HIROSHIMA, Japan — World leaders are gathering on the Group of Seven summit within the western Japanese metropolis of Hiroshima.
Becoming a member of the seven nations and the European Union are a number of important Asia-Pacific nations — notably India, Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam and Australia.
The talks in Hiroshima are specializing in the Ukraine struggle, the rising dominance of China and the risk to Taiwan. Associated to this are points surrounding provide chains, and financial and power safety. Plus, the attendance of India — a rustic that chairs the G-20 this 12 months — is popping a highlight on the so-called International South, or growing world.
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Listed below are some latest tales:
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From India to Indonesia, G-7 invitees aim to be heard in Hiroshima
And here is the most recent (Japan time):
Sunday, Might 21
5:00 a.m. U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks within the afternoon following a trilateral assembly with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, a White Home official tells reporters in a preview of the third day of the summit.
Biden will “proceed to reiterate the USA’ agency and resolute help for Ukraine going ahead” throughout his talks with Zelenskyy, the official says.
Earlier than that, Biden will meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for trilateral discussions. “That is one thing that’s been a precedence for President Biden since he is been in workplace to enhance not solely our bilateral alliance with every of these nations however trilaterally between the three of us throughout sectors,” the official says.
Saturday, Might 20
10:04 p.m. Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov says that choices taken by the G-7 nations at their summit in Japan had been aimed on the “double containment” of Russia and China, Reuters stories.
9:28 p.m. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and expressed condolences for the floods presently affecting her nation, Yoon’s workplace mentioned.
The 2 leaders had a short encounter after the group picture session, throughout which Meloni mentioned the floods had induced her to chop brief her abroad journey and return to Italy. Round 14,000 individuals have evacuated and no less than 14 have died within the floods in northern Italy, in keeping with Yoon’s workplace.
Yoon expressed hope for a fast restoration in Italy.
9:25 p.m. Zelenskyy is making the rounds on the G-7. Apart from Modi, he has additionally spoken with Italy’s Meloni, the U.Okay.’s Sunak and France’s Macron.
8:43 p.m. The Quad leaders — from the U.S., Japan, India and Australia — start their assembly. The talks in Hiroshima change a canceled summit in Sydney that had been deliberate for subsequent week.
6:55 p.m. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the summit, their first face-to-face interplay since Russia invaded the latter’s nation in February final 12 months. Modi tweets footage of the encounter, together with one displaying the 2 males shaking arms.
6:00 p.m. Talking at a session through the G-7 summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced solutions for bettering world meals safety. “The precedence must be given to the creation of an inclusive meals system centered on the world’s most weak individuals, specifically marginal farmers,” mentioned the prime minister, making it clear that his focus stays on the growing nations of the so-called International South when he speaks at key worldwide boards.
“International fertilizer provide chains should be strengthened … and the expansionist mindset controlling fertilizer sources needs to be stopped.”
“This must be the target of our cooperation,” Modi mentioned.
5:40 p.m. Earlier as we speak, because the G-7 braced for Zelenskyy’s arrival, leaders held a number of dialogue classes on points starting from synthetic intelligence to nuclear disarmament.
They confirmed the necessity for governance of generative AI below a “Hiroshima AI Course of” to be mentioned by related ministers by the top of the 12 months. As they mentioned later of their communique, the leaders purpose to “advance worldwide discussions on inclusive synthetic intelligence (AI) governance and interoperability to realize our widespread imaginative and prescient and purpose of reliable AI, according to our shared democratic values.”
In one other session, the G-7 condemned North Korea’s repeated ballistic missile launches, amid a broader dialogue on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The leaders famous the importance of holding such talks in Hiroshima within the context of the Ukraine struggle.
“The specter of nuclear weapons by Russia is unacceptable and should not be used, and sustaining and strengthening the [non-proliferation treaty] is the one practical method to notice a world freed from nuclear weapons. It’s important to proceed the general discount within the variety of nuclear weapons and to regulate the export of things that can be utilized for army functions, specializing in transparency of nuclear forces and multilateral export management regimes.”
