The leaders of Japan and the United States are trying to present a united front on North Korea as they try to pressure the country to give up its nuclear and missile programs.
Iran's foreign minister has underscored the country's determination not to yield to growing pressure from the United States.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has proposed a merger with Renault.
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Key words : leaders of Japan and trying to wrapped up
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The leaders of Japan and the United States are trying to present a united front on North Korea as they try to pressure the country to give up its nuclear and missile programs.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Donald Trump wrapped up talks in Tokyo and reaffirmed their commitment to the alliance between their countries.
Abe says he and Trump are on the same page regarding North Korea. Trump has said he's not concerned about the firing of missiles, and said the US policy against the North is peace through strength.
The Japanese prime minister said Trump also offered his full cooperation on an issue important to Japan -- the abductions of Japanese nationals. Trump met with the families of some of them earlier and promised to work to bring them home.
The Japanese prime minister stressed he wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without any conditions to resolve the issue.
The two leaders also spoke about trade talks that kicked off in April. Abe says he and Trump agreed to speed them up and aim for an early agreement.
Trump agrees. He says that they hope they'll have more to announce on trade "very, very soon."
But Trump made sure to highlight his chief complaint. He said that his country's trade deficit with Japan is unbelievably large and wants to ensure that US exports will have what he calls "a fair and neutral footing."
Key words : Trump pledged
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US President Donald Trump has pledged his full support to help bring back Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea.
Trump is on a four-day state visit to Japan. Along with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, he met the families of victims on Monday.
Sakie Yokota, the mother of abductee Megumi Yokota, and Koichiro Iizuka, the son of abductee Yaeko Taguchi, were among those who gathered at the State Guest House in Tokyo.
Trump said the stories of the families are very sad, and that he can see why Prime Minister Abe feels so strongly about the abduction issue.
Trump conveyed full readiness to help resolve the issue, and pledged to work with Abe to bring their "daughters, sons and mothers" home.
This is Trump's second meeting with families of abductees. The first came during a visit to Japan in November 2017.
Abe acknowledged that President Trump has again used his time to lend an ear to the stories of the families.
The Japanese prime minister said Trump raised the abduction issue at his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi.
Abe also said the way he wishes to address the issue was later conveyed to Kim by Trump. He praised the US president for his continued diplomatic efforts that are in line with the feelings of the abductees' families.
Iizuka asked Trump to support them so he can be reunited with his mother, who he has not seen for 41 years.
Yokota thanked Trump for his second meeting with the families, and for his concern about the abduction issue. She says the families are in awe, and place their trust in the president.
Key words : Trump become the first welcome
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US President Donald Trump has become the first foreign head of state to meet Japan's new Emperor who took the throne at the start of the month.
The President and the First Lady met with Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako inside the Imperial Palace.
It's the most official and prestigious opportunity for any guest to Japan.
Earlier, the Trumps were greeted with a welcome ceremony.
They received a salute by the Self-Defense Forces' guard of honor.
In the evening, the Imperial couple will host a state banquet in honor of the Trumps.
The US president will soon sit down with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. They're expected to discuss the ongoing negotiations about a trade deal.
There are still sticking points.
Trump has complained about the size of his country's trade deficit with Japan.
Abe is expected to outline Japanese investment in the US and at this point, is unlikely to agree to much more than speeding up talks.
In a tweet Sunday, Trump signaled he's willing to wait for results until after Japan's Upper House elections this summer.
North Korea is also expected to be on the agenda. Earlier this month, the country fired short-range ballistic missiles.
But Trump says he's not disturbed by them. He suggests he expects the North will take action toward denuclearization.
Abe is again expected to ask for Trump's support to resolve the issue of abducted Japanese nationals. More than a dozen were taken by North Korean agents in the 70s and 80s.
Key words : Iran foreign minister underscore
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Iran's foreign minister has underscored the country's determination not to yield to growing pressure from the United States.
Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke in Iraq on Sunday at a joint news conference with the country's Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim.
Zarif said Iran will defend itself against any war efforts, whether they be economic or military ones.
The administration of US President Donald Trump sent an aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East and tightened economic sanctions against Iran.
Zarif said Iran proposed signing a non-aggression pact with its Gulf Arab neighbors. He said Iran wanted to build balanced relations with them.
Ties have been strained between Iran and some Gulf nations, including Saudi Arabia, a US ally.
The Trump administration said on Friday that it will sell weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan.
Key words : possible Brexit
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A possible "no-deal" Brexit is taking center stage as eight candidates compete to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May.
May announced her resignation on Friday, so the ruling Conservative Party will hold a leadership election.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, his predecessor Boris Johnson, and International Development Secretary Rory Stewart immediately announced their bids.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove and former House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom joined the race on Sunday.
Johnson has pledged to make sure that Britain leaves the European Union by the October deadline with or without a deal.
Stewart has criticized Johnson's stance, saying he would not serve in the cabinet of a prime minister that pushes for a no-deal Brexit.
Some Conservative Party supporters were critical of May's leadership as she failed to pull Britain out of the EU. Those people may have supported the newly-established Brexit Party in the European Parliament elections.
Most of the eight candidates are leaning toward a no-deal Brexit, raising concerns in the country's business community.
Key words : fiat merger
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Monday proposed a merger with Renault. The French automaker says it will hold a board meeting on Monday to discuss the offer.
Fiat Chrysler says the merger would create the world's third-biggest carmaker. The move is aimed at taking the lead in developing electric vehicles and self-driving technologies.
Fiat Chrysler says it also wants to work with Japan's Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. Those two firms already have an alliance with Renault. The proposed merger would initially see 11 members on the board of the new entity, including one from Nissan.
