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Tokyo Governor Koike Sweeps To Third Term

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike won a landslide victory to secure a third term, official election results showed Monday, in a rare triumph for a woman in Japan's male-dominated politics.

International Business Times

Japan and Philippines to sign defense pact letting Tokyo's forces train in Southeast Asian country

Japan and the Philippines are signing a defense pact that will allow Japanese forces to deploy in the Southeast Asian country for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills

The Independent UK

Voters in Tokyo cast ballots to decide whether to re-elect incumbent conservative as city's governor

Voters in Tokyo are casting ballots to decide whether to re-elect conservative Yuriko Koike as governor of Japan’s influential capital for four more years

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Women Fight Tokyo Election In Male-dominated Japan

Polls opened Sunday to elect a new Tokyo governor with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in Japan's male-dominated political sphere.

International Business Times

Japan's top court orders government to compensate disabled people forced to undergo sterilization

In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people with disabilities

The Independent UK

Japan issues first new banknotes in 20 years

Redesigned bills pay tribute to Japanese capitalism, women’s equality and scientific innovation.

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Cash-based Japan issues first new bills in two decades, designed against counterfeiting

Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting

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As North Korean and Chinese threats rise, US looks to lock in defense partnerships with Asian allies

The newly inaugurated Freedom Edge exercise is wrapping up in the East China Sea, having brought together Japanese, South Korean and American naval assets for multidomain maneuvers for the first time

The Independent UK

Japan and Philippines trying to finish defense pact for signing in Manila as alarm grows over China

The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila says top defense and foreign affairs officials of Japan and the Philippines will meet in Manila next month to strengthen strategic ties and discuss regional concerns

The Independent UK

Japan sanctions China-based firms accused of supporting war in Ukraine

Measures mark the first time Tokyo has targeted China-based companies over their alleged support for Russia’s war.

Al Jazeera

Japan And New Zealand Strengthen Security Cooperation

Japan and New Zealand agree on intelligence sharing pact to address regional security challenges and escalating tensions in the South China Sea.

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Japan, New Zealand agree on intel sharing pact amid growing regional security concerns

Japan and New Zealand have agreed in principle on an intelligence sharing pact as their leaders shared concern about the increasingly challenging security environment in the region, including closer ties between Russia and North Korea

The Independent UK

Watch live: Heads of state arrive for Ukraine Peace Summit

World leaders including United States deputy, Kamala Harris, and Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida are joining Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelesnky at the country’s Peace Summit, exploring how to reduce tensions with Russia.

The Independent UK

Meloni in the pink as she consoles procession of dead men walking

Italian PM was all smiles at start of G7 summit as she met parade of haunted-looking statesmen, most of whose days in power are numbered

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G7 Summit Faces Political Vulnerabilities Among World Leaders

G7 leaders confront political challenges and uncertainties at annual summit in Italy, focusing on critical global issues.

The Independent UK

The world’s most expensive cow has been sold for millions – bodyguard not included

Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis is the most expensive cow ever sold at auction

The Independent UK

She's the world's most expensive cow, and part of Brazil's plan to put beef on everyone's plate

Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary

Latin Times

N. Korea Fires Multiple Short-range Ballistic Missiles

The launch follows a failed attempt by the nuclear-armed North to put a second spy satellite into orbit on Monday, shortly after Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo held a rare summit and called for Pyongyang to give up their nukes.

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North Korea Plans Rocket Launch For Military Spy Satellite

North Korea's planned rocket launch for military spy satellite defies U.N. resolutions, drawing condemnation from South Korea and Japan.

International Business Times

South Korea, China, Japan Vow To Ramp Up Cooperation In Rare Summit

The summit brought together South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Seoul for the countries' first trilateral talks in nearly five years, partly due to the pandemic, but also once-sour ties.

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Trilateral Summit In Seoul Aims To Boost Cooperation

China, Japan, and South Korea hold trilateral summit in Seoul to enhance cooperation and address regional challenges.

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China urges South Korea, Japan to uphold free trade at three-way summit

Chinese Premier Li Qiang says three countries should view each other as ‘partners and opportunities for development’.

France 24

South Korea, China, Japan leaders meet for summit amid growing regional divide

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese Premier Li Qiang called on Monday for greater cooperation between the Asian neighbours as they held a three-way summit for the first time in more than four years.

International Business Times

South Korea, China, Japan Leaders Meet For Rare Summit

South Korean, Chinese and Japanese leaders met in Seoul Monday for their first trilateral summit in nearly five years, after nuclear-armed North Korea announced plans to put another satellite into orbit.

The Independent UK

Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan to resume trilateral meeting to revive cooperation

Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan are set to meet in Seoul for their first trilateral meeting in more than four years

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