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/u201cWe believe that this research will clarify the mechanism of the disease (congenital Anodontia) for you and many other patients and contribute to the development of a cure.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7741286\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//11//groundbreaking-research-reveals-definitive-association-between-gut-microbiome-and-autism/">Groundbreaking research reveals \u2018definitive association\u2019 between gut microbiome and autism<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The research team has already successfully stimulated the growth of \"third-generation\" teeth - following the first round baby teeth and then permanent adult teeth - in animal models by targeting a gene called USAG-1, which has been found to limit tooth growth in mice.<\/p>\n<p>By developing a neutralising antibody medicine that blocks the action of USAG-1, Takahashi\u2019s team induced tooth regrowth in mice and ferrets.<\/p>\n<p>The promising results <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nature.com//articles//s41598-021-93256-y/">were published<\/strong><\/a> in the scientific journal Nature in 2021, capturing the attention of the global scientific community.<\/p>\n<p>A drug to regrow teeth would be revolutionary, providing an alternative solution for individuals who have lost their teeth due to severe cavities or dental diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Work is now underway to get the drug ready for human use. 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The Japanese video game maker\u2019s April-June net profit totalled 181 billion yen (\u20ac1.2 billion), up from nearly 119 billion yen a year ago. Quarterly sales surged 50% to 461.3 billion yen (\u20ac3 billion). \n\nHardware sales jumped nearly 14% to 3.9 million Nintendo Switch machines, while software sales also grew, increasing 26% to 52 million games sold. \n\nNintendo also got a healthy boost in revenue from its intellectual property business, exemplified by the Super Mario film but also other royalties. \n\nNintendo has been pushing the idea of having several Nintendo Switch consoles per household, not just one, with family members each working a machine to play together. \n\nAmong the popular games for such playing was Pikmin 4, which went on sale last month. That also came in a downloadable version, an area that\u2019s a growing source of income for Nintendo. \n\nNintendo, based in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, is planning more games in coming months including Super Mario Bros. Wonder, set to go on sale in October. \n\nNintendo kept its full year profit forecast unchanged at a 340 billion yen (\u20ac2.2 billion), down 21% on year. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Nintendo\u2019s profits increased by 52% in Q1 this year, a figure attributed to the success of <em>The Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/em> and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//10//critics-be-damned-the-super-mario-bros-movie-smashes-all-records/">The Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, the first time Nintendo\u2019s flagship IP has been adapted since the commercially unsuccessful live-action 1993 movie, has been one of the most successful films of 2023. It has made over $1.3 billion (\u20ac1.2 billion), making it the highest grossing film of the year so far.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also the third-most successful animation film ever made, behind only <em>Frozen II<\/em> and the 2019 remake of <em>The Lion King<\/em>. Some sources don\u2019t credit <em>The Lion King<\/em> remake as an animation film despite its use of computer graphics, due to its billing as a \u201clive-action remake\u201d of the traditionally animated 1994 film.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7522948,7750094\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//14//culture-re-view-the-birth-of-mario-bros/">Culture Re-View: The birth of 'Mario Bros.'<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//10//critics-be-damned-the-super-mario-bros-movie-smashes-all-records/">Critics be damned! \u2018The Super Mario Bros. 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Quarterly sales surged 50% to 461.3 billion yen (\u20ac3 billion).<\/p>\n<p>Hardware sales jumped nearly 14% to 3.9 million Nintendo Switch machines, while software sales also grew, increasing 26% to 52 million games sold.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7796988\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//03//inside-the-holocaust-museum-coming-to-the-video-game-fortnite/">Inside the Holocaust Museum coming to the video game Fortnite<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nintendo also got a healthy boost in revenue from its intellectual property business, exemplified by the Super Mario film but also other royalties.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo has been pushing the idea of having several Nintendo Switch consoles per household, not just one, with family members each working a machine to play together.<\/p>\n<p>Among the popular games for such playing was Pikmin 4, which went on sale last month. That also came in a downloadable version, an area that\u2019s a growing source of income for Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo, based in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, is planning more games in coming months including Super Mario Bros. Wonder, set to go on sale in October.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo kept its full year profit forecast unchanged at a 340 billion yen (\u20ac2.2 billion), down 21% on year.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691143428,"publishedAt":1691144404,"updatedAt":1691144414,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/04\/nintendo-levels-up-its-profits-thanks-to-success-of-the-super-mario-bros-movie","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/13\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6a81b1bc-8ea1-5c14-9ded-1b337463dcb5-7801340.jpg","altText":"The Super Mario Bros. Movie has already broken box office records","caption":"The Super Mario Bros. 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When customers speak in a foreign language, the station attendant can see it in Japanese, and when the station attendant speaks Japanese, customers can read the sentences in their own language,\" said Ayano Yajima, Seibu Railway Sales and Marketing supervisor. \n\n\"Google Translate isn't always available because you don't always have Wi-Fi everywhere you go, so places like this, it's also much faster than pulling up your phone, typing everything out, showing it, and (there being) misunderstandings. Having it like this, clear on the screen, it's really nice,\" said Kevin Cometto, an Italian student visiting Japan. \n\nThe VoiceBiz UCDisplay supports Japanese and 11 other languages including English, French, and Spanish. \n\nComplex station to navigate \n\nThe station staff previously used translation apps. \n\nBut with the translation window, a face-to-face conversation through the screen is possible, complete with facial expressions and gestures. \n\nAccording to Seibu Railway, the device is designed to help customers with more complex requests such as seeking directions or information about the local area. \n\nTraditional ticket machines and manned windows are also still available. \n\nThe display is installed at Seibu-Shinjuku station, one of Tokyo's most complex transportation hubs which serves around 135,000 passengers a day. \n\nIt is located in a popular area called Shinjuku. One transit station in the area, Shinjuku Station, has a total of 53 platforms across the 12 train lines with 200 different exits, which often confuses first-time visitors. \n\nThe VoiceBiz UCDisplay can assist tourists with common queries about services offered by other railway companies as well. \n\nAfter the company tests the system for about three months, it aims for a full rollout this autumn. \n\nAccording to Japan\u2019s national broadcast NHK , JR East and Sagami Railway are also exploring options to have automated translation to ease foreigners\u2019 experience. \n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>With more than two million visitors flocking to Japan last month in the wake of the country&#039;s post-pandemic reopening, railway companies are gearing up to warmly greet the influx of global travellers.<\/p>\n<p>Seibu Railway, one of the country\u2019s large railroad companies, is implementing a new simultaneous translation system to help foreign tourists navigate Tokyo\u2019s metro which is notorious for its complexity.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple private companies in Tokyo serve 3.9 billion railways passengers per year.<\/p>\n<p>Standing 40cm high and 70cm wide, this new semi-transparent display has translations pop up simultaneously on the screen as the station staff and foreign tourists communicate.<\/p>\n<p>\"The display we have introduced can automatically translate between Japanese and other languages. When customers speak in a foreign language, the station attendant can see it in Japanese, and when the station attendant speaks Japanese, customers can read the sentences in their own language,\" said Ayano Yajima, Seibu Railway Sales and Marketing supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>\"Google Translate isn&#039;t always available because you don&#039;t always have Wi-Fi everywhere you go, so places like this, it&#039;s also much faster than pulling up your phone, typing everything out, showing it, and (there being) misunderstandings. 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Miyazaki's mysterious final Studio Ghibli film 'How Do You Live?' released in Japan","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Miyazaki's mysterious final Studio Ghibli film released in Japan","titleListing2":"Miyazaki's mysterious final Studio Ghibli film released in Japan","leadin":"Hayao Miyazaki has returned from retirement for his final film, 'How Do You Live?'\n","summary":"Hayao Miyazaki has returned from retirement for his final film, 'How Do You Live?'\n","url":"hayao-miyazakis-mysterious-final-studio-ghibli-film-how-do-you-live-released-in-japan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hayao Miyazaki is the co-founder of one of Japan\u2019s most commercially and critically successful animation companies, Studio Ghibli . Founded in 1985, Miyazaki has directed many genre-defining films including My Neighbour Totoro , Princess Mononoke , and Howl\u2019s Moving Castle . \n\nIn 2001, his film Spirited Away won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Despite his successes, in 2013 he went into retirement after the release of the World War II film The Wind Also Rises . \n\nNow, the 82-year-old animator and filmmaker has returned with what is purported to be his final film. How Do You Live? was released in Japan today to crowds of adoring Ghibli fans. \n\nProduction lasted several years and was kept a complete secret. The film has also received no promotion besides the release of a poster. Before its release, there was absolutely no information available about the plot of the film. \n\nAll that was known could be gleaned from sparse details. The poster, designed by Miyazaki himself, features a bird-like creature with an eye under a beak. The film was also purported to be loosely based on the 1937 Japanese novel \u2018How Do You Live?\u2019 However, it\u2019s now been shown that although the book is referenced in the film, Miyazaki has entirely rethought the plot. \n\n\u201cIt really was a typical Ghibli film,\u201d enthuses Eisaku Kimura, a student who came to attend a morning screening in Shibuya, a trendy district of Tokyo. \u201cI saw a lot of Miyazaki in this film, it was great.\u201d \n\n\u201cIt's a crazy mix of all the Ghibli films I've watched so far,\u201d says Valeriia Matveeva, a Russian English teacher on leaving the cinema. \n\n\u201cIt was a bit scary at times, but magical too. As there was no promotion, I had no idea what to make of it, but it was great,\u201d she adds. \n\nWe can now confirm some details of the plot. Stop reading here if you want to avoid any spoilers. \n\nThe story takes place in Japan during the Second World War. A boy named Mahito Maki leaves Tokyo with his father and moves to the countryside after the tragic death of his mother during an air raid. \n\nThere, he meets a grey heron who takes him into a fantasy world where he gradually uncovers the mystery of his mother's death and his family history. \n\nHow Do You Live? doesn\u2019t have official international release dates yet. However, there are rumours that it will have its international debut at the Venice Film Festival at the beginning of September. \n\nDespite film festival rules usually requiring screened films to be on their international debut, there are known exceptions made for some Japanese releases. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hayao Miyazaki is the co-founder of one of Japan\u2019s most commercially and critically successful animation companies, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2023//07//03//walking-in-movie-scenes-studio-ghiblis-3d-world-opens-exhibition-in-bangkok/">Studio Ghibli<\/strong><\/a>. Founded in 1985, Miyazaki has directed many genre-defining films including <em>My Neighbour Totoro<\/em>, <em>Princess Mononoke<\/em>, and <em>Howl\u2019s Moving Castle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2001, his film <em>Spirited Away<\/em> won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Despite his successes, in 2013 he went into retirement after the release of the World War II film <em>The Wind Also Rises<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the 82-year-old animator and filmmaker has returned with what is purported to be his final film. <em>How Do You Live?