The combination of the four firms would create the world's biggest auto alliance with annual sales of more than 15 million vehicles.
Renault is also pushing for business integration with Nissan. But the Japanese automaker is resisting the proposal. Nissan officials say they want to maintain the firm's independence.
Key words : Hiroshima sit-in
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In Hiroshima, people including survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city have held a sit-in protest against a subcritical nuclear test conducted in February by the United States.
About 80 people from 12 groups gathered on Monday at the cenotaph for atomic bomb victims in the Peace Memorial Park. They held a banner condemning nuclear tests of all kinds.
Toshiyuki Mimaki, a representative of the atomic bomb survivors' group in Hiroshima, met reporters following the 20-minute sit-in.
He said the group believes the world is only halfway toward abolishing nuclear weapons, despite progress such as the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations.
Mimaki expressed readiness to appeal to public sentiment by launching a signature drive and taking other steps.
The groups said they will send letters of protest to US President Donald Trump and others through the US embassy.
A US government laboratory announced last week that the country held a subcritical nuclear test on February 13.
Mimaki said he was outraged, and that all atomic bomb survivors want nuclear weapons abolished during their lifetime.
Key words : chief cabinet
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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary says the recent US subcritical nuclear test is not prohibited by a UN test ban treaty because it did not produce a nuclear explosion.
Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Monday that a discussion is needed on how to deal with such tests while pursuing nuclear disarmament. He said Japan aims for a world without nuclear weapons.
Suga was commenting on the announcement by the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that it carried out a subcritical nuclear test in Nevada in February.
Suga said he understands that the experiment did not involve a nuclear explosion, which is prohibited under the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
He said Japan places importance on having the treaty take effect as a specific step in pushing for nuclear disarmament.
Suga said that should be the initial goal to achieve.
He went on to say the issue of subcritical and other tests that do not produce nuclear explosions should be discussed as part of the efforts to pursue nuclear disarmament.
Key words : south civilian
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South Korea says it has started a new "civilian-military exercise" after the cancellation of an annual joint military drill with the United States.
About 480,000 people from the military, the government and businesses are taking part in the four-day exercise that began on Monday.
The government says the exercise involves computer simulations of a contingency, as well as responses to natural disasters and accidents.
South Korea and the US had conducted the annual joint drill named "Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise" until last summer, but it was cancelled this year, after the first US-North Korean summit last year.
A Defense Ministry spokesperson stresses that Seoul is fully implementing an agreement signed last year with Pyongyang aimed at easing military tensions and that the exercise is defensive in nature. South Korea is apparently trying not to upset North Korea.
The latest exercise comes after the North fired missiles twice this month.
The North's state-run media on Saturday criticized the South Korean military. It said the South persists in carrying out hostile military acts, which contradict the movement toward inter-Korean reconciliation and peace.
Key words : record high month of May
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Record high temperatures for the month of May were observed across much of Japan on Saturday.
Daytime temperatures topped 35 degrees Celsius in Taketa City, Oita Prefecture. It was the first time this year that the temperature has hit the 35-degree mark in any part of the country.
Record high temperatures for the month were recorded at 140 observation points out of 900 across the country.
In central Tokyo, the mercury reached 31.9 degrees Celsius. Daytime highs were 30 degrees Celsius or higher at 425 places across Japan.
Temperatures will rise even further on Sunday. The unusual heat wave for May is expected to continue.
Fukushima City can expect a high of 37, Kyoto 35 and central Tokyo 33.
Key words : fire department
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The Tokyo Fire Department says 107 people were taken to hospitals in the Japanese capital over the weekend due to possible heatstroke.
Central Tokyo saw the mercury top 30 degrees Celsius on Saturday and Sunday as an unseasonal heat wave hit the country.
Fire Department officials say the number of heatstroke patients treated in hospitals in Tokyo has reached 237 so far in May. The figure for the same period last year was 142.
Last Friday, 12 high school students at an athletic meet in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward were taken to hospitals because of possible heatstroke.
The officials are urging people to drink a lot of water, avoid sunlight, ventilate their rooms, and take other precautions against heatstroke.
Key words : Mexican
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Mexican authorities say large quantities of cocaine have been found in the body of a Japanese man who died on a plane in Mexico.
Judicial authorities in the northern state of Sonora said in a statement on Sunday that 246 packets of the drug were found in the man's stomach and intestines.
They say the 42-year-old apparently died of an overdose.
The man was on a flight on Friday from Mexico City to Narita Airport near Tokyo. Authorities say the man began convulsing shortly after the plane took off. He was later pronounced dead.
The man had travelled from Colombia's capital Bogota to Mexico City.
State authorities suspect he may have been smuggling the cocaine. They plan to investigate the case jointly with the federal government.
The Japanese Embassy in Mexico City also says it is looking into the man's death.
Key words : Asanoyama feels very happy
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Sumo wrestler Asanoyama says he will try to use his first tournament win to build his confidence.
Asanoyama spoke to reporters at the Takasago stable in Tokyo on Monday, one day after winning the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. The rank-and-file wrestler clinched the title with 12 wins and three losses.
US President Donald Trump, who is on a state visit to Japan, watched bouts on the final day of the tournament with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Trump presented Asanoyama with "The United States President's Cup."
Asanoyama said he feels very happy that he could maintain his own style throughout the tourney despite the pressure he felt.
The wrestler's ranking is expected to rise sharply in the next tournament in July.
Asanoyama said the July tournament will be different because he is expected to face Yokozuna Grand Champions and more Ozeki wrestlers. He said he will train hard to make up for his shortcomings.
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