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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2016
Japan, America welcome Obama Hiroshima plans; Pearl Harbor visit mooted
Experts discuss how the U.S. president's visit may be viewed; meanwhile Suga denies any plans for Abe to visit Pearl Harbor.
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2016
G-7 may issue anti-graft action plan at Ise-Shima summit
In the wake of the so-called "Panama Papers" leak, Group of Seven leaders plan to adopt an action plan against corruption and tax evasion when they meet this month, a Japanese government source said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2016
North Korea claim to be 'responsible nuclear weapons state' slammed by Japan
Japan on Sunday criticized North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for pronouncing that his country is a "responsible nuclear weapons state," arguing that he uses such rhetoric to simply justify the country's nuclear weapons development.
JAPAN / Politics
May 1, 2016
G-7 energy chiefs discuss investment for stable energy supplies
Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) countries started two days of talks in Kitakyushu on Sunday, focusing first on promoting investment in production, infrastructure and technology to ensure stable energy supplies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 1, 2016
Abe leaves for Europe, Russia visits ahead of G-7 summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe departs for a weeklong tour of Europe and Russia to lay the groundwork for the G-7 summit he will host later this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 30, 2016
G-7 information and communication technology envoys vow an open Internet at Takamatsu meeting
G-7 ICT ministers agreed Saturday to seek private-sector involvement in policymaking to ensure an open Internet, a move apparently aimed at countering government-led online restrictions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2016
Japan pushes for basic AI rules at G-7 tech meeting
Communications minister Sanae Takaichi proposes drafting basic international rules for the development of artificial intelligence at the G-7 technology meeting in Shikoku.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2016
G-7 Ise-Shima Summit fails to excite local residents, poll finds
More than half of residents living in Shima, Mie Prefecture, are unexcited by the upcoming Group of Seven Ise-Shima Summit, a Kyodo News survey has found.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 25, 2016
G-7's food security pledge offers Japan both a challenge and an opportunity
The pledge by the Group of Seven farm chiefs this weekend to enhance efforts to secure stable food supplies poses both a challenge and an opportunity for Japan, a country in need of reform in its agriculture sector to lift low food-sufficiency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2016
Innovation, investment needed for food security, G-7 officials say
Ministers from the Group of Seven nations agree to promote agricultural innovation and investment as farmers face challenges from an aging workforce and extreme weather.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2016
Robots needed, being developed to fill in for aging farmers
As the average age of farmers globally creeps higher and retirement looms, Japan has a solution; robots and driverless tractors.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 19, 2016
Japan and Canada agree to cooperate on counterterrorism measures
Japan and Canada agreed Tuesday to strengthen cooperation on counterterrorism at a meeting of their vice foreign and defense ministers in Tokyo, the Foreign Ministry said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 18, 2016
Shima pet sector jumps on summit bandwagon with pet-related services
The pet industry is the latest sector to take advantage of growing interest in the city of Shima, Mie Prefecture, ahead of next month's Group of Seven summit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 16, 2016
Obama has unfinished business in Hiroshima
Barack Obama will attend the G-7 Ise-Shima summit of leading industrial nations in Mie Prefecture next month, sparking speculation that the U.S. President might venture to Hiroshima to pay respects at the Peace Memorial Park.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2016
Japan to propose basic rules for AI research at G-7 meeting
The government plans to propose basic rules for the research and development of artificial intelligence at a Group of Seven meeting of ministers in charge of information and communication technology later this month, sources said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 14, 2016
G-7 energy ministers to urge more investment in oil, gas output: sources
Energy ministers from the Group of Seven countries are set to agree at their meeting next month on the need to invest more to ramp up oil and gas production capacity for a future demand rise, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 12, 2016
Success of G-7 Hiroshima summit could fuel Kishida's LDP leadership bid
A Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting is usually an opportunity for Japan's top diplomat to step into the global spotlight. For Fumio Kishida, the foreign minister who often stands in the shadow of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the meeting that wrapped up Monday in Hiroshima means so much more.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2016
G-7 ministers adopt Hiroshima Declaration hoping to add momentum to nonproliferation movement
The Group of Seven foreign ministers conclude a historic two-day meeting in Hiroshima that saw them discuss the goal of global nuclear disarmament in the first city destroyed by an atomic bomb.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2016
Kerry calls trip to Hiroshima site 'gut-wrenching' but mum on Obama visit in May
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry becomes the first top American diplomat to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2016
Street support for Obama to visit Hiroshima
As the foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations met in Hiroshima, speculation was growing that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit the city when he comes to Japan next month for the G-7 leaders' summit in Mie Prefecture.

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