3:50 p.m. Zelenskyy tweets about his arrival in Japan.
3:48 p.m. After landing in Hiroshima in a French aircraft, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy shortly disembarks and leaves the airport in a black sedan.
3:30 p.m. A G-7 doc on clear power launched on Saturday says the member nations will work collectively to create commerce insurance policies that decarbonize their economies, speed up the event of resilient clear power provide chains, develop shared markets for clear power items and providers, and mobilize important private and non-private sector local weather and power safety investments for his or her low-and- center revenue companions.
“We are going to have interaction on this work with associate nations all over the world to beat our shared power and local weather challenges and guarantee a extra steady and affluent future,” says the G-7 Clear Power Financial system Motion Plan.
Underlining the grouping’s need to scale back dependence on China, the doc additionally says, “We underline the importance of constructing safe, resilient, reasonably priced and sustainable clear power provide chains and robust industrial bases that scale back undue strategic dependencies and profit native employees and communities all over the world.”
2:20 p.m. In a 75-minute session on “strengthening engagement with companions,” Prime Minister Kishida talked in regards to the rising significance of the rising and growing nations of the so-called International South, urging a “people-centered” method to fulfill their numerous wants, in keeping with the Japanese overseas ministry.
Kishida mentioned he hopes the G-7 will cooperate to assist obtain concrete outcomes on the Group of 20 on points corresponding to meals, growth and well being.
1:25 p.m. In the meantime, Modi is busy holding his personal conferences. He has a chat with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, one other invitee to the summit.
12:45 p.m. The readout of Kishida’s assembly with Lula says they spoke for about an hour.
The 2 leaders “exchanged views” on the conditions in Ukraine and East Asia, it says. They reaffirmed the significance of basic values corresponding to freedom and democracy, and concurred that they might work collectively to take care of and strengthen a global order based mostly on the rule of legislation.
Lula has drawn consideration for previous feedback on Ukraine, suggesting the West is partly accountable for prolonging the battle. On his latest visit to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, he additionally referred to as for a shift away from dollar-denominated commerce and challenged the dominance of Western-led monetary establishments.
In the meantime, Lula and Kishida shared the view that Japan and Brazil would work collectively to steer Safety Council reform this 12 months, when each nations function non-permanent members. Reform of the physique was one thing India’s Modi touched on in an interview with Nikkei Asia as effectively.
In any other case, the Japanese and Brazilian leaders mentioned bilateral issues corresponding to commerce, funding and a Japanese yen mortgage. Kishida additionally mentioned Japan would “provoke procedures” towards a short-term visa exemption for Brazilian passport holders. In March, Lula’s authorities mentioned Brazil would reinstate visa necessities for guests from Japan in addition to the U.S., Canada and Australia, citing an absence of reciprocal exemptions.
11:40 a.m. Japan has launched the visitor guide messages the leaders wrote on the Peace Memorial Museum on Friday.
Fumio Kishida (Japan): As Chair of the G-7, I’m gathering right here along with the leaders of G-7 nations on this historic event of the G-7 Summit to appreciate a world with out nuclear weapons.
Emmanuel Macron (France): Avec émotion et compassion, il nous appartient de contribuer au devoir de mémoire des victimes d’Hiroshima et d’agir en faveur de la paix, seul fight qui mérite d’être mené.
Joe Biden (U.S.): Might the tales of this museum remind us all of our obligations to construct a way forward for peace. Collectively — allow us to proceed to make progress towards the day after we can lastly and ceaselessly rid the world of nuclear weapons. Hold the religion!
Justin Trudeau (Canada): Canada pays solemn tribute to the numerous lives misplaced, the unspeakable grief of the Hibakusha, and the immense struggling of the individuals of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Votre histoire restera à jamais gravée dans notre conscience collective.
