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PM TAKACHI PLANS TO ATTEND G20 SUMMIT IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae is making arrangements to visit South Africa later this month, where she will join a summit of the Group of Twenty Economies.
Takaichi is coordinating her schedule with the ongoing diet session, but she plans to express Japan's commitment to the summit agenda that includes debt sustainability and disaster response.
The two-day meeting to be chaired by South Africa is set to start on November 22 in Johannesburg.
Takaichi also hopes to hold separate talks on the sidelines with the leaders of emerging and developing countries collectively known as the Global South.
The prime minister has maintained a packed diplomatic schedule since taking office last month.
She has held face-to-face talks separately with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Takaichi has also met with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Kuala Lumpur.
LEADERS AGREE TO LAUNCH TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION FUND
World leaders have agreed to launch a fund to help conserve tropical forests ahead of a climate summit in Brazil.
It aims to raise a total of $125 billion from both the public and private sectors.
Leaders from around 40 countries and regions took part in the two-day summit in the city of Belen on the Amazon River Delta.
Palau President Surangel Whips Jr. underscored the need to strengthen finances to tackle climate change. Palau is one of the Pacific Island nations vulnerable to rising sea levels.
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Equally urgent is our enhanced and accessible climate finance.
Our safety and survival are rights.
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The leaders agreed to an initiative called the Tropical Forest Forever Facility proposed by Brazil. More than 50 countries and regions, including Japan, expressed support.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned that if forest destruction reaches irreversible levels, the impact will be felt around the world. The COP30 UN climate conference starts on Monday with discussions to focus on CO2. emissions.
N. KOREA DEFENSE MINISTER WARNS AGAINST US-S. KOREA MOVES
North Korea's defense minister says recent moves by the US in South Korea will only escalate tensions on the Korean peninsula.
He was referring to a visit by a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to South Korea, as well as this week's joint air drill by the two countries.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency carried a statement by Roh Kwan-chol on Saturday.
Roh said his country will take more offensive action against what he called the enemy's threat on Monday.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his South Korean counterpart visited the truce village of Panmunjon on the border between the two Koreas.
Roh called the visit an unveiled intentional expression of their hostile nature against Pyongyang.
The South Korean military says the North fired what appears to have been a short-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Friday, which flew about 700 kilometers.
No statement made no mention of the launch. The US Indo-Pacific Command said the launch did not pose an immediate threat to the US or its allies.
HAMAS OFFICIAL: INT'L SECURITY FORCE IN GAZA UNACCEPTABLE
A senior Hamas official has rejected the idea of an international security force being dispatched to the Gaza Strip.
The proposal is part of a peace plan put forward by US President Trump.
The US plan calls for the disarmament of Hamas and the deployment of an international stabilization force inside Gaza.
But a senior political official with Hamas told NHK the group will not lay down its weapons until the Israeli occupation ends.
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Resistance against occupants is a right guaranteed by international law.
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He also expressed concerns about the deployment of foreign troops.
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Hamas would agree to foreign troops being dispatched along the border with Israel to help maintain the ceasefire, but any activity related to governing Gaza would be unacceptable.
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Washington wants the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution on the deployment of an international force to Gaza.
OpenAI SUED IN CLAIM ChatGPT CAUSED SUICIDES
OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman have been sued in the US over claims the company's ChatGPT service caused four people to kill themselves.
The lawsuits filed Thursday in California state courts claim ChatGPT fostered psychological dependency and caused harmful delusions.
They also claim that the company shortened safety testing to release the generative AI platform ahead of a rival.
The ages of those who killed themselves ranged from 17 to 48.
OpenAI said in a statement, This is an incredibly heartbreaking situation, and we're reviewing the filings to understand the details.
The firm vowed to continue to strengthen ChatGPT's responses in sensitive moments, working closely with mental health clinicians.
Separately, parents of a teenager who killed himself sued OpenAI and Altman in August.
Blaming ChatGPT for his death, OpenAI has been introducing countermeasures, including parental control functions, unveiled in September.
JAPAN'S BEAR CRISIS LEAVES COMMUNITIES IN FEAR OF ATTACK
Bears are rarely out of the headlines in Japan these days because they keep straying into urban areas. Attacks are rising, and a record 13 people have died this fiscal year long.
A traditional-style inn had an uninvited guest on Friday in the northeastern prefecture of Yamagata.
The bear wreaked havoc, damaging the interior and forcing the family owners to flee.
Sasaki Kazuo says he saw the animal earlier in the week and decided to close for winter earlier than planned.
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Bears have probably roamed near the inn before, but they never entered the building.
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Local hunters shot the bear under an emergency order. Communities across the region are worried. Some parents in Iwate Prefecture have been asked or have asked school buses to drop their children off as close to home as possible.
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Buses can't use narrow roads, so keeping children safe is a challenge.
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The flurry of sightings and attacks has left many people wondering why.
Experts say the bears are probably hungry, and leaving their natural habitat in search of something to eat.
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They could be roaming a wider area because acorns, their main food source in autumn, may be in short supply, along with other nuts too.
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Officials at Japan's forestry agency take the same view.
They say this year's crop of beech nuts in northeastern Japan has been extremely poor.
And those were the main stories for this hour.
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♫～ 3-DAY FORECAST ～♫I'm Gene Otani. From all of us here at NHK Newsline to all around the world, thanks very much for joining us.
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