Photo taken on May 20, 2023, shows a guest book signed by U.S. President Joe Biden during a visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima on May 19, 2023, the first day of a three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-7 vows to aim to achieve nuclear-free world, Ukraine peace: Kishida

HIROSHIMA - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday touted the achievements of the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, saying the leaders from the advanced economies agreed to work toward a world without nuclear weapons and stand by Ukraine.

The three-day G-7 summit from Friday took place in Kishida's home constituency in the western city, devastated by a U.S. atomic bomb in August 1945, amid lingering fears that Russia may use a nuclear weapon in its ongoing war in Ukraine.

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits A-bomb museum in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Sunday a museum documenting the devastation of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, western Japan, in a symbolic move for a wartime leader whose nation faces nuclear threats from Russia.

Zelenskyy, who is in Japan to attend part of the Group of Seven summit that ended Sunday, placed a bouquet of flowers at a cenotaph dedicated to the victims accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

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A-bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow calls G-7 summit "huge failure"

HIROSHIMA - Atomic bomb survivor and campaigner Setsuko Thurlow branded the Group of Seven nations' summit in Hiroshima a "huge failure" on Sunday after the leaders released a statement supporting existing nonproliferation policy.

Speaking at a press conference in the closing hours of the three-day summit, billed by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as an opportunity to advocate for a "world without nuclear weapons," Thurlow, who backs a treaty banning nuclear arms, criticized the statement as "blasphemy against atomic bomb survivors."

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Ukraine denies Russia's control of Bakhmut

HIROSHIMA - Ukraine said Sunday that the eastern city of Bakhmut remains under its control, despite Russia's claim to have captured it.

Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's remarks in Hiroshima, Japan, had stirred some confusion when he was asked by a reporter about the embattled city's status.

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FOCUS: G-7 renews pledge to defend int'l order, yet China challenges loom

HIROSHIMA - The Group of Seven's resolve to defend the international order is likely only to have strengthened after seeing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travel all the way to Japan to meet the leaders of the major democracies to drum up support for fighting back against Russia's invasion.

Shortly after Zelenskyy arrived in Hiroshima on Saturday to join the summit discussions, the G-7 issued a communique pledging to uphold the "free and open international order based on the rule of law" and expressed strong opposition to "any unilateral attempts to change the peacefully established status of territories by force or coercion."

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Biden invites Japanese, S. Korean leaders for 3-way talks in U.S.

HIROSHIMA - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday invited the leaders of Japan and South Korea for an official trilateral summit in the United States as the two Asian neighbors have been quickly improving their relations, long fraught with historical animosity.

The invitation was extended when he briefly met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit. The date of the next three-way meeting has yet to be set, according to a senior U.S. administration official.

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Japan PM Kishida rules out dissolving lower house "as of now"

HIROSHIMA - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday ruled out dissolving the House of Representatives for a snap election "as of now," amid growing speculation that he would do so following the Group of Seven summit in his constituency of Hiroshima.

"As we are putting our priority on important challenges bearing fruit, I am not thinking of a dissolution (of the lower house) and a general election," Kishida said at a press conference to conclude the three-day summit he hosted in western Japan.

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Baseball: Walker helps Giants power past Dragons

TOKYO - Adam Walker hit a two-run homer and scored twice, helping the Yomiuri Giants to an early three-run lead in a 5-2 Central League win Sunday over the Chunichi Dragons.

The victory at Tokyo Dome was the Giants' fifth straight and completed a two-game sweep of the last-place Dragons, who have lost seven in a row.

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Video: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum guest book signed by G-7 leaders