Olaf Scholz (Germany): Dieser Ort erinnert an unfassbares Leid. Heute erneuern wir hier gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern das Versprechen, Frieden und Freiheit mit aller Entschlossenheit zu schützen. Ein nuklearer Krieg darf nie wieder geführt werden.
Giorgia Meloni (Italy): Oggi ci fermiamo e restiamo in preghiera. Oggi ricordiamo che l’oscurità non ha avuto la meglio. Oggi ricordiamo il passato per costruire, insieme, un futuro di speranza.
Rishi Sunak (U.Okay.): Shakespeare tells us to “give sorrow phrases”. But language fails within the gentle of the bomb’s flash. No phrases can describe the horror and struggling of the individuals of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However what we are able to say, with all our hearts, and all our souls, isn’t any extra.
Charles Michel (European Council): An immense tragedy befell right here nearly 80 years in the past. It reminds us what we — as G-7 — are defending. And why we’re defending it. Peace and freedom. As a result of it is what all human beings need most.
Ursula von der Leyen (European Fee): What occurred in Hiroshima remains to be as we speak haunting humanity. It’s a stark reminder of the horrible price of struggle — and our eternal obligation to guard and protect peace.
10:50 a.m. Japan releases readouts of Kishida’s conferences with Modi and Widodo.
The Japanese prime minster defined to Modi how the G-7 summit would proceed, emphasizing respect for the U.N. Constitution and the rule of legislation. They shared a view that it will be important for a broad vary of companions to work collectively to handle the challenges dealing with the worldwide neighborhood, and agreed to work collectively for peace and a “free and open Indo-Pacific.”
Related factors had been echoed within the Widodo assembly. In addition they mentioned points essential to the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations, such because the disaster in Myanmar, whereas Kishida expressed his intention to help Indonesia’s capital relocation plan.
10:20 a.m. Beginning his assembly with Lula this morning, Kishida advised the Brazilian chief: “Because the world faces a number of crises, it’s essential that we work with a broad vary of companions to handle the challenges dealing with the worldwide neighborhood, corresponding to local weather, meals, growth, peace and stability.”
Lula mentioned he by no means thought he would come to Hiroshima, “since it’s a little distant,” noting he spent 26 hours within the aircraft.
However he mentioned he needs to strengthen ties between Japan and Brazil.
“Since 1908, many Japanese have worked for the development of Brazil. As well as many Japanese firms have invested in Brazil,” he mentioned. “I imagine that our relationship could be additional developed sooner or later.”
10:00 a.m. After his early-morning assembly with Kishida, India’s Modi unveils a bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Hiroshima.
9:30 a.m. Japan’s Ministry of International Affairs formally proclaims the go to of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
It says Zelenskyy will take part in a face-to-face session with the G-7 leaders on Sunday. He can even be a visitor at a session on peace and stability with the G-7 leaders and people from invited nations. Kishida and the Ukrainian president will maintain a bilateral as effectively.
9:00 a.m. After assembly with Modi, Kishida has a bilateral with Indonesia’s Joko Widodo, adopted by Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
8:40 a.m. A spokesman for India’s Ministry of Exterior Affairs says Modi and Kishida talked in regards to the International South and cooperation within the Indo-Pacific.
7:39 a.m. In the present day’s conferences get underway because the host Kishida sits down with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived Friday night. The 2 proceed to tighten their relationship after Kishida visited India in March.
Friday, Might 19
10:05 p.m. The White Home says the leaders of the Quad — U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese — will maintain their very own assembly in Hiroshima on Saturday. The deliberate talks on the sidelines of the G-7 change a summit that was to be held in Sydney subsequent week — canceled on account of Biden shortening his journey.
9:10 p.m. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, talking in Saudi Arabia earlier than his deliberate journey to the G-7, makes “a direct attraction from right here to guard the Ukrainian individuals.”
