Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he's prepared to hold direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
US President Donald Trump says he's prepared for next week's historic meeting with the North Korean leader.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Canada to attend the Group of 7 summit.
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Key words : Abe prepare direct talk
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he's prepared to hold direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to solve the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals.
Abe said, "The abduction issue is the top priority of my government. I want to hold talks with North Korea that would help bring a resolution to the issue. Ultimately, I'm determined to solve this issue between myself and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un."
Abe was speaking after a summit with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
Trump promised to raise the abductions issue when he meets Kim in Singapore next week.
Trump said, "I will tell you on the behalf that he very much talked about abduction. It was preeminent in our conversations. He talked about it long and hard and passionately. And, I will follow his wishes and we will be discussing that with North Korea absolutely. Absolutely."
Abe says he hopes the upcoming summit will drastically improve peace and security in Northeast Asia.
He says North Korea can have a bright future if it chooses the right path, given the nation's abundant resources and diligent workforce.
Abe also says Japan is ready to settle the unfortunate events of the past, normalize diplomatic ties and provide economic cooperation to the North.
Meanwhile, Trump suggested South Korea and China could also provide economic assistance to Pyongyang if it denuclearizes.
The US president also said he could agree with Kim to bring an end to the Korean War at the upcoming summit. He says that would pave the way to normalizing ties between the two nations.
Trump also said an invitation for Kim to visit the White House could be on the cards if things go well next week.
Key words : Trump prepare historic
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US President Donald Trump says he's prepared for next week's historic meeting with the North Korean leader. He added that he might even invite Kim Jong Un to the White House if all goes well.
Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just days ahead of his summit with Kim.
Next Tuesday's meeting in Singapore is widely expected to focus on denuclearization.
Both Abe and Trump noted that until Pyongyang takes concrete steps toward that goal, sanctions against the North will remain intact.
Still, Trump said he could one day imagine normalized ties with the North. And he once again floated the idea that he and Kim could agree to end the Korean War. Hostilities ended with an armistice decades ago.
Trump said, "We could sign an agreement. As you know, that would be a first step. It's what happens after the agreement that really is the big point. But, yes, we could absolutely sign an agreement. We're looking at it. We're talking about it with them. We're talking about it with a lot of other people but that could happen."
Abe said he hopes the summit will improve peace and security in Northeast Asia. And he added that Japan is ready to play a role.
Abe said, "If North Korea chooses the right path, it can expect a bright future. Japan is ready to settle the unfortunate past, normalize diplomatic ties, and provide economic cooperation to the North, based on the 2002 Pyongyang Declaration."
On an issue crucial to Japan, Trump said he would raise the plight of Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago in his meeting with Kim.
Abe said he is also prepared to meet with Kim directly about the issue.
Key words : Abe in Canada
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Canada to attend the Group of 7 summit.
Abe arrived in the eastern province of Quebec on Thursday. He earlier met US President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss North Korea.
The summit of the 7 industrialized nations will open on Friday. Its agenda includes the world economy, free trade, climate change as well as North Korea and the Middle East.
Attention is on possible tensions among the leaders over Trump's protectionist policies, America's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and other issues.
Key words : Trump plans to cut short
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US President Donald Trump plans to cut short his participation in the Group of 7 summit in Canada to head for Singapore, the venue for the US-North Korea summit.
The White House said Trump will leave the eastern province of Quebec on Saturday morning. It added that deputy assistant to the president Everrett Eissenstat will represent the United States at later meetings.
US media had reported that Trump was frustrated about attending the G7 summit, where he was likely to face criticism over trade and other issues from the group's other leaders.
Key words : nhk crew
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An NHK crew has been allowed to enter a village engulfed by lava and ash from the Fuego volcano in Guatemala.
The volcano, about 40 kilometers southwest of the capital Guatemala City, erupted violently on Sunday.
Villages at the foot of the mountain were swamped and destroyed by pyroclastic flows.
Local authorities say 109 people have been confirmed dead and about 200 others are still unaccounted for.
Police allowed the NHK crew on Thursday to visit one of the villages. Wearing helmets and masks, the crew members were permitted to stay only for just one hour as the volcano remains active.
They climbed the volcano's slope and saw the catastrophic damage in the village.
Volcanic rocks, about 3 meters in diameter, were scattered all over the area.
Many houses were completely buried in dirt and ash, and residents were trying to clean up.
