FILE - The entrance of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, is seen in Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
FILE - Sanae Takaichi, left, and Seiko Noda, both former internal affairs ministers and candidates for the presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, show their motto on cards during a debate session held by Japan National Press club in Tokyo, on Sept. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)
FILE - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa speaks during a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar after the Quad Ministerial Meeting at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo, on July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a press conference at his office in Tokyo to announce he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (Japan Pool/Kyodo News via AP)
FIEL - Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida poses for a portrait picture following his press conference at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party after he was elected as party president in Tokyo, on Sept. 29, 2021. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida raises his hand before he speaks about his Liberal Democratic Party's funds scandal during a meeting of the Lower House Budget Committee in Tokyo, on Jan. 29, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
FILE - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a ceremony to mark the 74th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Daegu, South Korea, on June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool, File)