Meanwhile, U.S. warships carried out freedom of navigation operations.
Tokyo called for the release of Myanmar’s state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi
The media reported that officials of the communications ministry had violated the National Public Service Ethics Law by receiving expensive meals from Seigo Suga and his film corporation.
The economy grew at an annualised rate of 12.7 percent in the October-to-December period
The U.S. brings the largest contingent of athletes to any Olympics and also provides the IOC with its most lucrative television deal.
About 80 percent of people in Japan do not want the Games to be held this summer.
