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TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. Takaichi, Trump to hold 1st talks with focus on security, trade TOKYO - Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold their first meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday with the focus on security and trade, at a time when the U.S. leader is calling for increased Japanese defense spending and imports of American products. On the security front, Takaichi, who took office a week earlier, and Trump will likely agree on the importance of reinforcing the bilateral alliance's deterrence and response capabilities amid growing security challenges posed by China and North Korea. China, U.S. top diplomats hold phone talks ahead of Xi-Trump summit BEIJING - China's top diplomat Wang Yi told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during their phone talks Monday that he hopes the world's two largest economies can "meet halfway" and "prepare for high-level interactions," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. Their conversation came ahead of a planned meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in South Korea on Thursday, during which the leaders are expected to address trade frictions between the two countries. Japan, U.S. foreign chiefs to meet after Trump-Takaichi talks KUALA KUMPUR - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Monday that he will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Tokyo the following day. After attending a series of ASEAN-related gatherings in Kuala Lumpur, Motegi told an online press conference that his meeting with Rubio will follow summit talks between new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump. East Asia Summit chair statement may avoid reference to Myanmar elections KUALA LUMPUR - The chair of the East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur is unlikely to mention the general elections that Myanmar's military junta plans to hold in December in his statement, according to a draft obtained by Kyodo News. During Monday's meeting, participants discussed the elections planned by the military-led government while democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains jailed, expressing divided views on the issue. Japan, India foreign ministers confirm security cooperation KUALA LUMPUR - The foreign ministers of Japan and India agreed Monday that their security cooperation, along with that of the United States and Australia, is crucial to addressing growing regional challenges. On the sidelines of meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, agreed to collaborate toward regional stability. FOCUS: Japan's new PM Takaichi makes mark at ASEAN amid China concerns KUALA LUMPUR - The way Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, engaged with ASEAN leaders during her busy weekend trip to Malaysia may have left a positive impression, as China is believed to be closely watching the diplomacy of the country's first female leader, known for her hawkish views. Takaichi, who succeeded Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday, took her first step onto the international diplomatic stage Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, where she held talks with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and met separately with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the grouping's current chair. TOKYO - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Monday she had told U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that Japan will "swiftly and sincerely" implement the bilateral trade deal struck in July. During their first in-person meeting in Tokyo, the two finance chiefs discussed Japan's planned investment in the United States, Katayama told reporters after the talks, though she declined to elaborate ahead of a Japan-U.S. summit meeting on Tuesday. Man exposed to radioactive material at Japan spent-fuel reprocessing plant AOMORI, Japan - Radioactive material has been detected on a man who was working at a nuclear spent-fuel reprocessing plant in Japan's northeast, a nuclear fuel company said Monday. The company, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd., is checking to see if the worker in his 40s, who was inside a building at the plant in Rokkasho, an Aomori Prefecture village, was internally contaminated. He has shown no signs of ill health so far. Video: Emperor Naruhito, U.S. President Trump meet in Tokyo