“We should unite to avoid wasting the Ukrainians from Russian aggression and unlawful annexations by Russia,” he tells the Arab League Summit. “I thank Saudi Arabia for its respectful place, that the Ukrainian persons are the individuals of true peace.”
8:15 p.m. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has touched down in Hiroshima. He spoke with Nikkei Asia in New Delhi earlier than his departure for Japan.
7:10 p.m. The G-7 leaders go to Itsukushima Shrine, one among Japan’s hottest landmarks, with its torii gate that seems to drift at excessive tide. In contrast to the dreary morning climate, the setting solar peeks out from behind the clouds, offering a picturesque backdrop.
7:00 p.m. In the meantime, a Chinese language diplomat touches on the G-7 throughout a media briefing in Jakarta. China does not have “any intention to dominate” the worldwide provide chain for the clear power transition, Li An, minister counselor for China’s mission to ASEAN, says when requested about G-7 considerations over his nation’s management of essential minerals. “China by no means takes any insurance policies to dominate … any provide chain. We really advocate openness and transparency, and in addition multilateralism,” Li says, including the remarks are his “private view.”
6:51 p.m. Zelenskyy has landed in Jeddah, Reuters stories citing native TV. He’s anticipated to seem on the Arab League Summit there earlier than persevering with on to Hiroshima.
6:35 p.m. A French authorities aircraft is carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Arab League Summit in Saudi Arabia earlier than flying on to Hiroshima for the G-7, Reuters stories, citing an nameless supply.
6:15 p.m. Whereas Ukraine has been and appears more likely to proceed to be the main focus of the summit, a human rights group has despatched a reminder to the G-7 of humanitarian crises and repressive governments in Southeast Asia. ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, a bunch based by progressive lawmakers throughout the ASEAN bloc, urges G-7 leaders in an open letter to “take swift and agency measures” towards the army regime in Myanmar. In addition they name out Cambodia.
6:05 p.m. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made his personal journey to the atomic bomb memorial earlier on Friday, tweeting that he wished the very first thing he did after arriving in Japan to be one thing that reminded him of why he got here — “why working collectively to safe peace for the area and the world is so essential.”
The Australian chief, one of many invitees to the summit, additionally mentioned he met with one other chief from exterior the G-7 — Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
5:48 p.m. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has landed in Japan, bringing one other voice from rising Asian economies.
4:30 p.m. The G-7 leaders launch a press release on Ukraine, stressing that their help for the embattled nation “is not going to waver” and vowing “new steps” to make sure Russia’s aggression fails. In addition they stress that peace means a full withdrawal of Russian forces.
“We underline {that a} simply peace can’t be realized with out the entire and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops and army gear, and this have to be included in any name for peace,” the assertion says.
The leaders promise to proceed safety help for Ukraine, tailor-made to its wants, and to “additional limit” Russia’s financial entry. “We are going to broaden our actions to make sure that exports of all objects essential to Russia’s aggression together with these utilized by Russia on the battlefield are restricted throughout all our jurisdictions.”
On the similar time, they promise to defend agricultural, medical and humanitarian merchandise from the restrictions “to keep away from potential spillover impacts on third nations,” whereas supporting weak nations.
On reconstruction, the assertion says the G-7 will work to make sure that Russia pays for the harm it has induced. “We reaffirm that, in line with our respective authorized methods, Russia’s sovereign belongings in our jurisdictions will stay immobilized” till that point.
They single out diamonds, promising to work intently to limit Russia’s commerce of the dear gems.
3:58 p.m. Leaders attend a working lunch.
Participating within the working lunch had been U.S. President Joe Biden, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Charles Michel, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
3:55 p.m. As he departed for the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima, Indonesian President Joko Widodo mentioned he would deliver the attitude of growing nations from the International South to the gathering of main economies.
