Photos of US President-elect Donald Trump's landmark first talks with a foreign leader show his daughter Ivanka was present, underscoring the family's influence as he readies to take power.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told African leaders on Saturday that his country will commit $30 billion in public and private support for infrastructure development, education and healthcare expansion in the continent.
Tens of thousands of people gathered on Japan's Okinawa island in one of the biggest demonstrations in two decades against US military bases, following the arrest of an American suspected of murdering a local woman.
The Group of Seven industrial powers pledged on Friday to seek strong global growth, while papering over differences on currencies and stimulus policies and expressing concern over North Korea, Russia and maritime disputes involving China.
Japan vowed to cooperate with a French probe into $2mn allegedly paid to help Tokyo secure the 2020 Olympics, as the son of ex-world athletics chief Lamine Diack denied receiving the money.