<\/em> was released in Japan today to crowds of adoring Ghibli fans.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7109762,7534850\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//10//12//take-a-sneak-peek-inside-japans-upcoming-studio-ghibli-theme-park/">Take a sneak peek inside Japan's upcoming Studio Ghibli theme park<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//14//euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-suzume/">Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Suzume'<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Production lasted several years and was kept a complete secret. The film has also received no promotion besides the release of a poster. Before its release, there was absolutely no information available about the plot of the film.<\/p>\n<p>All that was known could be gleaned from sparse details. The poster, designed by Miyazaki himself, features a bird-like creature with an eye under a beak. The film was also purported to be loosely based on the 1937 Japanese novel \u2018How Do You Live?\u2019 However, it\u2019s now been shown that although the book is referenced in the film, Miyazaki has entirely rethought the plot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//75//16//70//808x539_cmsv2_469f34d8-97d7-5bb4-9599-5851ecbefaf0-7751670.jpg/" alt=\"RICHARD A. 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Now, accusers are coming forward with their stories. ","summary":"The talent manager behind many of Japan's biggest boy bands died in 2019. Now, accusers are coming forward with their stories. ","url":"is-japans-metoo-movement-coming-for-boy-band-talent-manager-johnny-kitagawa","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least a dozen men have come forward with accusations that Japanese talent manager Johnny Kitagawa sexually assaulted them as teenagers. \n\nKitagawa, who died in 2019 aged 87, was the managerial force driving many of Japan\u2019s biggest boy bands through his company Johnny & Associates. \n\nAlthough Kitagawa was able to shrug off similar accusations in his life, since his death more people have been willing to publicly accuse him. The latest is Kazuya Nakamura who says he was 15 when Kitagawa forced him to have sex while he was part of a troupe of backup dancers. \n\nNakamura is one of a growing group of men alleging that the talent manager sexually assaulted them in their teens. Three spoke anonymously to the BBC in March. \n\nYet despite the salacious allegations and Kitagawa\u2019s legendary status in Japan\u2019s pop scene, the country\u2019s national media hasn\u2019t jumped on the story. \n\nWhile opposition politicians set up a committee in parliament to investigate, and the talent agency Kitagawa founded promised to do the same and offered a brief apology, the news still rarely makes the front pages or lead television news broadcasts. \n\nAllegations were largely ignored by the media before his death, allowing Kitagawa\u2019s business to thrive. Even when a Tokyo appeals court found several accusers to be credible in a libel case in 2003. When Kitagawa died, he was honoured with a massive funeral that filled a stadium. \n\nNakamura\u2019s decision to speak out is because he believes it\u2019s important that Japanese society finally listens. \u201cI just want to speak the truth,\u201d Nakamura told AP, willingly identifying himself to the media. \u201cIt happened.\u201d \n\nIn the same AP piece, Kitagawa's agency, Johnny and Associates responded to a request for comment that all matters had been placed under investigation, and that it will also help with the \u201cmental care\u201d of those who come forward. \n\nPrevious allegations \n\nThe first time Kitagawa faced serious allegations was in 1999 when Japanese magazine Shukan Bunshun published a series of anonymous interviews with boys he had forced to have sex. \n\nKitagawa sued the magazine for libel in 2000, but a court found that the boys\u2019 testimony was reliable and the \u201csexual harassment was factual.\u201d The magazine was still forced to pay damages for asserting that Kitagawa gave minors cigarettes and alcohol. \n\nDespite the court\u2019s findings, no criminal charges were filed and the story was largely ignored by the press. \n\nNakamura\u2019s allegations \n\nNakamura joined Johnny\u2019s Jr., a bootcamp for aspirational singers and dancers run by Kitagawa in 2001, after the Shukan Bunshun case. \n\nAged just 15, Nakamura recalls spending the night at Kitagawa\u2019s home after a performance at the Tokyo Dome Stadium on 19 October 2002. \n\nNakamura said he was sleeping in a bed with two other Johnny\u2019s Jr. members, lying in the middle, when Kitagawa, then 70, forced him to have sex. He just closed his eyes and prayed it would be over. The other two boys kept quiet, sleeping or feigning sleep. \n\nThe following day, Nakamura says Kitagawa offered him some money which he refused. Shortly after he stopped attending dance classes. \n\nIt was only after another accuser came forward that Nakamura felt confident to tell his story. \n\nKauan Okamoto alleged in a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club in Tokyo that Kitagawa forced him to have sex repeatedly, a month after the BBC\u2019s documentary aired. Okamoto was the first person in decades to accuse Kitagawa without anonymity. Okamato said he was assaulted beginning in 2012, a decade after Nakamura. \n\nCurrent Johnny & Associates president Julie Keiko Fujishima has released a fan apology on YouTube and hired a prosecutor to conduct an investigation, though he says the company is not considering monetary compensation. \n\nNakamura has said that he has tried to reach the investigators, but claims the company is deliberately making them difficult to reach. He is considering a class action lawsuit. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least a dozen men have come forward with accusations that Japanese talent manager Johnny Kitagawa sexually assaulted them as teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>Kitagawa, who died in 2019 aged 87, was the managerial force driving many of Japan\u2019s biggest boy bands through his company Johnny &amp; Associates.<\/p>\n<p>Although Kitagawa was able to shrug off similar accusations in his life, since his death more people have been willing to publicly accuse him. The latest is Kazuya Nakamura who says he was 15 when Kitagawa forced him to have sex while he was part of a troupe of backup dancers.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7748954,7715980\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//13//kevin-spacey-begins-his-defence-in-sexual-assault-case/">Kevin Spacey begins his defence in sexual assault case<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//06//29//rammstein-hq-vandalised-in-berlin/">Rammstein HQ vandalised in Berlin<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nakamura is one of a growing group of men alleging that the talent manager sexually assaulted them in their teens. Three spoke anonymously to the BBC in March.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite the salacious allegations and Kitagawa\u2019s legendary status in Japan\u2019s pop scene, the country\u2019s national media hasn\u2019t jumped on the story.<\/p>\n<p>While opposition politicians set up a committee in parliament to investigate, and the talent agency Kitagawa founded promised to do the same and offered a brief apology, the news still rarely makes the front pages or lead television news broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Allegations were largely ignored by the media before his death, allowing Kitagawa\u2019s business to thrive. Even when a Tokyo appeals court found several accusers to be credible in a libel case in 2003. 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He just closed his eyes and prayed it would be over. The other two boys kept quiet, sleeping or feigning sleep.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Nakamura says Kitagawa offered him some money which he refused. Shortly after he stopped attending dance classes.<\/p>\n<p>It was only after another accuser came forward that Nakamura felt confident to tell his story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//90//94//808x539_cmsv2_69c580f5-f67d-5454-a793-8371d3bc591d-7749094.jpg/" alt=\"Eugene Hoshiko&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. 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","summary":"More rain is forecast on Tuesday though officials say the peak of the downpours has passed. ","url":"japan-sees-heaviest-rain-ever-is-climate-change-making-downpours-more-extreme","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Japan\u2019s \u201cheaviest rain ever\u201d has triggered flooding and landslides in the south west of the country. \n\nAt least three people have died and several others are missing, according to officials in the prefecture and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Hundreds of thousands more were urged to evacuate their homes. \n\nAt least nine people are missing after landslides in the Fukuoka and Oita regions. \n\nOne woman was killed when a landslide hit a house in the town of Soeda in the Fukuoka prefecture. Two men, one in the city of Kurume and another in the town of Hirokawa, are thought to have died when their vehicles became trapped in rising floodwaters. \n\nEight rivers burst their banks and dozens of hillsides saturated with rain collapsed into mudslides. \n\nMore rain forecast in Japan this week \n\nAfter more than a week of rain in the region, more torrential downpours have been forecast across the country on Tuesday. \n\nOfficials say the peak of the rain has now passed and a warning that was at the highest level of alert has now been downgraded. They are still concerned about the risk of flooding , however. \n\n\u201cThe area is very wet due to intermittent rainfall over a week,\u201d land ministry official in charge of rivers Yoshiyuki Toyoguchi told reporters. \n\nHe added that, even with a small amount of rain, river levels tend to rise quickly and could contribute to flooding. \n\nSatoshi Sugimoto from the Japan Meteorological Agency said that \u201cthis was the heaviest rain ever experienced\u201d in the region and it was \u201cvery possible that a disaster has already occurred\u201d. \n\nThe country is currently in its annual rainy season but scientists say downpours risk becoming heavier around the world as our warming atmosphere holds more water. \n\nIs climate change causing heavy rain? \n\nHeavy rains have hit various countries around the world in recent days. In India, New Delhi recorded its wettest July day in 40 years as flooding killed at least 22 people. \n\nDeluges triggered flash floods and landslides with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing red alerts (the highest level of warning) in the northern states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana. \n\nThe IMD said that 153 millimetres of rain fell on Sunday in New Delhi - the most precipitation the city has seen in July since 1982. \n\nJapan and India are the latest to see extreme precipitation as concerns grow over the pace of climate change . \n\nRainfall has become more frequent and intense in most parts of the world since the 1950s, according to the World Weather Attribution (WWA) consortium. \n\nA new study from the WWA based on 70 years of data found that human-caused climate change and more rain falling instead of snow were the two biggest factors. \n\nFor every degree of warming, the chance of extreme rainfall 2,000 metres above sea level increases by 15 per cent. This could be catastrophic for mountainous regions and communities downstream. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Japan\u2019s \u201cheaviest rain ever\u201d has triggered flooding and landslides in the south west of the country.<\/p>\n<p>At least three people have died and several others are missing, according to officials in the prefecture and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Hundreds of thousands more were urged to evacuate their homes.<\/p>\n<p>At least nine people are missing after landslides in the Fukuoka and Oita regions.<\/p>\n<p>One woman was killed when a landslide hit a house in the town of Soeda in the Fukuoka prefecture. Two men, one in the city of Kurume and another in the town of Hirokawa, are thought to have died when their vehicles became trapped in rising floodwaters.<\/p>\n<p>Eight <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//03//23//early-warning-systems-will-protect-everyone-on-earth-in-5-years-un-announces/">rivers burst their banks<\/strong><\/a> and dozens of hillsides saturated with rain collapsed into mudslides.