Japan, the host nation, invited Indonesia to attend the occasion as a visitor, in what would be the nation’s second time collaborating in a G-7 Summit. Widodo mentioned that whereas in Hiroshima he would convey the place of ASEAN on key points, together with the battle in Myanmar.
Hiroshima, which was the positioning of an atomic bombing in 1945, is now an emblem of peace, Widodo mentioned.
1:44 p.m. G-7 leaders start working lunch centered on the worldwide financial system.
12:30 p.m. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend the G-7 summit in particular person on Sunday, in keeping with the Monetary Occasions and different stories citing sources conversant in the plans. The embattled chief goals to shore up help from the group of rich democracies towards Russia’s invasion.
11:00 a.m. The leaders are visiting the atomic bomb memorial because the official Day One will get underway. Prime Minister Kishida greets them one after the other exterior the museum, stopping to pose for images earlier than ushering them into the constructing.
Contained in the museum, Kishida defined the reveals and the G-7 leaders talked with 85-year-old atomic bomb survivor Keiko Ogura, in keeping with the Japanese authorities. Their go to lasted for about 40 minutes. After leaving the museum, the leaders walked to the cenotaph for the bomb victims on the park and laid floral wreaths.
9:25 a.m. Within the opening remarks of their bilateral assembly, Kishida advised French President Emmanuel Macron that France was a “particular associate” of Japan. Macron praised Japan for making a “exhausting determination” of Ukraine, stressing that it’s “vital for the G7 to indicate that we’re working collectively and that we’re persevering with to take action.”
9:20 a.m. Kishida and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz maintain a roughly 40-minute assembly. They comply with proceed to cooperate on supporting Ukraine and sanctioning Russia over the struggle. In addition they agency up their willpower to take care of a free and open worldwide order base on the rule of legislation.
“Fumio-san, I look ahead to working with you each right here on the G-7 and outdoors of the G-7,” Scholz says.
The 2 leaders additionally alternate views on the scenario in East Asia and make sure that they are going to proceed to work intently in coping with points regarding China and North Korea, together with Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile packages and previous abductions of Japanese residents.
8:45 a.m. Kishida met for half-hour with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In accordance with a readout from Japan’s overseas ministry, the 2 leaders concurred they are going to proceed shut coordination in addressing points associated to China and responding to North Korea together with the nuclear and missiles problem.
They confirmed that the G-7 will proceed to coordinate intently to impose sanctions towards Russia and supply help for Ukraine
Thursday, Might 18
9:55 p.m. G-7 leaders will maintain a session on Ukraine amongst themselves on Friday afternoon, Japan’s International Ministry says. A separate session shall be held Sunday morning with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attending on-line, the ministry says.
9:10 p.m. Biden and Kishida “affirmed their resolve to proceed supporting Ukraine because it defends itself from Russia’s brutal and illegal invasion,” the White Home says in a readout of the U.S. and Japanese leaders’ bilateral assembly in Hiroshima.
The information launch says additionally they talked about North Korea’s weapons packages and “coercive conduct” by China that “runs counter to worldwide legislation.”
“The 2 leaders underscored their opposition to any makes an attempt to vary the established order by pressure, and reiterated their resolve to take care of peace and stability throughout the Taiwan Strait,” the White Home says.
8:30 p.m. Indian International Secretary Vinay Kwatra tells reporters, “We’re planning a Quad leaders’ assembly in Hiroshima.” This is able to fill in for the Quad summit in Sydney that was to be held subsequent week, however was canceled after Biden determined to chop his journey brief.
Briefing the media earlier than Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Hiroshima from Friday to Sunday, Kwatra provides that each one the Quad nations — India, Japan, Australia and the U.S. — try to utilize their leaders’ presence on the G-7 to rearrange their very own summit on the sidelines. He says that if the assembly goes forward, areas corresponding to maritime area consciousness, developmental cooperation and additional cooperation within the Indo-Pacific can be mentioned.