A 19-year-old man said his family is trapped in a buried house. He pleaded tearfully for help, saying his family is gone and he has no place to live.
A disaster authority official told NHK that the death toll could rise sharply.
Key words : authorities Hawaii
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Authorities in the US Pacific state of Hawaii say an eruption at Mount Kilauea has burned down about 600 buildings.
Officials said on Thursday that lava flows have engulfed houses in 2 residential areas since the eruption began on May 3rd.
They confirmed that lava is spewing out of ground cracks at 24 locations in a residential area east of the volcano.
Local media say flows of molten rock vaporized a lake near the mountain within hours.
Lava flows that reached the sea are generating vapor containing toxic gases. Authorities are warning residents to avoid the vapor.
The activity at one of the world's largest volcanoes shows no signs of stopping.
Earthquakes registering magnitudes of 5 or higher and minor eruptions continue near the mountain's peak.
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Key words : government report battery
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A government report is urging Japanese firms to maintain their competitiveness in battery technology to boost their share of the global market for clean energy.
The annual white paper on energy says the Paris Agreement on climate change is spurring global investment in renewable sources. It says this type of investment has reached more than 270 billion dollars a year worldwide.
It points out that Japanese companies are falling behind, as they only have a 6.9-percent share of the global market for solar panels.
The report says the efficiency of weather-dependent energy sources can be improved by storing the electricity in batteries or using it to produce hydrogen.
Key words : Akishino attended
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Japan's Prince and Princess Akishino have attended a ceremony in Hawaii to mark the 150th anniversary of the first immigration from Japan.
Hawaii was the destination of the Japanese immigrants known as "Gannenmono," or "first-year-folks," in 1868.
Their descendants danced the hula and offered other entertainments at the opening of Thursday's ceremony.
Hawaii Governor David Ige, a 3rd-generation Japanese American, told the participants that he hopes to carry on the spirit of the first immigrants and work to strengthen Hawaii's ties with Japan.
Prince Akishino said in a speech that he will remember in his heart that tremendous contributions were made by the issei and nisei to the development of Hawaii, even while they struggled to overcome various difficulties.
He also expressed the hope that Japan and Hawaii will further advance their friendship and mutual understanding.
After the ceremony, Prince and Princess Akishino visited a University of Hawaii campus. The couple spoke with students majoring in the Japanese language. The campus hosts more than 200 students from Japan and serves as a hub of youth exchanges between the 2 countries.
The couple will leave for Japan on Friday.
Key words : Hiroshima
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Annual work has begun in Hiroshima to add new names to the registry of victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city.
The registry is being updated to include the names of the bomb survivors who died, or whose deaths were confirmed, over the past year. It will be returned to the cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the bombing on August 6th.
On Friday, 2 female survivors of the bombing, former city office workers, began writing the new names and ages.
City officials say 5,530 new names will be added this year to bring the total to 308,725.
One of the 2 women, Kazuko Ikegame, said she will painstakingly write each name while praying for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Key words : Narita
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Japan's main international hub, Narita Airport, will start using facial recognition technology at immigration gates to shorten screening time and improve security.
The Immigration Bureau demonstrated the technology to the media on Friday ahead of its debut next Monday.
The gates compare a traveler's passport photo with an image taken on the spot. When the 2 images match, the gates open automatically.
Until now, one official has been assigned per gate. The bureau says a single official will now be able to handle 6 gates.
The bureau initially plans to use the gates for Japanese nationals returning home and to assign more staff to screen the growing number of overseas visitors.
Facial recognition gates are to be introduced at 4 other airports across Japan later this year.
A record 28.7 million foreign tourists visited Japan last year. The figure is up nearly 20 percent from a year ago.
Immigration authorities hope that the gates will help reduce the waiting time for visitors.
Key words : researcher met
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Researchers and media experts have met in New York to promote awareness of fake news -- how it is created and spread through social media.
The participants discussed how artificial intelligence, or AI, is making it possible to distort images and speech to generate propaganda.
They looked at a case study of how faulty information that aired on a local radio station spread through social media.
They focused on how a fake website mimicking Wikipedia could be made using AI.
On a positive note, they also introduced ways in which AI could be used to distinguish fake news, by checking whether information comes from a reliable source.
One of the organizers, Justin Hendrix of NYC Media Lab, said it is becoming increasingly important to develop technologies to help identify fake information.
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