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7735852,7724152\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//07//el-nino-experts-are-expecting-an-above-average-hurricane-season-this-year/">El Ni\u00f1o: Experts are expecting an \u2018above average\u2019 hurricane season this year<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//07//forest-fires-grow-in-number-and-intensity-around-the-world/">Forest fires grow in number and intensity around the world<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>More rain forecast in Japan this week<\/h2><p>After more than a week of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//08//04//rainwater-everywhere-on-earth-unsafe-to-drink-due-to-forever-chemicals-study-finds/">rain in the region, more torrential downpours have been forecast across the country on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the peak of the rain has now passed and a warning that was at the highest level of alert has now been downgraded. They are still concerned about the risk of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//24//an-act-of-god-the-european-countries-where-homeowners-should-be-most-worried-about-climate/">flooding, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe area is very wet due to intermittent rainfall over a week,\u201d land ministry official in charge of rivers Yoshiyuki Toyoguchi told reporters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5576171875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//20//16//808x451_cmsv2_db0337d5-6370-592e-bced-a82355504516-7742016.jpg/" alt=\"Kyodo News via AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/384x214_cmsv2_db0337d5-6370-592e-bced-a82355504516-7742016.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/640x357_cmsv2_db0337d5-6370-592e-bced-a82355504516-7742016.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/750x418_cmsv2_db0337d5-6370-592e-bced-a82355504516-7742016.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/828x462_cmsv2_db0337d5-6370-592e-bced-a82355504516-7742016.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/1080x602_cmsv2_db0337d5-6370-592e-bced-a82355504516-7742016.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/1200x669_cmsv2_db0337d5-6370-592e-bced-a82355504516-7742016.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/1920x1071_cmsv2_db0337d5-6370-592e-bced-a82355504516-7742016.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">This shows the site of a landslide in Karatsu, Saga prefecture, southern Japan.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Kyodo News via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He added that, even with a small amount of rain, river levels tend to rise quickly and could contribute to flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Satoshi Sugimoto from the Japan Meteorological Agency said that \u201cthis was the heaviest rain ever experienced\u201d in the region and it was \u201cvery possible that a disaster has already occurred\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The country is currently in its annual rainy season but scientists say downpours risk becoming heavier around the world as our warming atmosphere holds more water.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7507652,7734384\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//07//el-nino-is-back-heres-what-it-means-for-extreme-weather/">El Ni\u00f1o is back: Surging temperatures bring extreme weather and\u00a0threaten\u00a0lives<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//07//climate-change-is-out-of-control-warns-un-chief-as-earth-suffers-hottest-week-on-record/">'Climate change is out of control' warns UN chief as Earth suffers hottest week on record<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Is climate change causing heavy rain?<\/h2><p>Heavy rains have hit various countries around the world in recent days. In India, New Delhi recorded its wettest July day in 40 years as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//19//italys-deadly-floods-are-yet-another-example-of-climate-change-extremes-experts-say/">flooding killed at least 22 people.<\/p>\n<p>Deluges triggered flash floods and landslides with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing red alerts (the highest level of warning) in the northern states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana.<\/p>\n<p>The IMD said that 153 millimetres of rain fell on Sunday in New Delhi - the most precipitation the city has seen in July since 1982.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7172727272727273\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//74//20//16//808x581_cmsv2_bde22459-ff89-5a93-a31b-6ffa76f6da00-7742016.jpg/" alt=\"REUTERS&#47;Anushree Fadnavis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/384x275_cmsv2_bde22459-ff89-5a93-a31b-6ffa76f6da00-7742016.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/640x459_cmsv2_bde22459-ff89-5a93-a31b-6ffa76f6da00-7742016.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/750x538_cmsv2_bde22459-ff89-5a93-a31b-6ffa76f6da00-7742016.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/828x594_cmsv2_bde22459-ff89-5a93-a31b-6ffa76f6da00-7742016.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/1080x775_cmsv2_bde22459-ff89-5a93-a31b-6ffa76f6da00-7742016.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/1200x861_cmsv2_bde22459-ff89-5a93-a31b-6ffa76f6da00-7742016.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/74\/20\/16\/1920x1377_cmsv2_bde22459-ff89-5a93-a31b-6ffa76f6da00-7742016.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man on his motorbike wades through a flooded street after heavy rains in New Delhi, India, July 8, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">REUTERS&#47;Anushree Fadnavis<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Japan and India are the latest to see extreme precipitation as concerns grow over the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//06//spain-is-getting-hotter-drier-and-more-flammable-due-to-climate-change-greenpeace-warns/">pace of climate change<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rainfall has become more frequent and intense in most parts of the world since the 1950s, according to the World Weather Attribution (WWA) consortium.<\/p>\n<p>A new study from the WWA based on 70 years of data found that human-caused climate change and more rain falling instead of snow were the two biggest factors.<\/p>\n<p>For every degree of warming, the chance of extreme rainfall 2,000 metres above sea level increases by 15 per cent. 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Toyota said it\u2019s working with various partners to produce <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//12//29//green-hydrogen-fuel-of-the-future-has-big-potential-but-a-worrying-blind-spot-scientists-w/">cleaner and cheaper hydrogen<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota, which makes the Prius hybrid, Camry sedan and Lexus luxury models, is also working on second-generation biofuels. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//02//23//why-plant-based-biofuels-are-not-the-silver-bullet-to-europe-s-carbon-problem/">Biofuels, such as ethanol, are considered more renewable than fossil fuels though they have other drawbacks.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1686656131,"publishedAt":1686659295,"updatedAt":1687179078,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/06\/13\/toyota-announces-new-ev-battery-which-could-cut-charging-time-to-under-10-minutes","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/67\/34\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_19016797-59e9-5753-b913-d397512cd8fc-7673492.jpg","altText":"Toyota has faced criticism on its failure to do more to fight climate change.","caption":"Toyota has faced criticism on its failure to do more to fight climate change.","captionCredit":"David Zalubowski\/Copyright 2021 The AP. 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The action is being seen by many as a possible attempt to put Pyongyang\u2019s first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit.","leadin":"North Korea notified Japan that it is planning to launch a satellite in the coming days. The action is being seen by many as a possible attempt to put Pyongyang\u2019s first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit.","summary":"North Korea notified Japan that it is planning to launch a satellite in the coming days. The action is being seen by many as a possible attempt to put Pyongyang\u2019s first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit.","url":"fears-north-korea-may-be-planning-to-launch-first-spy-satellite-into-orbit","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The announcement comes after leader Kim Jong Un was seen inspecting the device and approved the nation's \"future action plan\" earlier this month.\u00a0 \n\nThe Japanese Coast Guard is on alert and said the notice received gave a launch window between the 31st of May and the 1st of June. The document also added that the launch\u00a0may affect waters in the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and east of the Philippines\u2019 Luzon Island. \n\nTokyo issued a safety warning for ships in the area on those dates because of the possible risks from falling debris. Japan\u2019s coast guard coordinates and distributes maritime safety information in East Asia, which is likely the reason it was the recipient of North Korea\u2019s notice. \n\nTo launch a satellite into space, North Korea would have to use long-range missile technology banned by UN Security Council resolutions. \n\nIts past launches of Earth observation satellites were seen as disguised missile tests. \n\nJapan has already been on standby for falling missile debris from North Korean launches earlier this year and has deployed missile defence systems such as PAC-3 and ship-to-air interceptors in southwestern Japan. \n\nJapan\u2019s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he instructed officials to do their utmost to gather and analyze information related to the launch and inform people about it. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The announcement comes after leader Kim Jong Un was seen inspecting the device and approved the nation&#039;s \"future action plan\" earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese Coast Guard is on alert and said the notice received gave a launch window between the 31st of May and the 1st of June. The document also added that the launch\u00a0may affect waters in the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and east of the Philippines\u2019 Luzon Island.<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo issued a safety warning for ships in the area on those dates because of the possible risks from falling debris. Japan\u2019s coast guard coordinates and distributes maritime safety information in East Asia, which is likely the reason it was the recipient of North Korea\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n<p>To launch a satellite into space, North Korea would have to use long-range missile technology banned by UN Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>Its past launches of Earth observation satellites were seen as disguised missile tests.<\/p>\n<p>Japan has already been on standby for falling missile debris from North Korean launches earlier this year and has deployed missile defence systems such as PAC-3 and ship-to-air interceptors in southwestern Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he instructed officials to do their utmost to gather and analyze information related to the launch and inform people about it.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1685342388,"publishedAt":1685348245,"updatedAt":1685354407,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/29\/fears-north-korea-may-be-planning-to-launch-first-spy-satellite-into-orbit","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/63\/70\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c13d9d4e-267d-54c9-82d7-e06bc0b3a82c-7637032.jpg","altText":"Japanese television report North Korean satellite intentions","caption":"Japanese television report North Korean satellite intentions","captionCredit":"Ahn Young-joon\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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The officers were apparently without bulletproof vests. \n\nThe woman and the two police officers were pronounced dead at a hospital. An older woman, who was injured but could not be rescued because she was near the suspect, was found dead early Friday, police said. \n\n\nOn Friday, National Public Safety Commission Chairperson Koichi Tani confirmed that the suspect possessed licenses for multiple hunting and air guns, all duly authorised by the prefectural public safety commission. \n\nTani emphasised that the suspect's license renewals had been properly processed. \n\nResidents were urged by authorities to stay indoors in the semi-rural area around the city of Nakano in the Nagano region, where the attack took place. \n\nHomemade guns and pipe bombs \n\nJapan was left reeling in July last year when former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in broad daylight with an apparently homemade gun. \n\nAbe's accused assassin, Tetsuya Yamagami, reportedly targeted the politician over his links to the Unification Church. \n\nAnd last month, a man was arrested for allegedly hurling a pipe bomb-like explosive towards current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as he campaigned in the western city of Wakayama. \n\nKishida was unharmed and a man arrested on the scene will undergo a three-month psychiatric examination, a regional court said this week. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Police said they arrested a man on Friday who had holed up in his father\u2019s house\u00a0armed with a rifle and a knife after allegedly killing four people, including two police officers, in central Japan.