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Tropical Storm Mawar intensifies rains for Japan, threatens floods and mudslides in some regions
People walk down the famed "Kokusai-dori" street, a tourist spot, in Naha in the main Okinawa island, southern Japan, Thursday, June 1, 2023, as a tropical storm was approaching. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
technology
Japan’s privacy watchdog warns ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on user data
The logo of OpenAI is displayed near a response by its AI chatbot ChatGPT on its website, in this illustration picture taken February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
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U.S. seeking explosives in Japan for Ukraine artillery shells
Ukrainian service members of the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade fire a Caesar self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Japan slammed by torrential rain as typhoon nears
People walk down the famed "Kokusai-dori" street, a tourist spot, in Naha in the main Okinawa island, southern Japan, Thursday, June 1, 2023, as a tropical storm was approaching. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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Canadian Penny Oleksiak withdraws from world swimming championship due to injury
Canada’s Penny Oleksiak races in the women's 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Tuesday. Oleksiak advanced to the finals set for Wednesday. ?July 27, 2021 ?(Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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As Nikkei soars, Japanese investors rush for the exits
A woman walks past a man examining an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei average and stock quotations outside a brokerage, in Tokyo, Japan, March 20.
asia-pacific business
Japan will respond to yen moves ‘appropriately’ as needed, country’s top currency diplomat says
FILE PHOTO: Japan's vice minister of finance for international affairs, Masato Kanda, poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo, Japan January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Chasing Ghosts - The Outlaw Ocean, episode 7
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North Korea tells neighbouring Japan it plans to launch satellite in coming days
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives for a bilateral meeting with Laos' President Thongloun Sisoulith, at the prime ministers's office in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, May 25, 2023.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, Pool)
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Sanctioned China stocks win sudden boost from patriotic buyers
An investor looks at screens showing stock market movements at a securities company in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province on July 6, 2020.
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G7 officials to hold first meeting on AI regulation next week
FILE PHOTO-Flags are pictured during the first working session of G-7 foreign ministers in Muenster, Germany, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/Pool
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Suspect in killing of four people, including two police officers, in Japan captured after standoff
FILE PHOTO: A Japanese flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan building under construction in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
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B.C. Premier embarks on trade mission in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Vietnam
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Feb. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Three dead after attack in central Japan, suspect with rifle and knife holed up in building
Police officers stand guard on a street leading to a building where a man is holed up in Nakano, central Japan, Thursday, May 25, 2023. A masked man carrying a rifle and a knife was holed up in a building Thursday in Nagano, a city of Nagano prefecture. Multiple people were injured, one of whom later died, police said. (Kyodo News via AP)
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Japan’s legal system often denies bail and pressures detainees to confess, report shows
A police officer stands guard with the security personals at the Peace Memorial Park with the background of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit, on May 16, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)
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China tells tech manufacturers to stop using Micron chips, stepping up feud with United States
FILE - A sign marks the entrance of the Micron Technology automotive chip manufacturing plant on Feb. 11, 2022, in Manassas, Va. Stepping up a feud with Washington over technology and security, China's government on Sunday, May 21, 2023 told users of computer equipment deemed sensitive to stop buying products from the biggest U.S. memory chip maker, Micron Technology Inc. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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G7 calls for adoption of international technical standards for AI
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - MAY 20: Police officers stand guard outside a hotel on May 20, 2023 in Hiroshima, Japan. The G7 summit will be held in Hiroshima from 19-22 May. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
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Politics Briefing: David Johnston to present foreign interference report Tuesday
international business
G7 draft communique says publicly supported gas sector investment can be temporarily appropriate
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, United States President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and pose for a group photo in front of the torii gate at the Itsukushima shrine on Miyajima Island in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan Friday May 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Bank of Japan’s Ueda vows to maintain easy policy, rules out chance of early exit
FILE PHOTO: Governor of the Bank of Japan Kazuo Ueda speaks during the presidency press conference at the G7 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors, at Toki Messe in Niigata, Japan, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Shuji Kajiyama/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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At the G7 Summit, we can find common ground on the world’s most serious problems
Fumio Kishida
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Investors favour Japan’s rising sun over China’s fading star
A passerby walks past an electric monitor displaying recent movements of various stock prices outside a bank in Tokyo, Japan, March 22.
international business
Biden, congressional leaders meet anew on debt limit as White House reevaluates foreign trip
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
politics
Global, economic security top priorities as Trudeau heads to South Korea, G7 summit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave Monday for a weeklong trip to Asia, where he will make his first official visit to South Korea and attend the G7 leaders' summit in Japan. Trudeau makes his way to a meeting at the United Nations in New York on Thursday, April 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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A summit with a ceiling and other world market themes for the week ahead
Police officers go up the station stairs depicting the logo of the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting, in Niigata, Japan, Wednesday, May 10.
politics
Trudeau to visit South Korea, attend G7 leaders’ summit in Japan next week
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to Parliament Hill ahead of a caucus meeting in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Trudeau will be travelling to Asia next week for an official visit to South Korea and the G7 summit in Japan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
international business
G7 to discuss ways to strengthen global banking system, Japan says
Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki participates in a news conference at the Fairmont Washington D.C. Georgetown hotel in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
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At least one dead, more than 20 injured after strong quake hits central Japan
A landslide caused by Friday's earthquake is seen in Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture, central Japan Saturday, May 6, 2023. A strong, shallow offshore earthquake hit central Japan on Friday afternoon. (Kyodo News via AP)
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China urges ‘high vigilance’ over NATO expansion in Asia
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (not in picture) attend a news conference, at a NATO foreign ministers' meeting, at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
international business
G7 should adopt ‘risk-based’ AI regulation, ministers say
Digital and technology ministers attend a photo session during the G7 Digital and Tech Ministers' Meeting in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, on April 29, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
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Japan to invite emerging nations to G7 finance leaders’ meeting
FILE PHOTO: Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda participates in a news conference at the Fairmont Washington D.C. Georgetown hotel in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
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A stronger yen could jolt global markets
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Tokyo.
world
Japan gets ready to shoot down North Korean spy satellite debris
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has completed the development of its first military spy satellite and ordered officials to go ahead with its launch as planned, state media reported Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
asia-pacific business
Bank of Japan likely to maintain ultralow rates, dovish guidance next week: sources
FILE PHOTO: A man walks in front of the headquarters of Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato