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Antarctic Treaty meeting in Hiroshima

Ambassador Hideki Uyama (R), from Japan's Foreign Ministry, meets the press in Hiroshima on May 12, 2026, after the opening ceremony of the 48th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in the western Japan city. The closed meeting, running through May 21, will discuss the peaceful use and environmental protection of Antarctica, with about 30 member countries taking part.

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Japan finance minister meets with U.S. treasury secretary

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference at the ministry on May 12, 2026, after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo.

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Japan finance minister meets with U.S. treasury secretary

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference at the ministry on May 12, 2026, after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo.

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Japan finance minister meets with U.S. treasury secretary

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference at the ministry on May 12, 2026, after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on May 11, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on May 11, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on May 11, 2026.

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Japan: Anti-Globalization Protesters Demand WHO Withdrawal Outside Ministry of Health 2

Protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Tokyo on Friday, May 8, calling for Japan's withdrawal from the WHO and opposition to globalism. The demonstration drew prominent speakers and former lawmakers.

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Japan's suspected currency intervention

Photo taken on May 3, 2026, shows Japan's Finance Ministry in Tokyo. The ministry and the Bank of Japan likely spent an additional 4 trillion yen during the Golden Week holiday in early May to arrest the yen's further fall following a yen-buying operation on April 30.

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Japan's suspected currency intervention

Photo taken on March 19, 2026, shows the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. The Finance Ministry and the BOJ likely spent an additional 4 trillion yen during the Golden Week holiday in early May to arrest the yen's further fall following a yen-buying operation on April 30.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian holds a press conference in Beijing on May 7, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian holds a press conference in Beijing on May 7, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian holds a press conference in Beijing on May 7, 2026.

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Japan SDF participates in joint Philippine drill

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaks at a press conference in Beijing on May 6, 2026, criticizing launches by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces of anti-ship missiles during the annual Balikatan exercise in Paoay, the Philippines.

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Japan SDF participates in joint Philippine drill

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaks at a press conference in Beijing on May 6, 2026, criticizing launches by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces of anti-ship missiles during the annual Balikatan exercise in Paoay, the Philippines.

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Turkey: Miners on Hunger Strike Clash With Police in Ankara, Union Leaders Detained

A hunger strike by coal miners demanding months of unpaid wages entered its second week on Monday, April 27, in Ankara, Turkey. Police fired tear gas and pepper spray to block workers from marching to the Energy Ministry from Kurtuluş Park, detaining union leaders during the crackdown.

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NPT review conference in New York

Andrey Ivanovich Belousov, ambassador-at-large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, speaks during the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 29, 2026.

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NPT review conference in New York

Sun Xiaobo, director general of arms control at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, speaks during the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 29, 2026.

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Japan-Australia foreign ministerial talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong shake hands ahead of their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 28, 2026.

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Japan-Australia foreign ministerial talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (far R) and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong (2nd from L) hold talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 28, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 21, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 21, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 20, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 20, 2026.

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Turkey: Teachers Rally in Ankara to Protest Deadly School Shootings

Teachers' unions gathered in Ankara's Kurtuluş Park on Thursday, April 16, to protest the school shootings that killed 10 people in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş on consecutive days. According to the filmer, teachers marching toward the Ministry of National Education were blocked by police barricades. After waiting nearly six hours for the barricades to be lifted, demonstrators began their march — but were only permitted to proceed as far as Mithatpaşa Street, where they stopped and held their ground.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 15, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 15, 2026.

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Japan's top admiral to visit S. Korea

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Adm. Akira Saito holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 14, 2026, saying he will visit Seoul on April 15-16 to hold talks with his counterparts from South Korea and the United States.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 13, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 13, 2026.

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UK: Pro-Palestine Protesters Storm Ministry of Defence, Confront Royal Navy Officers

Pro-Palestine demonstrators stormed toward the Ministry of Defence in London on Friday, April 10 charging at Royal Navy officers entering the building and shouting insults including "baby killers" and "cowards." Police intervened to prevent entry as the MoD raised its blast doors.

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Japan-Australia defense ministerial talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (far R) holds talks with Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles (far L) at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 8, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on April 8, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on April 8, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on April 8, 2026.

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Japan hands over cease-fire monitoring devices to Malaysia

Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia Noriyuki Shikata attends a ceremony at the Malaysian Defense Ministry in Kuala Lumpur on April 8, 2026, to hand over radio transceivers, LCD displays and other devices to the Malaysian armed forces to support their cease-fire monitoring activities in the Cambodia-Thailand border areas.

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Japan hands over cease-fire monitoring devices to Malaysia

Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia Noriyuki Shikata (L) attends a ceremony at the Malaysian Defense Ministry in Kuala Lumpur on April 8, 2026, to hand over radio transceivers, LCD displays and other devices to the Malaysian armed forces to support their cease-fire monitoring activities in the Cambodia-Thailand border areas.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on April 7, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on April 7, 2026.

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Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 3, 2026. The country's Cabinet approved the same day a shift in its rice policy, moving toward a demand-aligned output strategy and introducing new measures to prevent shortages.

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Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 3, 2026. The country's Cabinet approved the same day a shift in its rice policy, moving toward a demand-aligned output strategy and introducing new measures to prevent shortages.

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Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 3, 2026. The country's Cabinet approved the same day a shift in its rice policy, moving toward a demand-aligned output strategy and introducing new measures to prevent shortages.

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Japanese farm minister Suzuki

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 3, 2026. The country's Cabinet approved the same day a shift in its rice policy, moving toward a demand-aligned output strategy and introducing new measures to prevent shortages.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on April 2, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on April 2, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on April 1, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on April 1, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on April 1, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on March 30, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaks at a press conference in Beijing on March 25, 2026.