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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno says the country will impose additional sanctions on Russia after the Group of Seven (G7) summit the country hosted last week agreed to step up measures to punish Moscow's invasion of…

Japan says officials from the Group of Seven (G7) nations will meet next week to consider problems posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT. Japan's Communications Minister, Takeaki Matsumoto, said the…

China Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has summoned the Japanese ambassador to register protests over "hype around China-related issues" at the Group of Seven (G7) summit over the weekend, a ministry statement late on Sunday said. The…

Azali Assoumani, the president of the Comoros, which is made up of three islands off south-eastern Africa, has arrived in Hiroshima for the G7 summit. The Comoros was invited as it is chairing the African Union this year. Normally South…

A standoff in Washington over raising the U.S. debt ceiling has overshadowed a meeting of Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders. This has heightened U.S. recession fears as central banks seek a soft landing for the global economy. The…

Digital ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced nations have called for the adoption of "risk-based" regulation on artificial intelligence. In a joint statement issued at the end of a two-day meeting in Japan, the ministers said…

The Group of Seven (G7) economic powers has called for the extension, full implementation and expansion the critical deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. In the communique issued after a two-day meeting in Miyazaki,…

The Group of Seven (G7) countries are considering a near-total ban on exports to Russia. Reports said the United States and Ukraine’s allies were considering “an outright ban on most exports to Russia,” adding that officials from G7…

North Korea has criticised the United States and other Group of Seven (G7) countries after G7 foreign ministers urged denuclearisation and condemned the North's April 13 test of what Pyongyang said was a solid-fuel ICBM. State news…

The Group of Seven (G7) rich nations have agreed to speed up renewable energy development and move towards a quicker phase-out of fossil fuels. Their position is contained in a  communique issued at the end of two days of meetings on…