<\/p>\n<p>TV Asahi showed the man with his hands on his head walking out of the house and being ushered toward a police vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Masanori Aoki, a farmer, was arrested by police under a court warrant on suspicion of murder in Nakano, a city in Nagano prefecture.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7031350,6833234\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//09//21//man-set-himself-on-fire-amid-shinzo-abes-state-funeral-plans-outcry/">Man set himself on fire amid outcry over Shinzo Abe's state funeral plans<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//09//shinzo-abe-suspect-admits-killing-ex-pm-over-rumours-say-japanese-police/">Shinzo Abe: Suspect admits killing ex-PM over 'rumours', say Japanese police<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Police said earlier that two officers were shot by the suspect when they arrived at the scene after receiving an emergency call saying a woman was stabbed. The officers were apparently without bulletproof vests.<\/p>\n<p>The woman and the two police officers were pronounced dead at a hospital. An older woman, who was injured but could not be rescued because she was near the suspect, was found dead early Friday, police said. <\/p>\n<p>On Friday, National Public Safety Commission Chairperson Koichi Tani confirmed that the suspect possessed licenses for multiple hunting and air guns, all duly authorised by the prefectural public safety commission.<\/p>\n<p>Tani emphasised that the suspect&#039;s license renewals had been properly processed.<\/p>\n<p>Residents were urged by authorities to stay indoors in the semi-rural area around the city of Nakano in the Nagano region, where the attack took place.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Homemade guns and pipe bombs<\/strong><\/h2><p>Japan was left reeling in July last year when former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in broad daylight with an apparently homemade gun.<\/p>\n<p>Abe&#039;s accused assassin, Tetsuya Yamagami, reportedly targeted the politician over his links to the Unification Church.<\/p>\n<p>And last month, a man was arrested 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Protesters denounce G7 as leaders visit Hiroshima Peace park","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Watch: Protesters denounce G7 as leaders visit Hiroshima Peace park","titleListing2":"Demonstrators displayed signs reading \"No G7 imperialist summit!\", \"Hands off Ukraine!\" and \"No War on China!\", as the US and its G7 allies announced further sanctions against Russia.","leadin":"Demonstrators displayed signs reading \"No G7 imperialist summit!\", \"Hands off Ukraine!\" and \"No War on China!\", as the US and its G7 allies announced further sanctions against Russia.","summary":"Demonstrators displayed signs reading \"No G7 imperialist summit!\", \"Hands off Ukraine!\" and \"No War on China!\", as the US and its G7 allies announced further sanctions against Russia.","url":"watch-protesters-denounce-g7-as-leaders-visit-hiroshima-peace-park","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Hiroshima carrying banners that read, 'No G7 imperialist summit!', 'Hands off Ukraine!' and 'No War on China!' as G7 leaders gathered in the Japanese city for a three-day summit. \n\nThe protests unfolded as the US and its G7 allies announced fresh sanctions against Russia's \"war machine\" on Friday, in a bid to target Moscow's lucrative diamond trade and more\u00a0entities linked to the invasion of Ukraine. \n\nThe G7 is looking to tighten the screws further, strengthening existing sanctions, closing loopholes and subjecting more Russian firms and their international partners to punitive restrictions. \n\nKyiv on Friday confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will join G7 leaders in Hiroshima, making his furthest trip from his war-torn country as leaders are set to unveil new sanctions on Russia for its invasion. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Hiroshima carrying banners that read, &#039;No G7 imperialist summit!&#039;, &#039;Hands off Ukraine!&#039; and &#039;No War on China!&#039; as G7 leaders gathered in the Japanese city for a three-day summit.<\/p>\n<p>The protests unfolded as the US and its G7 allies announced fresh sanctions against Russia&#039;s \"war machine\" on Friday, in a bid to target Moscow&#039;s lucrative diamond trade and more\u00a0entities linked to the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The G7 is looking to tighten the screws further, strengthening existing sanctions, closing loopholes and subjecting more Russian firms and their international partners to punitive restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv on Friday confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will join G7 leaders in Hiroshima, making his furthest trip from his war-torn country as leaders are set to unveil new sanctions on Russia for its invasion.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1684485600,"publishedAt":1684490549,"updatedAt":1684490893,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/19\/watch-protesters-denounce-g7-as-leaders-visit-hiroshima-peace-park","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/55\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a172df1b-c048-514f-b8cd-3e9465ce6654-7615594.jpg","altText":"Protesters gather near the famed Atomic Bomb Dome ahead of the Group of Seven nations' meetings in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.","caption":"Protesters gather near the famed Atomic Bomb Dome ahead of the Group of Seven nations' meetings in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.","captionCredit":"Louise Delmotte\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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This will be crucial. We have stood with Ukraine with solidarity and resolve and we will keep it up for as long as it takes\". \n\nWhat are the other top issues at G7 this year? \n\nThe war Ukraine is not the only topic on the agenda at the US officials said the summit is not about \"one country or the other\", and France says it will use the opportunity to address the climate crisis and artificial intelligence. \n\nThere will also be a focus on Beijing\u2019s escalating threats against Taiwan, the self-governing democratic island Beijing claims as its own, and ways to reduce Western democracies\u2019 economic and supply chain dependency on China. \n\nTo address the rise of Global South nations, including many former colonies of Western powers with varied views on and ties to Russia and China, the G7 will offer these countries more support in health, food security and infrastructure to develop closer ties. \n\nIn a closely watched event on the sidelines of the summit, Japan's PM Kishida will meet together with US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to discuss closer security cooperation, possibly including stronger nuclear deterrence. \n\nKishida and Yoon will pay their respects together at a Hiroshima memorial for Korean atomic bomb victims in a trust-building gesture as the two countries repair ties strained by disputes stemming from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will join leaders of the world\u2019s most powerful democracies in Hiroshima, Japan, making his furthest trip from of his war-torn country as leaders are set to unveil new sanctions on Russia for its invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defense Council, confirmed on national television that Zelenskyy would attend the summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were sure that our president would be where Ukraine needed him, in any part of the world, to solve the issue of stability of our country,\u201d said Danilov. \u201cThere will be very important matters decided there, so physical presence is a crucial thing to defend our interests\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese leader Fumio Kishida said he invited Zelenskyy to the G7 Summit during his visit to Kyiv in March.<\/p>\n<p>The G7 summit began with leaders vowing to put pressure on Russia and establish a united front on China.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union announced plans to &#039;limit&#039; trade in Russian diamonds after the United States and United Kingdom unveiled new sanctions against Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the opening session, the President of the European Council, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//CharlesMichel/">Charles Michel<\/strong><\/a>, reiterated EU and G7 support to Ukraine:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"In the EU we are working hard to get Ukraine what they need - more weapons, more ammunition and faster. This will be crucial. We have stood with Ukraine with solidarity and resolve and we will keep it up for as long as it takes\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1659419884655132672\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What are the other top issues at G7 this year?<\/h2><p>The war Ukraine is not the only topic on the agenda at the US officials said the summit is not about \"one country or the other\", and France says it will use the opportunity to address the climate crisis and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a focus on Beijing\u2019s escalating threats against Taiwan, the self-governing democratic island Beijing claims as its own, and ways to reduce Western democracies\u2019 economic and 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leaders land in Hiroshima for G7 meeting, with Ukraine war high on agenda","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Ukraine war high on agenda as G7 leaders land in Hiroshima for meeting","titleListing2":"World leaders land in Hiroshima for G7 meeting, with Ukraine war high on agenda","leadin":"World leaders landed Thursday for a Group of Seven meeting in Hiroshima, the site of the world\u2019s first atomic bomb attack, with Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine expected to be high on the agenda.","summary":"World leaders landed Thursday for a Group of Seven meeting in Hiroshima, the site of the world\u2019s first atomic bomb attack, with Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine expected to be high on the agenda.","url":"world-leaders-land-in-hiroshima-for-g7-meeting-with-ukraine-war-high-on-agenda","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida kicked off his summit diplomacy by meeting with US President Joe Biden after his arrival at a nearby military base. He was due to hold talks with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a bit later in the day before the three-day gathering of leaders of the world\u2019s wealthy democracies opens on Friday. \n\nThe Japan-US alliance is the \u201cvery foundation of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region,\u201d Kishida told Biden in opening remarks. \n\n\u201cWe very much welcome that the cooperation has evolved in leaps and bounds,\u201d he said. \n\nBiden said: \u201cWhen our countries stand together, we stand stronger, and I believe the whole world is safer when we do.\" \n\nThe US president exited Air Force One and briefly greeted troops at nearby Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. \n\nAs G-7 attendees made their way to Hiroshima, Moscow unleashed yet another aerial attack on the Ukrainian capital. Loud explosions thundered through Kyiv during the early hours, marking the ninth time this month that Russian air raids have targeted the city after weeks of relative quiet. \n\n\u201cThe crisis in Ukraine: I\u2019m sure that\u2019s what the conversation is going to start with,\u201d said Matthew P. Goodman, senior vice president for economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. \n\nSpeaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said there will be \u201cdiscussions about the battlefield\u201d in Ukraine and on the \"state of play on sanctions and the steps that the G-7 will collectively commit to on enforcement in particular.\u201d \n\nG-7 leaders and invited guests from several other counties are also expected to discuss how to deal with China's growing assertiveness and military buildup as concerns rise that it could could try to seize Taiwan by force, sparking a wider conflict. China claims the self-governing island as its own and its ships and warplanes regularly patrol near it. \n\nSecurity was tight in Hiroshima, with thousands of police deployed at numerous points throughout the city. A small group of protesters was considerably outnumbered by police as they gathered Wednesday evening beside the ruins of the Atomic Peace Dome memorial, holding signs including one which read \u201cNo G7 Imperialist Summit!