Japan's Prime Minister and US President have agreed to maintain the maximum pressure on North Korea.
Finance ministers of the G7 countries say maximum economic pressure will continue to be applied to North Korea.
The Meteorological Agency says an eruption has occurred at Mount Ioyama in southwestern Japan.
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Key words : prime agreed maximum pressure
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump have agreed to maintain the maximum pressure on North Korea until the country takes concrete steps for denuclearization. The 2 leaders also agreed to create a new framework to discuss trade and investment.
Abe and Trump held a joint news conference on Wednesday at the president's Florida retreat, after wrapping up their 2-day summit.
Abe said the North Korea situation is at a historic turning point, thanks to President Trump's decision to hold the first US-North Korea summit.
Trump said he will be meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the coming weeks to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
He expressed hope that the meeting will be a success, and said he is looking forward to it.
But Trump added that he will walk away if the talks are not fruitful.
Abe said they had discussed various scenarios in detail and carefully coordinated their policies on the North.
He stressed that Japan and the US, together with the international community, will demand that North Korea scrap its nuclear arsenal and other weapons of mass destruction, as well as its ballistic missiles, in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.
Abe said North Korea should not be rewarded simply for agreeing to dialogue. He said they reaffirmed their commitment to maintain the maximum pressure on the North until it takes concrete steps toward denuclearization.
On the abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea, Abe said Japan and the US will continue to work closely together to bring all the abductees home.
He said if North Korea heads in the right direction, there could be a settlement of issues of the unfortunate past based on the 2002 Pyongyang Declaration between Japan and North Korea, and the way could be opened to diplomatic normalization. The declaration calls for settling all pending issues between Japan and North Korea before the 2 countries normalize ties.
Trump said that during his visit to Japan last fall, he met with the families who endured the terrible heartbreak of having their loved ones abducted by the North Korean regime. He said he wants to see these families reunited as soon as possible.
Trump added that they're going to do everything possible to have them brought back to Japan.
On bilateral economic issues, Abe said trade and investment between the 2 countries will be further expanded for mutual benefit.
He said they agreed to launch talks on free and fair reciprocal trade to achieve further economic development in the Indo-Pacific region.
He revealed that Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will begin talks under a new framework.
Trump referred to Japan being one of the targets for the steel and aluminum tariffs he imposed last month.
He said the US will consider exempting Japan if the 2 countries can reach a new agreement that would cut the US trade deficit.
Trump said he does not want to go back to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact unless there is a deal that he cannot refuse on behalf of the US. He said he prefers bilateral negotiations.
Key words : mother of abductee
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The mother of a Japanese abductee has expressed hope that the summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea will lead to progress in resolving the issue.
Sakie Yokota's daughter, Megumi, was a teenager when she was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will do everything possible to have the abductees brought back to Japan. He was speaking at a joint news conference after 2 days of talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Trump had earlier said he will bring up the abduction issue when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Asked about Trump's comments, Yokota said she now has hope that something may happen after many years of no progress on the abduction issue.
She said the families of the abductees are aging and there isn't much time left. She said she wants President Trump to negotiate with the North and make the country return all the abductees.
Touching on the fact that more than 40 years have passed since her daughter was taken from her, she said she hopes Trump will tell North Korea that it cannot gain international trust as long as it disregards the value of human life.
Yokota said she also wants Trump to tell the North that real peace can be achieved if it chooses to change course.
Key words : finance minister G7
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Finance ministers of the Group of Seven countries say maximum economic pressure will continue to be applied to North Korea.
The ministers made the remarks in a statement issued on Wednesday.
They say they will jointly seek to make North Korea abandon its nuclear and missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.
The statement expressed concern about North Korea's evasion of international sanctions.
It says North Korea uses a network of agents, front and shell companies to access the international financial system.
They add that regulatory authorities will look into financial institutions in G7 member countries so that they will not act on behalf of North Korea's firms which are on the sanctions list.
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Key words : meteorological eruption
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The Meteorological Agency says an eruption has occurred at Mount Ioyama in southwestern Japan, spewing volcanic rocks around the crater.
The agency says the volcano erupted at 3:39 PM on Thursday, local time.
Mount Ioyama is one of the volcanoes in the Kirishima Mountain Range, which straddles the border between Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures on the island of Kyushu.
Agency officials have raised the volcanic alert level to 3 on a scale of 1 to 5, and they are urging people to stay away from the mountain.
They are also warning of the danger of falling rocks and pyroclastic flows within a 2-kilometer radius of the crater.
Key words : vice finance allegation anyone
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Japan's Administrative Vice Finance Minister has once again denied allegations of sexual harassment, one day after he expressed his intention to resign.
The outgoing top bureaucrat at the Finance Ministry, Junichi Fukuda, told reporters on Thursday he is stepping down because he finds it difficult to carry out his duties under the current circumstances.
In the early hours of Thursday, TV Asahi held a news conference and revealed that an employee is one of the female reporters who claim to have been abused by Fukuda. The broadcaster said the employee had handed an audio recording of her conversation with Fukuda to the publisher of a weekly magazine that ran the story about the alleged misconduct.
Fukuda said the recording doesn't include what the other party says. He said that anyone who listens to the entire conversation would understand that his remarks don't amount to sexual harassment.
He stressed that he is resigning because it is difficult for him to perform his duties, and the alleged sexual misconduct is not the reason.
Key words : Japanese winner
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The Japanese winner of the Boston Marathon says he will turn professional next year. Yuki Kawauchi is known as the "civil servant runner" because he has a full-time job with the Saitama prefectural government.
The 31-year-old athlete overcame tough weather conditions with his trademark tenacity to win the Boston Marathon on Monday. He became the first Japanese man to win the race since Toshihiko Seko in 1987.
Kawauchi announced his plan to turn pro after arriving at Narita Airport near Tokyo on Thursday.
He told reporters he was speechless with joy to see the Japanese flag against the backdrop of the Boston sky. He said it was one of the best things he has ever seen.
Kawauchi said he has been competing while working as a civil servant, but he thinks he won't be able to set a new personal record unless he changes his current circumstances.
He said he wants to compete with the world's top marathon runners, so he will quit his job when the current fiscal year ends next March.
Kawauchi is scheduled to run in a half-marathon in Gifu, central Japan, this coming Sunday. He is also likely to take part in overseas races in June and July.
Key words : new baggage
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A new baggage-screening system that is better at detecting bombs has started operation at Haneda airport in Tokyo.
The system is a part of efforts to beef up Japan's counter-terrorism capabilities ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
The system installed at the airport's international terminal employs computed tomography, which is widely used in medical imaging.
It enables inspectors to view baggage from various angles on a screen.
Explosives are displayed in red to make it easier for operators to spot them.
The new system is expected to allow airport officials to spend less time opening up luggage for inspection.
Also installed in the baggage inspection area is a so-called "smart lane," which allows passengers who are ready for inspection to move ahead of others who are not.
The transport ministry aims to introduce similar systems to other airports across the country by 2020.
A senior ministry official said the ministry wants to make the screening process more stringent and smoother in the run-up to the 2020 Games.
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