating: World Championships

Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese pair Riku Miura (front) and Ryuichi Kihara pose after winning gold at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 23, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga starts for the New York Mets in a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on March 22, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga starts for the New York Mets in a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on March 22, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga starts for the New York Mets in a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on March 22, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga starts for the New York Mets in a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on March 22, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga starts for the New York Mets in a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on March 22, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga starts for the New York Mets in a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on March 22, 2023.

S. Korea's unification minister in Japan

S. Korea's unification minister in Japan

Combined photo shows Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (R) and South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young Se during their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. (Pool photo)

Football: Nadeshiko Japan's new World Cup away kit

Football: Nadeshiko Japan's new World Cup away kit

Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza player Riko Ueki (C) poses in a new away uniform, to be worn by the Japanese women's national football team at this summer's FIFA Women's World Cup, during a press conference at Tokyo's National Stadium on March 23, 2023.

Football: Nadeshiko Japan's new World Cup away kit

Football: Nadeshiko Japan's new World Cup away kit

Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza player Riko Ueki (2nd from R) poses in a new away uniform, to be worn by the Japanese women's national football team at this summer's FIFA Women's World Cup, during a press conference at Tokyo's National Stadium on March 23, 2023.

Japanese swimmer Kitajima

Japanese swimmer Kitajima

Japan's retired four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima competes in the men's 50-meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Masters, his first meet in seven years, at Tokyo's Tatsumi International Swimming Center on March 18, 2023.

Japanese swimmer Kitajima

Japanese swimmer Kitajima

Japan's four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima poses at Tokyo's Tatsumi International Swimming Center on March 18, 2023. Kitajima entered the Tokyo Masters, his first meet since retiring in 2016.

S. Korea's unification minister in Japan

S. Korea's unification minister in Japan

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (far R) and South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young Se (far L) hold talks at the foreign ministry in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. (Pool photo)

S. Korea's unification minister in Japan

S. Korea's unification minister in Japan

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young Se (L) pose for a photo at the foreign ministry in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. (Pool photo)

Japan PM Kishida returns

Japan PM Kishida returns

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters after returning from his latest overseas trip, which included a surprise stop in Ukraine, at his office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023.

Japan PM Kishida returns

Japan PM Kishida returns

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters after returning from his latest overseas trip, which included a surprise stop in Ukraine, at his office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023.

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic

Combined photo shows Japanese pitchers -- (from L ) Shota Imanaga, Shosei Togo, Hiroto Takahashi and Hiromi Ito -- facing the United States in a World Baseball Classic final at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the end of a joint press conference in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic

Combined photo shows Japanese pitchers -- (from L )Taisei Ota, Yu Darvish and Shohei Ohtani -- facing the United States in a World Baseball Classic final at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 21, 2023.

Japan PM Kishida in Poland

Japan PM Kishida in Poland

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) walks along a platform at a train station in Przemysl, southeastern Poland, on March 22, 2023, after making a surprise trip to Ukraine.

Indonesian students rally against Japan's nuclear wastewater discharge plan

STORY: Indonesian students rally against Japan's nuclear wastewater discharge plan DATELINE: March 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE (Bahasa Indonesia): KEVIN SIDABUTAR, Protest coordinator 3. various of the rally STORYLINE: Indonesian students rallied on Tuesday against Japan's controversial plan to dump its nuclear wastewater into the sea. They delivered statements while clad in anti-radioactive costumes and holding up posters depicting perilous nuclear waste in front of the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta. SOUNDBITE (Bahasa Indonesia): KEVIN SIDABUTAR, Protest coordinator "We demanded that Japan should not release the waste into the Pacific Ocean because there are countries bordering the ocean such as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, South Korea, the Philippines, China, and Indonesia. I do not want it to pollute the fish in our ocean ecosystem. Our ocean is vast and rich." Japan is preparing to release more than 1 mi

Japan PM Kishida in Poland

Japan PM Kishida in Poland

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) walks along a platform at a train station in Przemysl, southeastern Poland, on March 22, 2023, after making a surprise trip to Ukraine.

Japanese internal affairs minister

Japanese internal affairs minister

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Takeaki Matsumoto attends a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on March 22, 2023.

Japanese defense minister

Japanese defense minister

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada attends a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on March 22, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold a joint press conference after their talks in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Combined photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holding a joint press conference after their talks in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press after holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press after holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the outset of a joint press conference in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy exchange documents signed by them prior to a joint news conference in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy exchange documents signed by them prior to a joint news conference in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold a joint press conference after their talks in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy exchange documents signed by them prior to a joint news conference in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold a joint press conference after their talks in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a joint press conference following their talks in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a joint press conference following their talks in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold a joint press conference after their talks in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold a joint press conference after their talks in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after their talks in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Kishida-Zelenskyy talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a joint press conference with Japanese Minister Fumio Kishida after their talks in Kyiv on March 21, 2023.

Japan PM Kishida in Ukraine

Japan PM Kishida in Ukraine

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) leaves a church in Bucha near the capital Kyiv during a visit to Ukraine on March 21, 2023. People killed in a massacre allegedly committed by Russian soldiers are buried at the church.

Japan PM Kishida in Ukraine

Japan PM Kishida in Ukraine

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to offer flowers at a church in Bucha near the capital Kyiv during a visit to Ukraine on March 21, 2023. People killed in a massacre allegedly committed by Russian soldiers are buried at the church.

Japan PM Kishida in Ukraine

Japan PM Kishida in Ukraine

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) leaves a church in Bucha near the capital Kyiv during a visit to Ukraine on March 21, 2023. People killed in a massacre allegedly committed by Russian soldiers are buried at the church.