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Hiroshima Peace Museum visit likely to be on G7 summit itinerary

Arrangements are being made for the leaders of the Group of Seven nations to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum when they visit Hiroshima for the G7 summit on May 19-21, several government sources said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida secures cooperation from five G7 leaders

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has secured cooperation from the leaders of the five Group of Seven countries he visited this month on policies toward Russia and China, in preparation for the G7 summit Japan will host in Hiroshima in May.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida says G7 should show strong will on Russia's Ukraine invasion

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday that the G7 summit in Hiroshima in May should demonstrate a strong will to uphold international order and rule of law after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

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Russian ex-president Medvedev blasts Japanese PM over US ‘subservience’: ‘He should disembowel himself’

Medvedev said joint statement ‘betrayed the memory of hundreds of thousands of Japanese who were burned in the nuclear fire of Hiroshima and Nagasaki’

The Independent UK

Japan mulls inviting Yoon to May's G7 Hiroshima summit

The government is considering inviting South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to the Group of Seven summit meeting in Hiroshima after observing Seoul's response to an issue related to former wartime requisitioned workers, according to government sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida looks ahead to tackling economic, constitutional issues

How will Prime Minister Fumio Kishida deal with mounting challenges, both domestic and global? The Yomiuri Shimbun Political News Editor Shinichi Murao interviewed him about defense, the economy, diplomacy and more.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japanese prime minister under pressure over campaign expenditure report

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday his office in western Hiroshima prefecture had found errors in receipts attached to a campaign expenditure report, after a magazine reported possible violations of election funding laws.

Reuters

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Ukrainian youths visit Hiroshima, wish for peace

HIROSHIMA -- Seven Ukrainian children, who have been displaced to Aichi and Gifu prefectures due to Russia's invasion of their country, visited Hiroshima Prefecture as part of a peace program.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Putin tells Macron Hiroshima is proof ‘you don’t have to launch nuclear strike on major city to win war’

Two presidents discussed atomic weapons as speculation over Russian plan builds

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin points to Hiroshima nuclear bomb in chilling chat with Emmanuel Macron

Diplomatic sources say Putin claimed that the atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki showed that is wasn't necessary to attack a major city 'in order to win'

Daily Mirror

Hiroshima survivors plead for nuclear-free world as global tensions rise

Survivors of 1945 atomic bomb express deep concern amid bellicose rhetoric from Russia and North Korea

The Guardian - UK

Itsukushima Shrine's iconic gate back in view as renovation nears end

HIROSHIMA -- The familiar view of the iconic vermilion Otorii gate at Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, has returned after about three years as a major renovation nears completion.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Nuclear gravity bomb more powerful than Hiroshima blast to be added to NATO's arsenal

The new B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb which can carry a yield more powerful than the Hiroshima blast will be delivered by the US to Europe months earlier than planned

Daily Mirror

Australia and Japan to share intelligence on China in security deal, ambassador says

In interview with Guardian Australia, Shingo Yamagami also hints Australia is likely to be invited to G7 summit in Hiroshima

The Guardian - AU

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The Independent UK

Japan to pay up to $320M for US company's chip production

Japan said it is providing a major U.S. chipmaker a subsidy of up to $322 million to back its plan to produce advanced memory chips at a Hiroshima factory

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Karuizawa, Niigata also to host G7

Japan holds the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven next year, meaning that not only will the summit be held in Hiroshima in May, but also ministerial meetings will be held throughout the nation.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Nuclear disarmament on Kishida's mind for Hiroshima G7 summit

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has condemned Russia for blocking the adoption of the final document draft at the monthlong Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations, but has also stressed that all participating nations except Russia showed a certain degree of solidarity.

ABC News

Proposed seismic testing in the Bass Strait could emit blasts almost two times louder than a rock concert

If approved, this will be one of the largest seismic exploration projects ever undertaken, with surveys across an area larger than Tasmania.

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The Guardian - UK

Issey Miyake obituary

Fashion designer whose innovative hi-tech creations were inspired by the ancient principles of Japanese clothing

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Issey Miyake: fashion designer, hibakusha, icon

Issey Miyake, who died on Aug. 5 at 84, came from Hiroshima. As a high school student, he was immensely moved by the beauty of the handrails of the Peace Bridge near ground zero of the atomic bombing in the city. The handrails were designed by sculptor Isamu Noguchi. "It…

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As Japan Marks Atomic Bomb Anniversary, Threat From China Breaks Military Taboo

Japan is planning for a massive increase in defense spending driven by the threat from China, breaking a decades-long taboo over the build-up of armed forces following its defeat in 1945.

Daily Record

Anti-nuclear weapons campaigners gather in Paisley park for commemoration event

The event marked 77 years since the bombing of Hiroshima.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Hiroshima survivor tells U.N. chief of horrors

HIROSHIMA -- An 83-year-old man who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima met with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday at the city's annual Peace Memorial Ceremony -- the first time for a U.N. chief to attend the event in 12 years.

The Guardian - UK

Nuclear apocalypse was postponed in 1968. Now it’s back on the agenda

As the world remembers Hiroshima, it must also recommit to the increasingly fragile non-proliferation treaty. The alternative is unthinkable

Radio France Internationale

UN chief Guterres warns of nuclear horror on 77th anniversary of Hiroshima attack

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned world leaders on Saturday they were playing with a loaded gun and urged them to back away from the brink of nuclear armageddon.

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