\u201d \n\nIn a bit of dueling diplomacy, Chinese President Xi Jinping is hosting the leaders of the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan for a two-day summit in the Chinese city of Xi\u2019an starting Thursday. \n\nDuring the meeting in Hiroshima, Kishida hopes to highlight the risks of nuclear proliferation. Leaders are expected to visit a memorial park that commemorates the 1945 atomic bombing by the U.S. that destroyed the city and killed 140,000 people. \n\nNorth Korea\u2019s nuclear program and a spate of recent missile tests have crystalized fears of an potential attack. So have Russia\u2019s threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. China, meanwhile, is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal. \n\nThe leaders are due to discuss efforts to strengthen the global economy and address rising prices that are squeezing families and government budgets around the world, particularly in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. \n\nThe debate over raising the debt limit in the US, the world's largest economy, has threatened to overshadow the G-7 talks. Biden plans to hurry back to Washington after the summit for debt negotiations, scrapping planned meetings in Papua New Guinea and Australia. \n\nThe British prime minister arrived in Japan earlier Thursday and paid a visit to the JS Izumo, a ship that can carry helicopters and fighter jets able to take off and land vertically. \n\nDuring their bilateral meeting Thursday, Sunak and Kishida are expected to announce a series of new agreements on issues including defence; trade and investment; technology; and climate change, Sunak's office said. \n\nThe G-7 includes Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and Italy, as well as the European Union. \n\nA host of other countries have been invited to take part. The G-7 hopes to strengthen its members' ties with countries outside the world's richest industrialized nations while shoring up support for efforts like isolating Russia. \n\nLeaders from Australia, Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Korea are among those participating as guests. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to join by video link. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida kicked off his summit diplomacy by meeting with US President Joe Biden after his arrival at a nearby military base. He was due to hold talks with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a bit later in the day before the three-day gathering of leaders of the world\u2019s wealthy democracies opens on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Japan-US alliance is the \u201cvery foundation of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region,\u201d Kishida told Biden in opening remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe very much welcome that the cooperation has evolved in leaps and bounds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said: \u201cWhen our countries stand together, we stand stronger, and I believe the whole world is safer when we do.\"<\/p>\n<p>The US president exited Air Force One and briefly greeted troops at nearby Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66796875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//61//28//54//808x539_cmsv2_1cff8731-d1af-51e0-bacd-c66c2caef81b-7612854.jpg/" alt=\"Susan Walsh&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/384x257_cmsv2_1cff8731-d1af-51e0-bacd-c66c2caef81b-7612854.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/640x428_cmsv2_1cff8731-d1af-51e0-bacd-c66c2caef81b-7612854.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/750x501_cmsv2_1cff8731-d1af-51e0-bacd-c66c2caef81b-7612854.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/828x553_cmsv2_1cff8731-d1af-51e0-bacd-c66c2caef81b-7612854.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/1080x721_cmsv2_1cff8731-d1af-51e0-bacd-c66c2caef81b-7612854.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/1200x802_cmsv2_1cff8731-d1af-51e0-bacd-c66c2caef81b-7612854.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/1920x1283_cmsv2_1cff8731-d1af-51e0-bacd-c66c2caef81b-7612854.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President Joe Biden walks down the the steps of Air Force One at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Iwakuni, Japan.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Susan Walsh&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As G-7 attendees made their way to Hiroshima, Moscow unleashed yet another aerial attack on the Ukrainian capital. Loud explosions thundered through Kyiv during the early hours, marking the ninth time this month that Russian air raids have targeted the city after weeks of relative quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crisis in Ukraine: I\u2019m sure that\u2019s what the conversation is going to start with,\u201d said Matthew P. Goodman, senior vice president for economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said there will be \u201cdiscussions about the battlefield\u201d in Ukraine and on the \"state of play on sanctions and the steps that the G-7 will collectively commit to on enforcement in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7613078,7607304,7610950\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//18//deadly-double-standard-rich-nations-urged-to-pay-123-trillion-promised-to-global-south/">/u2018Deadly double standard\u2019: Rich nations urged to pay \u20ac12.3 trillion promised to Global South<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//17//watch-oxfam-big-heads-protest-famine-in-africa-ahead-of-g7/">Watch: Oxfam 'big heads' protest famine in Africa ahead of G7<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//18//g7-leaders-to-address-ukraine-war-and-nuclear-disarmament-at-hiroshima-summit/">G7 leaders to address Ukraine war and nuclear disarmament at Hiroshima summit<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>G-7 leaders and invited guests from several other counties are also expected to discuss how to deal with China&#039;s growing assertiveness and military buildup as concerns rise that it could could try to seize Taiwan by force, sparking a wider conflict. China claims the self-governing island as its own and its ships and warplanes regularly patrol near it.<\/p>\n<p>Security was tight in Hiroshima, with thousands of police deployed at numerous points throughout the city. A small group of protesters was considerably outnumbered by police as they gathered Wednesday evening beside the ruins of the Atomic Peace Dome memorial, holding signs including one which read \u201cNo G7 Imperialist Summit!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a bit of dueling diplomacy, Chinese President Xi Jinping is hosting the leaders of the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan for a two-day summit in the Chinese city of Xi\u2019an starting Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting in Hiroshima, Kishida hopes to highlight the risks of nuclear proliferation. Leaders are expected to visit a memorial park that commemorates the 1945 atomic bombing by the U.S. that destroyed the city and killed 140,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea\u2019s nuclear program and a spate of recent missile tests have crystalized fears of an potential attack. So have Russia\u2019s threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. China, meanwhile, is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//61//28//54//808x539_cmsv2_713765f3-6af7-5671-96ed-dd17a20bd415-7612854.jpg/" alt=\"\u4f50\u3005\u6728\u840c&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_713765f3-6af7-5671-96ed-dd17a20bd415-7612854.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_713765f3-6af7-5671-96ed-dd17a20bd415-7612854.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_713765f3-6af7-5671-96ed-dd17a20bd415-7612854.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_713765f3-6af7-5671-96ed-dd17a20bd415-7612854.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_713765f3-6af7-5671-96ed-dd17a20bd415-7612854.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_713765f3-6af7-5671-96ed-dd17a20bd415-7612854.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/1920x1281_cmsv2_713765f3-6af7-5671-96ed-dd17a20bd415-7612854.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A police officer works at the Peace Memorial Park, where leaders of seven of the world\u2019s most powerful democracies are expected to visit, in Hiroshima, western Japan.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">\u4f50\u3005\u6728\u840c&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The leaders are due to discuss efforts to strengthen the global economy and address rising prices that are squeezing families and government budgets around the world, particularly in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over raising the debt limit in the US, the world&#039;s largest economy, has threatened to overshadow the G-7 talks. Biden plans to hurry back to Washington after the summit for debt negotiations, scrapping planned meetings in Papua New Guinea and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The British prime minister arrived in Japan earlier Thursday and paid a visit to the JS Izumo, a ship that can carry helicopters and fighter jets able to take off and land vertically.<\/p>\n<p>During their bilateral meeting Thursday, Sunak and Kishida are expected to announce a series of new agreements on issues including defence; trade and investment; technology; and climate change, Sunak&#039;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>The G-7 includes Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and Italy, as well as the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>A host of other countries have been invited to take part. The G-7 hopes to strengthen its members&#039; ties with countries outside the world&#039;s richest industrialized nations while shoring up support for efforts like isolating Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders from Australia, Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Korea are among those participating as guests. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to join by video link.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1684400565,"publishedAt":1684408287,"updatedAt":1684440097,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/18\/world-leaders-land-in-hiroshima-for-g7-meeting-with-ukraine-war-high-on-agenda","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2a65535d-d211-5b99-a3e4-b42782991b63-7612854.jpg","altText":"British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Japan's Vice Defense Minister Toshiro Ino inspect a guard of honour on board the Japanese aircraft carrier.","caption":"British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Japan's Vice Defense Minister Toshiro Ino inspect a guard of honour on board the Japanese aircraft carrier.","captionCredit":"Stefan Rousseau\/live","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_713765f3-6af7-5671-96ed-dd17a20bd415-7612854.jpg","altText":"A police officer works at the Peace Memorial Park, where leaders of seven of the world\u2019s most powerful democracies are expected to visit, in Hiroshima, western Japan.","caption":"A police officer works at the Peace Memorial Park, where leaders of seven of the world\u2019s most powerful democracies are expected to visit, in Hiroshima, western Japan.","captionCredit":"\u4f50\u3005\u6728\u840c\/AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/61\/28\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1cff8731-d1af-51e0-bacd-c66c2caef81b-7612854.jpg","altText":"President Joe Biden walks down the the steps of Air Force One at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Iwakuni, Japan.","caption":"President Joe Biden walks down the the steps of Air Force One at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Iwakuni, Japan.","captionCredit":"Susan Walsh\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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leaders to address Ukraine war and nuclear disarmament at Hiroshima summit","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Ukraine war and nuclear disarmament to top agenda at G7 summit ","titleListing2":"G7 leaders set to address Russia's war in Ukraine and nuclear disarmament at Hiroshima summit\n","leadin":"Leaders from the Group of Seven nations and selected guests will meet for the summit in the Japanese port city that was decimated by a US-detonated atomic bomb in 1945","summary":"Leaders from the Group of Seven nations and selected guests will meet for the summit in the Japanese port city that was decimated by a US-detonated atomic bomb in 1945","url":"g7-leaders-to-address-ukraine-war-and-nuclear-disarmament-at-hiroshima-summit","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The leaders of the world's seven richest democracies will arrive in Hiroshima, Japan, on Friday for a three-day summit to discuss the risk of nuclear proliferation in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine and a recent spate of ballistic missile tests in nearby North Korea. \n\nThese high-level talks in the southern port city will take place just days after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met some of the G7 leaders on a European whistlestop tour to secure more weapons for his country ahead of a widely anticipated counteroffensive to reclaim territory from Russian forces.\u00a0 \n\nHiroshima is perhaps best known as the city that was reduced to ashes in 1945 when the US military dropped an atomic bomb in the first-ever attack of its kind in armed combat. \n\nApproximately 70,000 people were killed instantly and tens of thousands more died from radiation poisoning\u00a0before the end of the year. \n\nAs Japan is the current holder of the G7 presidency, host Fumio Kishida, Japan's Prime Minister, is expected to highlight the significance of a nuclear attack as well as Tokyo's commitment to Ukraine. \n\nFears of another nuclear attack have increased since the start of the war, with Russian President Vladimir Putin issuing threats amid renewed testing of hypersonic missiles.