Category: Hiroshima

ANALYSIS: G-7 Leaders Take Strong Stance on China, but Can They Maintain Their Resolve?

News Analysis The lesson of Russia’s war in Ukraine has forced the Group of Seven (G-7) countries to confront Beijing head-on this year, and the unified statement from the Hiroshima summit represents a big step that, according to some experts, was “unthinkable” two years ago. The big question, though, is whether the G-7 countries can…


Biden Criticizes Republican Proposal on Debt Ceiling, Says He Won’t Accept ‘Partisan Terms’

Hiroshima, JAPAN—President Joe Biden took aim at Republicans, claiming that he had done his part in debt ceiling negotiations and that it was now up to them to “move from their extreme positions.” During a press conference held after the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Hiroshima, Biden stated that he would shortly speak with…


Biden to Meet With Zelenskyy at Hiroshima Summit: White House

President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the Hiroshima Summit, the White House said. The meeting will happen in the afternoon of May 21 local time. “We do expect that the president will have a bilateral meeting with President Zelenskyy … In that meeting, the president will continue to reiterate the…


G-7 to Issue ‘Candid’ Response to China’s Economic Bullying at Hiroshima Summit

HIROSHIMA, Japan—Economic security will be a major focus on the second day of the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Hiroshima, with leaders outlining actions to counter Beijing’s “economic coercion” without decoupling from China. The G-7 countries—the United States, the U.K., Japan, Canada, Germany, France, and Italy—are expected to announce “a common set of tools”…


Biden Won’t Apologize for US Use of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden has no plans to issue an apology on behalf of the United States for the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II, according to the White House. Biden arrived in Hiroshima on May 18 for the Group of Seven (G-7) summit, becoming the second sitting U.S. president…


Biden Arrives in Japan to Meet with G-7 Leaders Amid Looming Debt Crisis at Home

HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Thursday to attend the three-day G-7 summit of the world’s top economic powers, leaving behind an intense debt ceiling negotiation with congressional leaders. Biden arrived in Hiroshima around 5 p.m. local time, where the Group of Seven (G-7) leaders will meet from May 19–21 to discuss a…


Hiroshima to Host G7 Summit to Address Growing Russia, China Threats

TOKYO, Japan—The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) will meet this week in Hiroshima, Japan, in a show of strength and unity to promote “the rule-based international order” in the face of escalating Russian and Chinese aggression. The summit, which will take place May 19–21, will be the 49th annual summit of the largest…


‘Power of Benevolence’ in Shen Yun ‘Raised Me Up’: Company Owner

HIROSHIMA, Japan—Shen Yun Performing Arts uplifted the audiences in Japan on the afternoon of Jan. 3. The theatergoers said that they felt the power of benevolence from the show. “The feeling that Shen Yun gave me is beautiful. Purely beautiful. I can’t find a more suitable word to describe Shen Yun,” said Mr. Fujita Hironori,…


Japan Audience Grateful for Shen Yun: ‘This Year Will Be a Good Year’

HIROSHIMA, Japan—Japanese elites felt what they could only describe as divine grace after attending Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall in Hiroshima, Japan on Jan. 2, 2023. “[Shen Yun] is really awesome, absolutely wonderful. I felt an electric current run through my whole body when the curtain was first opened,”…


Issey Miyake, Japan’s Prince of Pleats, Dies of Cancer Aged 84: Media

TOKYO—Japanese designer Issey Miyake, famed for his pleated style of clothing that never wrinkles and who produced the signature black turtleneck of friend and Apple Inc founder Steve Jobs, has died, media said on Tuesday. He was 84. Miyake, whose name became a byword for Japan’s economic and fashion prowess in the 1980s, died on…