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Minister criticizes KDDI's handling of network disruption

TOKYO - Japan's communications minister on Tuesday criticized the handling of network disruption suffered by KDDI Corp. that affected up to 40 million mobile connections, saying the company failed to provide sufficient information to customers in a timely manner.

The provider of the "au" mobile phone service "has not fulfilled its responsibility as a telecommunications operator," with some customers still unable to make voice calls after KDDI said it had ended restoration work Sunday, Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yasushi Kaneko told reporters.

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Typhoon Aere moving eastward, bringing torrential rain

TOKYO - A typhoon was moving slowly eastward toward the western and central parts of the Japanese archipelago on Tuesday, bringing torrential rain and causing flooding as well as landslides.

Typhoon Aere, which made landfall on the southwestern main island of Kyushu before weakening into an extratropical low-pressure system, is expected to destabilize weather conditions nationwide through Wednesday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

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Japan's Hayashi to attend G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in Bali

TOKYO - Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tuesday he will travel to the Indonesian island of Bali later this week to attend a foreign ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 major economies.

Hayashi said during a press conference that he will explain Japan's policies on food and energy supply issues at the two-day meeting starting Thursday, as Russia's war on Ukraine, launched in late February, continues.

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Chinese ships enter Japanese waters near Senkakus, 15th this year

NAHA, Japan - Two Chinese coast guard vessels entered Japan's territorial waters near the Senkakus on Tuesday, a day after a Chinese naval ship was spotted near the China-claimed islands, as tensions heighten between Tokyo and Beijing despite the approaching 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties.

The Japan Coast Guard said the intrusion, the 15th this year and the first since June 23, happened around 4:35 a.m. after the Chinese ships tracked a Japanese fishing boat.

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Baseball: Suzuki hits inside-the-park homer on return from injury

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin - Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki hit a go-ahead, inside-the-park solo home run in the ninth inning Monday before the Milwaukee Brewers sent the game into an extra inning and claimed a 5-2 victory.

In his first game back from the injured list, Suzuki hit a drive off Brewers All-Star closer Josh Hader that bounced at an angle off the left-center wall while he sprinted around the bases. The Japanese player's head-first slide into home plate beat catcher Pedro Severino's tag.

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China asks U.S. to scrap tariffs, sanctions before expected summit

BEIJING - China has asked the United States to remove additional tariffs and sanctions imposed on Beijing, state-run media reported Tuesday, amid growing expectations that the leaders of the world's two major powers may hold talks in the near future.

Vice Premier Liu He, China's chief trade negotiator with the United States, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen exchanged views on economic and trade issues during a video call on Tuesday, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

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S. Korea holds 1st talks of body on wartime labor during Japan's rule

SEOUL - South Korea said Monday that it held the first meeting of a public-private body it has set up to resolve the wartime labor issues during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, pledging to work toward a solution to the issue.

"The government will listen to opinions of those who were directly involved in the wartime forced labor issue and of various fields while making continuous efforts in seeking a reasonable solution" through the future meetings of the public-private body, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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Zelenskyy calls on Japanese university students to "protect peace"

TOKYO - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on students at a university in Tokyo to "protect peace" as he spoke Monday of his country's ongoing "fight for the peace of the future."

Appearing virtually at an event held at Toyo University's Hakusan campus, Zelenskyy told around 350 students, including Ukrainian exchange students, that "the only time to return peace to the world is now."

==Kyodo

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