\u00a0 \n\n\"Hiroshima is the most fitting location to express our commitment to peace and promoting nuclear disarmament and preventing non-proliferation of nuclear-related materials,\" Noriyuki Shikata, the Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs at the Prime Minister's Office of Japan, told Euronews. \n\nJapanese support for Ukraine \n\nJapan is the only G7 nation that hasn't sent lethal weapons to Ukraine. The country's national security strategy solely permits the transfer of advanced weaponry, such as armoured tanks and warplanes, to countries that jointly produce the hardware. \n\nHowever, Tokyo pledged a new financial aid package of\u00a0\u20ac5 billion to Ukraine on the one-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion and Kishida\u00a0made a surprise trip to Kyiv in March, becoming Japan's first postwar leader to enter a warzone since World War II. \n\n\"Prime Minister Kishida respects the courage and perseverance of the Ukrainian people, and President Zelenskyy's\u00a0courageous leadership, standing up to defend their homeland and democracy,\" said\u00a0Shikata. \n\n\"Japan has consistently and strongly condemned Russia, imposed strict sanctions, and provided active support,\" he added. \n\nNew EU sanctions \n\nThe summit also falls just over a week after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the eleventh round of sanctions on Russia which will focus on combatting the circumvention of EU sanctions by targetting individuals, entities, and third-party countries that are aiding Russia. \n\nCustomarily, the European Commission President and the European Council President, Charles Michel, are also invited to attend the summit in Hiroshima. \n\nG7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs, who met ahead of the summit, pledged to enforce sanctions against Russia, tackle rising inflation, bolster financial systems, and help countries burdened by heavy debts. \n\nTensions in the South China Sea \n\nG7 leaders are also girding for the possibility of renewed conflict in Asia. \n\nShikata says fears that Beijing might try to seize the self-ruled island of Taiwan by force are not only a serious concern for Japan but also for the international community. \n\nAccording to the Pentagon, China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal from a current estimate of 400 warheads to 1,500 by 2035. \n\n\"This will be a very important occasion to be held in Hiroshima... to demonstrate the G7's strong determination to categorically deny military aggression, any threat of nuclear weapons, as well as attempts to damage the international order\" concluded Shikata. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The leaders of the world&#039;s seven richest democracies will arrive in Hiroshima, Japan, on Friday for a three-day summit to discuss the risk of nuclear proliferation in the face of Russia&#039;s war in Ukraine and a recent spate of ballistic missile tests in nearby North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>These high-level talks in the southern port city will take place just days after Ukraine&#039;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met some of the G7 leaders on a European whistlestop tour to secure more weapons for his country ahead of a widely anticipated counteroffensive to reclaim territory from Russian forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hiroshima is perhaps best known as the city that was reduced to ashes in 1945 when the US military dropped an atomic bomb in the first-ever attack of its kind in armed combat.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 70,000 people were killed instantly and tens of thousands more died from radiation poisoning\u00a0before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>As Japan is the current holder of the G7 presidency, host Fumio Kishida, Japan&#039;s Prime Minister, is expected to highlight the significance of a nuclear attack as well as Tokyo&#039;s commitment to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Fears of another nuclear attack have increased since the start of the war, with Russian President Vladimir Putin issuing threats amid renewed testing of hypersonic missiles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7609596\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//17//ukraine-war-bakhmut-gains-american-allegedly-killed-by-wagner-f-16-fighter-jets/">Ukraine war: Bakhmut gains, American allegedly killed by Wagner, F-16 fighter jets<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Hiroshima is the most fitting location to express our commitment to peace and promoting nuclear disarmament and preventing non-proliferation of nuclear-related materials,\" Noriyuki Shikata, the Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs at the Prime Minister&#039;s Office of Japan, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<h2>Japanese support for Ukraine<\/h2><p>Japan is the only G7 nation that hasn&#039;t sent lethal weapons to Ukraine. The country&#039;s national security strategy solely permits the transfer of advanced weaponry, such as armoured tanks and warplanes, to countries that jointly produce the hardware.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tokyo pledged a new financial aid package of\u00a0\u20ac5 billion to Ukraine on the one-year anniversary of Russia&#039;s full-scale invasion and Kishida\u00a0made a surprise trip to Kyiv in March, becoming Japan&#039;s first postwar leader to enter a warzone since World War II.<\/p>\n<p>\"Prime Minister Kishida respects the courage and perseverance of the Ukrainian people, and President Zelenskyy&#039;s\u00a0courageous leadership, standing up to defend their homeland and democracy,\" said\u00a0Shikata.<\/p>\n<p>\"Japan has consistently and strongly condemned Russia, imposed strict sanctions, and provided active support,\" he added.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7581310\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//05//05//protecting-taiwans-democracy-is-truly-a-life-and-death-matter-warns-taipeis-envoy-to-the-e/">Protecting Taiwan's democracy is 'truly a life-and-death matter,' warns Taipei's envoy to the EU<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>New EU sanctions<\/h2><p>The summit also falls just over a week after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the eleventh round of sanctions on Russia which will focus on combatting the circumvention of EU sanctions by targetting individuals, entities, and third-party countries that are aiding Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Customarily, the European Commission President and the European Council President, Charles Michel, are also invited to attend the summit in Hiroshima.<\/p>\n<p>G7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs, who met ahead of the summit, pledged to enforce sanctions against Russia, tackle rising inflation, bolster financial systems, and help countries burdened by heavy debts.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7604790\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//05//15//eu-to-issue-warning-to-countries-supporting-russia-in-next-sanction-package-vdl-says/">EU to issue 'warning' to countries supporting Russia in next sanction package, VDL says<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Tensions in the South China Sea<\/h2><p>G7 leaders are also girding for the possibility of renewed conflict in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Shikata says fears that Beijing might try to seize the self-ruled island of Taiwan by force are not only a serious concern for Japan but also for the international community.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Pentagon, China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal from a current estimate of 400 warheads to 1,500 by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>\"This will be a very important occasion to be held in Hiroshima... to demonstrate the G7&#039;s strong determination to categorically deny military aggression, any threat of nuclear weapons, as well as attempts to damage the international order\" concluded Shikata.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1684223553,"publishedAt":1684361753,"updatedAt":1684404846,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/05\/18\/g7-leaders-to-address-ukraine-war-and-nuclear-disarmament-at-hiroshima-summit","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/60\/73\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a28264a5-33d3-59ab-a80a-05437c27cc19-7607304.jpg","altText":"Police officers patrol as Japan's police beef up security ahead of the Group of Seven nations' meetings in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.","caption":"Police officers patrol as Japan's police beef up security ahead of the Group of Seven nations' meetings in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.","captionCredit":"Eugene Hoshiko\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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According to a recent report by the American Cancer Society, both of these actions are among the reasons why deaths linked to the disease are decreasing. \n\nNobel Prize worms and smelly cancers \n\nHirotsu Bio Science\u2019s flagship product, N-Nose, is a non-invasive invasive cancer screening process that uses tiny worms\u2019 olfactory sense to find cancer in urine samples. \n\nThe Caenorhabditis elegans or C. elegans is a millimetre-long benign worm, commonly referred to as a nematode or roundworm, and found in places that balance humidity and heat, such as soil environments. \n\nNematodes are also model organisms or non-human species regularly used in research to help understand broader biological phenomena. Research on these worms started in the 1960s and has already snatched three Nobel Prizes (Physiology or Medicine in 2002 and 2006, and Chemistry in 2008). \n\nAfter spending years researching the olfactory sense of nematodes, Dr Takaaki Hirotsu combined research that had never been connected before.\u00a0 \n\nThe first one was on nematodes, and the second was on the smell of cancer in bodily fluids such as urine. That\u2019s how, in 2015, he discovered that nematodes were able to smell cancer. \n\n\u201cWe can\u2019t necessarily smell cancer ourselves, and dogs can be trained to detect cancer, but it turns out that nematodes really react to the sense of smell,\u201d di Luccio said of the tiny worms, which rely on their sense of smell to navigate, find food and avoid danger. \n\nHow it works \n\nTo conduct the test, lab workers put the urine in a Petri dish along with the worms. Nematodes make their way towards the urine if there is \u201cpresence of cancer\u201d and stay away from it if there is none. \n\nThe N-Nodes test, which isn\u2019t yet available in Europe, currently detects 15 different cancers including bile duct, bladder, breast, colorectal, gall bladder, kidney, liver, lung, pancreatic, prostate, oesophageal, oral, ovarian, stomach and uterine cancers. \n\nFor about \u20ac95, customers in Japan can purchase a test kit online and either have their sample picked up from their home, or they can drop it off at a pharmacy partnering with the start-up. The sample is then put through an automated system, where the test is repeated 20 times to minimise errors. \n\nFour weeks later, customers receive by mail results ranging from A to E, the latter indicating a high risk of cancer. \n\nWhile N-Node tests are more sensitive than other methods of screening for stage 0 cancers (94.7 per cent of accuracy), across cancers the results are 86.3 per cent accurate. \n\nOn its website, the start-up warns that a positive test result \u201cdoes not confirm the absence of cancer, and test results of \u2019high cancer risk\u2019 does not necessarily indicate the presence of cancer\u201d. \n\n\u201cWhen customers receive their results, we provide a flowchart on how to proceed depending on the risk scale, but the customer can always call us and get some guidance,\u201d said Di Luccio. \n\nCustomers who test positive are advised to get in touch with their doctor for further tests at a hospital after N-Nose\u2019s primary screening method. \n\nSaving Steve Jobs \n\n\u201cNematodes can detect the smell of 15 kinds of cancers, but we are also working on finding patterns between cancers,\u201d Dr Masayo Morishita, scientist at Hirotsu Bio Science, told Euronews Next. \n\nThe company is currently focusing on identifying volatile organic compounds (VOCs), chemicals produced by our bodies, to differentiate the type of cancer a patient is suffering from based on their urine sample. \n\nThis year, the start-up commercialised its first cancer type specific test. N-Node can now tell a customer whether it is suffering from pancreatic cancer, a highly lethal type that doesn\u2019t usually have a screening method. \n\n\u201cSteve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer, and early detection of this type is really difficult. When it\u2019s detected, it\u2019s usually too late, and the mortality is high,\u201d said Di Luccio. \n\nOver 350,000 people have already taken the tests in Japan, which ranked 20th in cancer incidence around the globe in 2020. \n\nIt\u2019s estimated that half of Europeans will develop cancer at some point in their life, according to EU data . \n\nThe lab is currently looking for partners to launch the product around the globe, including in Europe. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Japanese start-up Hirotsu Bio Science is shaking up early cancer screening with the help of an unlikely ally: tiny worms.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of relatively invasive and expensive methods such as endoscopies, surgeries or blood tests, the company only needs a urine sample to detect early-stage cancer (0 to 1) in patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe usually go to hospital when we start feeling something strange in our body,\u201d Eric di Luccio, Chief Technology Officer at Hirotsu Bio Science, told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s when the cancer is detected, but it\u2019s usually at an advanced stage and the odds of getting out of it alive will depend on the cancer, but sometimes it&#039;s bad,\u201d he added, calling primary cancer screening in urine samples a \u201cgame changer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While cancer is \u201cdetected\u201d in patients who have symptoms, screening, on the other hand, is conducted on healthy patients. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com//doi//full//10.3322//caac.21763/">According to a recent report<\/strong><\/a> by the American Cancer Society, both of these actions are among the reasons why deaths linked to the disease are decreasing.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7344548\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//01//27//cancer-death-rates-declined-in-the-us-over-the-past-30-years-how-does-europe-compare/">Cancer death rates declined in the US over the past 30 years. How does Europe compare?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Nobel Prize worms and smelly cancers<\/h2><p>Hirotsu Bio Science\u2019s flagship product, N-Nose, is a non-invasive invasive cancer screening process that uses tiny worms\u2019 olfactory sense to find cancer in urine samples.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Caenorhabditis elegans<\/em> or <em>C. elegans<\/em> is a millimetre-long benign worm, commonly referred to as a nematode or roundworm, and found in places that balance humidity and heat, such as soil environments.<\/p>\n<p>Nematodes are also model organisms or non-human species regularly used in research to help understand broader biological phenomena. Research on these worms started in the 1960s and has already snatched three Nobel Prizes (Physiology or Medicine in 2002 and 2006, and Chemistry in 2008).<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6811300\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2022//07//03//scientists-think-sea-worms-could-be-the-key-to-keeping-transplant-organs-alive-longer/">Scientists think sea worms could be the key to keeping transplant organs 'alive' longer<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After spending years researching the olfactory sense of nematodes, Dr Takaaki Hirotsu combined research that had never been connected before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first one was on nematodes, and the second was on the smell of cancer in bodily fluids such as urine. That\u2019s how, in 2015, he discovered that nematodes were able to smell cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t necessarily smell cancer ourselves, and dogs can be trained to detect cancer, but it turns out that nematodes really react to the sense of smell,\u201d di Luccio said of the tiny worms, which rely on their sense of smell to navigate, find food and avoid danger.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7131242\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2022//10//19//an-experiment-on-worms-may-hold-the-key-to-slowing-down-ageing-in-humans/">An experiment on worms may hold the key to slowing down ageing in humans<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How it works<\/h2><p>To conduct the test, lab workers put the urine in a Petri dish along with the worms. Nematodes make their way towards the urine if there is \u201cpresence of cancer\u201d and stay away from it if there is none.<\/p>\n<p>The N-Nodes test, which isn\u2019t yet available in Europe, currently detects 15 different cancers including bile duct, bladder, breast, colorectal, gall bladder, kidney, liver, lung, pancreatic, prostate, oesophageal, oral, ovarian, stomach and uterine cancers.<\/p>\n<p>For about \u20ac95, customers in Japan can purchase a test kit online and either have their sample picked up from their home, or they can drop it off at a pharmacy partnering with the start-up. The sample is then put through an automated system, where the test is repeated 20 times to minimise errors.<\/p>\n<p>Four weeks later, customers receive by mail results ranging from A to E, the latter indicating a high risk of cancer.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7241370\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2022//12//09//cheap-new-blood-and-urine-test-can-detect-14-types-of-cancer-before-they-spread/">A cheap new blood test can detect 14 types of cancer before they spread<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While N-Node tests are more sensitive than other methods of screening for stage 0 cancers (94.7 per cent of accuracy), across cancers the results are 86.3 per cent accurate.<\/p>\n<p>On its website, the start-up warns that a positive test result \u201cdoes not confirm the absence of cancer, and test results of \u2019high cancer risk\u2019 does not necessarily indicate the presence of cancer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen customers receive their results, we provide a flowchart on how to proceed depending on the risk scale, but the customer can always call us and get some guidance,\u201d said Di Luccio.<\/p>\n<p>Customers who test positive are advised to get in touch with their doctor for further tests at a hospital after N-Nose\u2019s primary screening method.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7509982\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//04//04//chatgpt-has-great-potential-to-improve-cancer-prevention-and-screening-study-finds/">ChatGPT has \u2018great potential\u2019 to improve cancer prevention and screening, study finds<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Saving Steve Jobs<\/h2><p>\u201cNematodes can detect the smell of 15 kinds of cancers, but we are also working on finding patterns between cancers,\u201d Dr Masayo Morishita, scientist at Hirotsu Bio Science, told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<p>The company is currently focusing on identifying volatile organic compounds (VOCs), chemicals produced by our bodies, to differentiate the type of cancer a patient is suffering from based on their urine sample.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the start-up commercialised its first cancer type specific test. N-Node can now tell a customer whether it is suffering from pancreatic cancer, a highly lethal type that doesn\u2019t usually have a screening method.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7600102\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//05//15//can-mrna-vaccines-help-prevent-cancer-relapse-small-study-brings-hope/">An mRNA vaccine tested by BioNTech shows early promise against pancreatic cancer<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cSteve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer, and early detection of this type is really difficult. When it\u2019s detected, it\u2019s usually too late, and the mortality is high,\u201d said Di Luccio.<\/p>\n<p>Over 350,000 people have already taken the tests in Japan, which <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.wcrf.org//cancer-trends//global-cancer-data-by-country///">ranked 20th in cancer incidence<\/strong><\/a> around the globe in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s estimated that half of Europeans will develop cancer at some point in their life, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//01//27//cancer-death-rates-declined-in-the-us-over-the-past-30-years-how-does-europe-compare/">according to EU data<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lab is currently looking for partners to launch the product around the globe, including in 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opts for wind and hydrogen to help achieve its green future","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Japan opts for wind and hydrogen to help achieve its green future","titleListing2":"Japan is seeking to develop alternative energies such as offshore wind and hydrogen, which can adapt to the country's geography, but also to the climate events it experiences.","leadin":"Japan is seeking to develop alternative energies such as offshore wind and hydrogen, which can adapt to the country's geography, but also to the climate events it experiences.","summary":"Japan is seeking to develop alternative energies such as offshore wind and hydrogen, which can adapt to the country's geography, but also to the climate events it experiences.","url":"japan-opts-for-wind-and-hydrogen-to-help-achieve-its-green-future","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Producing alternative energy is a priority for Japan. The country \u00a0aims to reach between 36%-38% of renewable power supplies and reduce its greenhouse emissions by 46% by 2030, and e nergy policies will be one of the issues at the top of the agenda at the G7 Summit to be held in Japan in mid-May. \n\nIts technology is at the forefront of this green revolution, and in this latest episode of Spotlight, we \u00a0travel to the remote Goto Islands in the Prefecture of Nagasaki, in the South of Japan,\u00a0 to visit a milestone offshore floating wind farm . \n\nGoto's floating wind farm\u00a0 \n\nWith limited land but a large coastal area, offshore wind power could be the answer to Japan\u2019s future energy needs, but it comes with challenges. \n\nGoto is one of the most hard-hit typhoon areas in Japan, a strategic testing zone for the resistance of these floating turbines. \n\nJapan relies on both floating and bottom-fix turbines to generate power.\u00a0 The bottom-fix wind power station of Akita was the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the country. Both types are adapted to Japan's complex topography and natural disasters. \n\n\"The fixed type has to be fastened to the seabed, but in Japan the sea gets deep very quickly,\" explained\u00a0Ushigami Kei, the Executive manager of Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC. \n\n\"It is built by setting first a foundation on the seabed, so it is affected by the topography and geology of the seabed. The floating type is connected by a chain, but it is strong against earthquakes because it is not affected by the sea ground topology.\" \n\nThe challenge for these floating structures is to deal with typhoons and the power of waves.\u00a0 Stabilisation mechanisms take knowledge from shipbuilding technology to minimize the swaying. \n\n\u201cThe structure is designed to be stable by lowering the centre of gravity with heavy concrete elements on the lower part of the floater. This makes the structure resistant to the strong winds of typhoons,\" Ushigami Kei added. \n\nGround surveys play a key role in designing cutting-edge facilities like Goto\u2019s to withstand natural disasters. \n\nProfessor Ishihara from the University of Tokyo is one of the most renowned engineers working on risk evaluation of wind. \n\n\"In the case of Japan, not only are very strong typhoons blowing, but the usual winds are not very strong. Therefore, we need to solve those two problems at the same time,\" he explained. \n\n\"One solution is to lengthen and slim down the blade. By increasing the length, the normal power generation also increases. Thinner blades also reduce excess wind during typhoons. By using Japanese carbon fibre technology, it is possible to create very long, thin and strong blades.\" \n\nGoto Wind Farm will start commercial operations in January 2024. \n\nHydrogen cargo vessels \n\nThe port of Kobe is home to the world\u2019s first liquified hydrogen carrier .\u00a0 Hydrogen is another clean energy that Japan is focusing on. It was the first country to draw up a hydrogen strategy in 2017. \n\nNow it is planning an ambitious new target to boost annual supply to 12 million tonnes for 2040.\u00a0 Hydrogen is produced in Australia and shipped to Japan by sea, freezing it to minus 253 degrees Celsius and compressing it into a liquid. \n\nIt has done the round trip twice since it was launched in 2021. \n\n\u201cHere we have the hydrogen tank, here in blue you have the mouth and under there is the tank. The size of the tank is 1,250 cubic meters,\" revealed\u00a0Yamamoto Shigeru, the Executive Officer and Deputy General Manager of the Hydrogen Strategy Division for Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. \n\nKawasaki Heavy Industries has developed a full hydrogen supply chain in Kobe, providing heat and power supply to the urban area. \n\nJapan relies largely on the import of hydrogen.\u00a0 To use it as a regular energy source, it is necessary to reduce the costs. \n\n\"The cost of hydrogen can be reduced by transporting it in larger quantities. In order to bring the cost down to the same or even less than fossil fuels it is necessary to scale up first,\"\u00a0Yamamoto Shigeru explained. \"To reach that purpose, we will build large ships and also large tanks at the receiving base. We would like to create a larger infrastructure and scale it up for commercialisation.