Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian leaves after a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 26, 2021.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian takes a question during a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 26, 2021.

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends a regular press conference at the metropolitan government headquarters on Nov. 26, 2021, for the first time since her recovery from severe fatigue.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2021.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2021.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, attends a press conference in Vienna on Nov. 24, 2021.

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh bump fists after a joint press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021.

Japan-Vietnam talks

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends a joint press conference with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021.

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021.

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a joint press conference with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 24, 2021.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 24, 2021.

Japan foreign minister

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021.

Japan foreign minister

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021.

Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie poses at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021, announcing a plan to embark on a nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to Nishinomiya, western Japan, from March to June 2022. The 83-year-old, known for successfully sailing the Pacific solo and nonstop for the first time in the world in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if the new adventure ends in success.

Nonstop, solo Pacific crossing by Japanese yachtsman

Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie poses at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021, announcing a plan to embark on a nonstop solo voyage from San Francisco to Nishinomiya, western Japan, from March to June 2022. The 83-year-old, known for successfully sailing the Pacific solo and nonstop for the first time in the world in 1962, will be the oldest person to do so if the new adventure ends in success.

Japanese, Danish foreign ministers meet

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (R) and his Danish counterpart Jeppe Kofod bow to each other at the end of a joint news conference following their talks in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021. (Pool photo)

Japanese, Danish foreign ministers meet

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (R) and his Danish counterpart Jeppe Kofod attend a joint news conference following their talks in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2021. (Pool photo)

Golf: Ishikawa makes public apology for COVID quarantine violation

Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa apologizes for his behavior at a press conference at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2021. Ishikawa is serving a one-month suspension for breaking COVID-19 self-isolation rules after returning from a trip to the United States.

Golf: Ishikawa makes public apology for COVID quarantine violation

Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa apologizes for his behavior at a press conference at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2021. Ishikawa is serving a one-month suspension for breaking COVID-19 self-isolation rules after returning from a trip to the United States.

Golf: Ishikawa makes public apology for COVID quarantine violation

Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa apologizes for his behavior at a press conference at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2021. Ishikawa is serving a one-month suspension for breaking COVID-19 self-isolation rules after returning from a trip to the United States.

Japan-Paraguay talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attends a joint press conference with his Paraguayan counterpart Euclides Acevedo in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2021. (Pool photo)

Japan-Paraguay talks

Paraguay Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo attends a joint press conference with his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2021. (Pool photo)

Baseball: AL MVP Ohtani turns down Japan gov't award

File photo taken Nov. 15, 2021, shows Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani attending a press conference in Tokyo. Ohtani turned down the Japanese government's offer to award him one of its top honors, the People's Honor Award, following his MVP-winning season, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Nov. 22.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2021.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2021.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2021.

U.S. deputy secretary of state

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman attends a press conference in Washington on Nov. 17, 2021.

U.S. deputy secretary of state

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman attends a press conference in Washington on Nov. 17, 2021.

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Japan's Naoya Inoue, the IBF and WBA bantamweight world champion, poses for a photo at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, before taking on the IBF's sixth-ranked challenger Aran Dipaen of Thailand on Dec. 14 in Tokyo.

5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake to retire

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, poses at a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake retires

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, attends a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake retires

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, attends a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake to retire

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, attends a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno (top R) attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman speaks at a press conference after a meeting with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Washington on Nov. 17, 2021.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman speaks at a press conference after a meeting with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Washington on Nov. 17, 2021.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 17, 2021.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 17, 2021.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 17, 2021.

Japanese main opposition party's leadership election

Seiji Osaka, a lawmaker of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2021, to announce his candidacy for the party's leadership election on Nov. 30.

Japanese main opposition party's leadership election

Seiji Osaka, a lawmaker of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2021, to announce his candidacy for the party's leadership election on Nov. 30.

Japanese main opposition party's leadership election

Kenta Izumi, policy chief of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2021, to announce his candidacy for the party's leadership election on Nov. 30.

Japanese main opposition party's leadership election

Kenta Izumi, policy chief of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2021, to announce his candidacy for the party's leadership election on Nov. 30.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2021.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2021.

Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2021.

Japan's top government spokesman Matsuno

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2021.

COP26 in Glasgow

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry (L) and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua (C) talk during the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference, or COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 13, 2021, wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus.