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TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. TOKYO - Practicality took center stage at the Tokyo auto show, where many Japanese automakers showcased their latest electric vehicles set for release in the coming years as they race to catch up with overseas rivals and make environmentally friendly options more accessible to domestic consumers. A record number of more than 500 companies and organizations are taking part in this year's Japan Mobility Show, which opened to the media on Wednesday for a two-day preview, encouraging visitors to imagine the future of transportation. The event will be open to the public through Nov. 9. TOKYO - A Japanese travel agency said Tuesday it will launch a point-to-point transport service in the 2030s that would connect Tokyo and U.S. cities like New York in 60 minutes via outer space. The service, which Nippon Travel Agency Co. plans to offer in partnership with a reusable rocket development startup, would cost a customer 100 million yen ($657,000) for a round trip. TOKYO - Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed during their first summit on Tuesday to strengthen the bilateral alliance's deterrence and response capabilities and to enhance economic cooperation. Takaichi, who became Japan's first female prime minister last week, pledged to build with Trump a "new golden era" of the Japan-U.S. alliance and told him Japan will take the initiative in increasing its defense spending. Trump reminisces with Takaichi over Abe, meets ex-PM's widow TOKYO - U.S. President Donald Trump's first summit in Tokyo with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday saw the two reminisce over their closeness to late Japanese leader Shinzo Abe, before the American leader met with the slain premier's widow in a nostalgia-tinged visit. Takaichi, who became Japan's first female prime minister last week, expressed gratitude for Trump's long friendship with former Prime Minister Abe, whose nationalist stance on Japan's wartime history and conservative views on security were a key influence for her. NARA, Japan - A man indicted for killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 pleaded guilty on Tuesday, in his first court hearing since the murder that stunned the nation and put a spotlight on the controversial Unification Church and its dubious links to politicians. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, said at the Nara District Court, "It is true. There is no doubt that I did it." He is accused of murdering Abe, the country's longest-serving postwar prime minister, with a handmade firearm during an election stump speech in western Japan. Trump says U.S.-Japan alliance foundation of peace in Pacific YOKOSUKA, Japa - The U.S.-Japan alliance is a foundation of peace in the Pacific, President Donald Trump said Tuesday in his speech at a naval base following talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Trump and Takaichi visited the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington docked in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, to demonstrate the strength of the decades-old security partnership between the two countries. Japan, U.S. foreign chiefs agree on multilateral security cooperation TOKYO - Japan and the United States reaffirmed their commitment in a meeting of their foreign ministers Tuesday to security cooperation not only bilaterally but also with South Korea, the Philippines, Australia and India. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks in Tokyo after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who became the country's first female leader last week, met with President Donald Trump. Top athletes report high rate of depression in JOC survey TOKYO - About 24 percent of top athletes have experienced depression at some point in their careers, a Japanese Olympic Committee survey showed, far exceeding the 5.7 percent global rate for adults reported by the World Health Organization in February. The JOC conducted an online survey of 1,803 athletes between last November and February, receiving 818 responses. The committee described it as its first comprehensive study targeting elite-level athletes aiming for the Olympics and other major competitions. Video: Takaichi, Trump meet in Tokyo
