The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Japan party leaders make final appeals before general election
TOKYO - Japan's political leaders made their final appeals to voters on Saturday, a day before the general election to decide whether to give Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a mandate for his COVID-19 and economic policies.
The Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito are looking to retain a majority in the 465-seat House of Representatives, the powerful lower chamber of parliament, with the outcome hinging on dozens of battleground constituencies.
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Travel agency H.I.S. expects record 53 bil. yen loss amid pandemic
TOKYO - Travel agency H.I.S. Co. said Saturday it expects to report a record net loss of 53 billion yen ($465 million) for the year ending this month, its second straight year in the red, as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the industry.
The Japanese firm's latest result follows the 25 billion yen loss it made in the previous fiscal year. Revenue for the current year is expected to fall 70 percent to 125 billion yen, it said, adding it will not pay an annual dividend.
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Husband of Japanese former princess not on N.Y. bar exam pass list
TOKYO - The name of the newlywed husband of former princess Mako Komuro was not on the pass list of the New York state bar examination released Friday by its organizer.
The results were announced days after Kei Komuro married the niece of Emperor Naruhito. The couple are planning to start a new life in New York as early as next month.
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G-20 leaders gather for talks on inflation impact, tax reform
ROME - Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies gathered Saturday for two days of talks in Rome to look into the impact of rising inflation amid the uneven global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and to show support for an international corporate tax reform deal.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is only able to join virtually because the event clashes with Japan's general election, in which he is seeking a mandate for his policy platform after his party elected him leader less than a month ago.
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Biden admits to France's Macron that U.S. sub deal was "clumsy"
ROME - President Joe Biden on Friday admitted to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that the United States was "clumsy" in its handling of a U.S.-British nuclear submarine deal with Australia that stunned Paris and created a diplomatic rift.
The bilateral talks, held in Rome ahead of the Group of 20 summit, was the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since ties soured over the deal, which was announced in September as an initiative of a new "AUKUS" security partnership.
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U.S. trade chief Tai to visit Japan, S. Korea, India from mid-Nov.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel to Tokyo, Seoul and New Delhi in the latter half of November to enhance trade and economic relationships, her office said Friday.
It will be Tai's first visit to Japan since assuming her position earlier this year.
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Aide to Myanmar's ousted leader Suu Kyi gets 20 years for sedition
YANGON - A Myanmar court sentenced Win Htein, who is known as a close aide to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, to 20 years in prison for sedition on Friday, local and other media reported.
It is believed to have been the first guilty verdict rendered against a senior member of the formerly ruling National League for Democracy party since the military deposed a civilian government led by it in a February coup.
