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Japan's Toyota discloses improper crash tests at Daihatsu subsidiary

Toyota has found improper crash tests for a model and suspended shipments, in the latest in a series of embarrassing woes plaguing Japan’s top automaker

Investors cheer signs of end to US debt drama

RECAP: Asian shares rose on Friday as increased hopes of a deal over the US debt ceiling and strong economic data lifted sentiment, while Japan's Nikkei index jumped to its highest level in nearly 33 years.

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Jaguar Jonze takes to Sydney Opera House stage to reclaim power after trauma in a boundary-pushing new show for Vivid LIVE

The Taiwanese Australian singer is using rope bondage to explore her trauma — and reclaim power — in a new performance.

ABC News

US to support plan to provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

Boost to Volodymyr Zelensky as he is set to join G7 leaders in Japan to discuss support to combat Russia’s invasion

Evening Standard

PM to hold more key talks at G7 as sidelines Quad announced

PM Anthony Albanese is set to hold another round of key talks at the G7 summit in Japan, with a rescheduled Quad meeting also on the agenda.

The New Daily

Hiroshima attack's last survivors watch as Biden pays tribute, but makes no apologies

HIROSHIMA, Japan — The patter of rain had subsided on a gray Friday morning as President Joe Biden and other Group of 7 leaders arrived at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, the first of two sites where American planes dropped atomic bombs in August 1945, laying waste to two Japanese…

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Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy welcomes ‘historic’ Biden decision to back fighter pilot training; US issues more Russian sanctions – as it happened

Ukraine president on way to G7 summit in Japan; US measures aimed at firms involved in Russian energy production

The Guardian - AU

Among the elite: On India at the G-7 summit

With the G-7 still seen as a small and “elitist” grouping, India’s heft as a developing power as well as its G-20 presidency can help make it a significant “other”

The Hindu

Stocks Slide After Republicans Pause Debt Ceiling Negotiations

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.35%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.45%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.36%. GOP negotiators halted debt ceiling discussions with the White...

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Jon Moxley on Returning to New Japan: ‘It Makes Me Better’

He’ll wrestle his first match in Japan since the start of the pandemic in just a few short weeks.

Sports Illustrated

Green-fingered dad spends £10k creating Japanese Zen garden in his backyard

Martin Fitton, 55, began the massive project in 2009 and recently added a teahouse and a space for meditation. He has been told by several Japanese visitors that the unique garden is a 'home from home'

Daily Mirror

Broader Market Rises on Speculation a Deal Is Near to Raise the U.S. Debt Ceiling

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.22%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.24%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.05%. U.S. stocks this morning are mixed, with the S&P...

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Biden endorses plan to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets -officials

President Joe Biden told G7 leaders on Friday that Washington supports joint allied training programs for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, senior U.S. officials said, a significant endorsement as Kyiv seeks to boost its air power against Russia.

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Radio France Internationale

Ukraine's Zelensky takes campaign against Russia to Arab summit, G7

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed a summit of Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia on Friday before what a senior official said would be a trip to Japan for a meeting with the leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies.

The Independent UK

Joe Biden stumbles while walking down stairs at G7 Summit in Japan

Critics have used Mr Biden’s age to accuse him of being mentally and physically unfit to serve as president

Tribune News Service

Ukraine leader Zelenskyy to visit Hiroshima in bid to rally aid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Hiroshima, Japan, to join the Group of Seven leaders in person, according to people familiar with the plans.

InsideEVs

Panasonic To Build New Battery Plants In North America

By March 2031, Panasonic intends to increase its total EV battery production capacity from about 50 gigawatt-hours (GWh) per year to 200 GWh per year.

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Markets Today: Stocks Climb as Sentiment Improves for a Debt Ceiling Deal

Morning Markets June E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESM2 3) this morning are up +0.31% at a 9-month nearest-futures high, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM2 3) are up +0.05% at a 13-month high. U.S. stock index futures this morning are moderately higher. The broader market is garnering support on...

Bangkok Post

Handrolls and highball bar opens today

The Japanese Highball Bar 1923 opens today at 5pm at theCommons Saladaeng, marking Being Beyond Borders’ flagship outlet.

Al Jazeera

Japan PM Kishida wants to abolish nuclear arms but build military

Kishida may become the leader most singularly responsible for cementing Japan’s turn away from decades of pacifism.

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak lost for words as he’s asked how it feels to be a LOSER in awkward TV clip

The PM, who is in Japan for the G7 summit, was grilled on how it feels to have lost more than 1,000 Tory seats in his first test at the ballot box in local elections earlier this month

The Independent UK

Watch: World leaders visit Itsukushima shrine during G7 summit

World leaders visited the Itsukushima shrine in Hiroshima as they gathered for the G7 summit in Japan on Friday, 19 May.

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon meets Hiroshima survivors for the first time

President Yoon Suk Yeol met some South Korean survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on the sidelines of a G7 summit on Friday.

The Hindu

“We must send a clear message to Putin,” Russia will pay the price for Ukraine war: Japan Envoy to India

On eve of G-7 Summit, Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Suzuki stresses on Ukraine focus, also aligning G7-G20 agendas with “key partner” India.

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