\" \n\nThe next project is a large-scale vessel more than 100 times bigger. \n\nWith this focus on innovation, Japan is pioneering the global clean energy transition and moving closer to achieving its climate change ambitions.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Producing alternative energy is a priority for Japan. The country\u00a0aims to reach between 36%-38% of renewable power supplies and reduce its greenhouse emissions by 46% by 2030, and energy policies will be one of the issues at the top of the agenda at the G7 Summit to be held in Japan in mid-May.<\/p>\n<p>Its technology is at the forefront of this green revolution, and in this latest episode of Spotlight, we\u00a0travel to the remote Goto Islands in the Prefecture of Nagasaki, in the South of Japan,\u00a0to visit a milestone <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nikkei.com//telling//DGXZTS00002840R11C22A1000000///">offshore floating wind farm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Goto's floating wind farm<\/strong><\/h2><p>With limited land but a large coastal area, offshore wind power could be the answer to Japan\u2019s future energy needs, but it comes with challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Goto is one of the most hard-hit typhoon areas in Japan, a strategic testing zone for the resistance of these floating turbines.<\/p>\n<p>Japan relies on both floating and bottom-fix turbines to generate power.\u00a0The bottom-fix wind power station of Akita was the first <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////aow.co.jp//en//project///">large-scale offshore wind farm<\/a> in the country. Both types are adapted to Japan&#039;s complex topography and natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>\"The fixed type has to be fastened to the seabed, but in Japan the sea gets deep very quickly,\" explained\u00a0Ushigami Kei, the Executive manager of Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//38//20//808x454_cmsv2_7e8b82aa-0d56-5781-90b5-1a86175e95f4-7593820.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/384x216_cmsv2_7e8b82aa-0d56-5781-90b5-1a86175e95f4-7593820.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/640x360_cmsv2_7e8b82aa-0d56-5781-90b5-1a86175e95f4-7593820.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/750x422_cmsv2_7e8b82aa-0d56-5781-90b5-1a86175e95f4-7593820.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/828x466_cmsv2_7e8b82aa-0d56-5781-90b5-1a86175e95f4-7593820.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/1080x608_cmsv2_7e8b82aa-0d56-5781-90b5-1a86175e95f4-7593820.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/1200x675_cmsv2_7e8b82aa-0d56-5781-90b5-1a86175e95f4-7593820.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7e8b82aa-0d56-5781-90b5-1a86175e95f4-7593820.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Ushigami Kei, Executive manager of Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"It is built by setting first a foundation on the seabed, so it is affected by the topography and geology of the seabed. The floating type is connected by a chain, but it is strong against earthquakes because it is not affected by the sea ground topology.\"<\/p>\n<p>The challenge for these floating structures is to deal with typhoons and the power of waves.\u00a0Stabilisation mechanisms take knowledge from shipbuilding technology to minimize the swaying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe structure is designed to be stable by lowering the centre of gravity with heavy concrete elements on the lower part of the floater. This makes the structure resistant to the strong winds of typhoons,\" Ushigami Kei added.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7578248\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//03//want-to-move-to-japan-applying-for-a-visa-just-got-easier-for-skilled-workers/">Want to move to Japan? Applying for a visa just got easier for skilled workers<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ground surveys play a key role in designing cutting-edge facilities like Goto\u2019s to withstand natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Ishihara from the University of Tokyo is one of the most renowned engineers working on risk evaluation of wind.<\/p>\n<p>\"In the case of Japan, not only are very strong typhoons blowing, but the usual winds are not very strong. Therefore, we need to solve those two problems at the same time,\" he explained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//38//20//808x454_cmsv2_fcd678af-a1c1-54ba-ab4a-1ae7a91b0393-7593820.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/384x216_cmsv2_fcd678af-a1c1-54ba-ab4a-1ae7a91b0393-7593820.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/640x360_cmsv2_fcd678af-a1c1-54ba-ab4a-1ae7a91b0393-7593820.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/750x422_cmsv2_fcd678af-a1c1-54ba-ab4a-1ae7a91b0393-7593820.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/828x466_cmsv2_fcd678af-a1c1-54ba-ab4a-1ae7a91b0393-7593820.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/1080x608_cmsv2_fcd678af-a1c1-54ba-ab4a-1ae7a91b0393-7593820.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/1200x675_cmsv2_fcd678af-a1c1-54ba-ab4a-1ae7a91b0393-7593820.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/1920x1080_cmsv2_fcd678af-a1c1-54ba-ab4a-1ae7a91b0393-7593820.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Professor Ishihara, University of Tokyo<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"One solution is to lengthen and slim down the blade. By increasing the length, the normal power generation also increases. Thinner blades also reduce excess wind during typhoons. By using Japanese carbon fibre technology, it is possible to create very long, thin and strong blades.\"<\/p>\n<p>Goto Wind Farm will start commercial operations in January 2024.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Hydrogen cargo vessels<\/strong><\/h2><p>The port of Kobe is home to the world\u2019s first <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////global.kawasaki.com//en//corp//newsroom//news//detail//?f=20191211_3487\%22>liquified hydrogen carrier<\/a>.\u00a0Hydrogen is another clean energy that Japan is focusing on. It was the first country to draw up a hydrogen strategy in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Now it is planning an ambitious new target to boost annual supply to 12 million tonnes for 2040.\u00a0Hydrogen is produced in Australia and shipped to Japan by sea, freezing it to minus 253 degrees Celsius and compressing it into a liquid.<\/p>\n<p>It has done the round trip twice since it was launched in 2021.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6146098\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//10//25//japan-s-hydrogen-power-play/">Japan's hydrogen power play<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cHere we have the hydrogen tank, here in blue you have the mouth and under there is the tank. The size of the tank is 1,250 cubic meters,\" revealed\u00a0Yamamoto Shigeru, the Executive Officer and Deputy General Manager of the Hydrogen Strategy Division for Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//59//38//20//808x454_cmsv2_50052ff8-acb5-5776-80c9-9e1cd618c8df-7593820.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/384x216_cmsv2_50052ff8-acb5-5776-80c9-9e1cd618c8df-7593820.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/640x360_cmsv2_50052ff8-acb5-5776-80c9-9e1cd618c8df-7593820.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/750x422_cmsv2_50052ff8-acb5-5776-80c9-9e1cd618c8df-7593820.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/828x466_cmsv2_50052ff8-acb5-5776-80c9-9e1cd618c8df-7593820.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/1080x608_cmsv2_50052ff8-acb5-5776-80c9-9e1cd618c8df-7593820.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/1200x675_cmsv2_50052ff8-acb5-5776-80c9-9e1cd618c8df-7593820.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/59\/38\/20\/1920x1080_cmsv2_50052ff8-acb5-5776-80c9-9e1cd618c8df-7593820.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Yamamoto Shigeru, Executive Officer Deputy General Manager Hydrogen Strategy Division Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd speaks to Euronews<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kawasaki Heavy Industries has developed a full hydrogen supply chain in Kobe, providing heat and power supply to the urban area.<\/p>\n<p>Japan relies largely on the import of hydrogen.\u00a0To use it as a regular energy source, it is necessary to reduce the costs.<\/p>\n<p>\"The cost of hydrogen can be reduced by transporting it in larger quantities. In order to bring the cost down to the same or even less than fossil fuels it is necessary to scale up first,\"\u00a0Yamamoto Shigeru explained. \"To reach that purpose, we will build large ships and also large tanks at the receiving base. We would like to create a larger infrastructure and scale it up for commercialisation.\"<\/p>\n<p>The next project is a large-scale vessel more than 100 times bigger.<\/p>\n<p>With this focus on innovation, Japan is pioneering the global clean energy transition and moving closer to achieving its climate change 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The country\u2019s seamless blend of tradition and modernity alongside its beautiful nature and high wages are a draw for many foreign workers. \n\nGaining a work permit and visa for Japan isn\u2019t easy - but that could be about to change. \n\nIn the hopes of boosting its economy and competitiveness, the country is looking to attract foreign workers and investers. \n\nIt has a goal of gaining 100 trillion yen (\u20ac669 million) from foreign direct investment by 2030, using the weak yen as an incentive. This is 20 per cent higher than its previous aim and around double its 2022 figure, Reuters reports. \n\nAs part of the plan, the country wants to become Asia\u2019s biggest startup hub, boost production and research, and attract skilled workers from overseas . \n\nWhy does Japan want to attract foreign workers? \n\nLike many European countries, Japan has an ageing population . 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This is 20 per cent higher than its previous aim and around double its 2022 figure, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the plan, the country wants to become Asia\u2019s biggest startup hub, boost production and research, and attract skilled workers from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//01//30//always-wanted-to-move-to-spain-a-new-digital-nomad-visa-could-let-you-stay-for-5-years/">overseas./n

Why does Japan want to attract foreign workers?<\/h2><p>Like many European countries, Japan has an <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//12//want-to-get-paid-to-move-to-spain-or-italy-here-are-all-the-towns-in-need-of-new-residents/">ageing population<\/strong><\/a>. The country\u2019s government projects that there will be almost one elderly person for each person of working age by 2060, according to the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The effects of this are already starting to show, with the country facing a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//08//02//tourism-staff-shortages-affect-12-million-jobs-in-the-eu-says-study/">shortage of workers<\/strong><\/a>. 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It will need to boost this to almost 7 million by 2040 to keep pace with targets, according to a 2022 report by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).<\/p>\n<p>To make itself more competitive in the wake of the pandemic, Japan has simplified its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//29//it-will-soon-be-easier-for-foreign-workers-to-move-to-denmark-heres-which-jobs-need-fillin/">visa requirements for highly skilled professionals.<\/p>\n<h2>How is Japan simplifying its visa system?<\/h2><p>From April this year, certain foreign workers are able to bypass the current points-based visa system if they fulfil certain criteria. They will also be eligible for permanent <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//25//want-to-live-in-the-eu-new-rules-could-make-it-easier-to-move-between-countries/">residency status after just one year instead of three.<\/p>\n<p>This applies to researchers and engineers with an annual income of at least 20 million yen (\u20ac134,000) and either a Master\u2019s degree or 10 years of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//20//moving-to-germany-will-be-easier-if-you-can-fill-one-of-these-skills-gaps/">work experience<\/strong><\/a>, according to Japanese newspaper The Mainichi. Corporate managers are required to have an income of 40 million yen (\u20ac268,000) and five years\u2019 experience to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneurs aiming to start a business in Japan may also be allowed to stay longer than one year under the country\u2019s \u2018start-up visa\u2019, although details are as yet unclear.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7143882,7018592\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//09//15//malaysia-joins-list-of-southeast-asian-countries-enticing-digital-nomads-with-low-cost-of-/">Malaysia becomes the latest country to entice digital nomads with low cost of living<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//21//want-to-move-to-europe-here-are-all-the-digital-nomads-visas-available-for-remote-workers/">Want to move to Europe? 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