7:55 p.m. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the U.Okay.’s Rishi Sunak start a working dinner, as the 2 nations look to spice up cooperation in semiconductors and different areas.
They’re eating at a tofu kaiseki restaurant. Kishida greets the British prime minister by his first identify, “Oh, Rishi!”
Sunak pulls up his trousers to indicate Kishida his pair of pink socks with the brand of the Hiroshima Carp baseball staff.
7:25 p.m. In opening remarks, Biden mentioned that the 2 nations face one of the vital advanced safety environments in latest historical past. “When our nations stand collectively, we stand stronger, and I imagine the entire world is safer after we do,” he mentioned.
Kishida mentioned he was very completely happy to obtain “Joe” in Hiroshima. “The Japan-U.S. alliance is the bedrock of peace and stability within the Indo-Pacific,” he mentioned, including that the bilateral relationship is advancing in leaps and bounds, not solely in safety however in numerous fields.
Kishida welcomed an funding in Hiroshima by U.S. chipmaker Micron Know-how and that the Japanese authorities will steadfastly help it as instance of Japan-U.S. semiconductor cooperation.
6:20 p.m. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will maintain a bilateral summit on Sunday, along with a trilateral assembly the identical day with U.S. President Joe Biden, Yoon’s workplace proclaims.
This would be the two leaders’ third bilateral summit since March, following conferences in Tokyo and Seoul. Yoon took workplace final 12 months and has made diplomatic rapprochement with Japan a key overseas coverage goal, arguing that the 2 U.S. allies should cooperate towards shared financial and safety pursuits.
Seoul-Tokyo ties have for many years been stricken by disagreements over World Struggle II-era historical past. On Sunday, Yoon and Kishida are additionally set to make a joint go to to the memorial in Hiroshima to those that misplaced their lives within the 1945 atomic bombing of the town, which incorporates an installment devoted to Korean victims.
South Korea is just not a G-7 member state however was invited by Japan to attend as a visitor. Whereas in Hiroshima, Yoon can even maintain bilateral conferences on Friday with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. He’ll then maintain bilateral summits on Saturday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
6:00 p.m. Kishida and Biden shake arms and pose for images earlier than transferring to a gathering room on the Rihga Royal Lodge in Hiroshima. They take their seats at a protracted desk, flanked by their aides.
5:09 p.m. Biden lands in Hiroshima, rising from his helicopter and hopping into the Beast, because the presidential automobile is thought. The motorcade begins rolling a couple of minutes later, taking him to a bilateral assembly with Japan’s Kishida.
Touring with the president’s motorcade are Rahm Emmanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, Jake Sullivan, nationwide safety adviser, and a number of different officers.
4:17 p.m. Kishida and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni start bilateral talks in Hiroshima.
4:05 p.m. Biden arrives within the rain at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.
3:00 p.m. Japan’s Ministry of Protection introduced that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak inspected the Izumo, a helicopter service being reworked into a light-weight plane service. The ministry mentioned the go to “symbolizes the shut and robust relationship between Japan and the U.Okay.”
1:00 p.m. U.S. President Joe Biden will arrive at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, on Thursday afternoon, the White Home proclaims. He’ll then head by helicopter to Hiroshima, the place he’ll maintain a bilateral assembly with Prime Minister Kishida.
Different leaders are anticipated to reach later Thursday.
12:10 p.m. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives in Hiroshima.
Police start to limit entry into Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will lead a number of occasions on the park, situated on the heart of the primary metropolis on the earth to endure a nuclear assault, together with greeting the leaders there on Friday.
11:00 a.m. As leaders of wealthy democracies collect in Hiroshima, China is that this week hosting its first face-to-face summit meeting with the leaders of five Central Asian countries in Xi’an.
Wednesday, Might 17
6:00 p.m. Nikkei Asia hosts a panel on what leaders are more likely to talk about on the G-7 summit. Watch a video of the webinar.