The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Japan PM Kishida Cabinet's support rate at 34%, nears lowest level
TOKYO - The approval rating for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet continued to slide to 34.3 percent and neared the lowest level in his tenure, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday, as the government grapples with the trouble-plagued national identification card system and concerns over Fukushima nuclear disaster cleanup efforts.
The support rating dropped from 40.8 percent in the previous poll in mid-June, while the disapproval rating increased to 48.6 percent from 41.6 percent, according to the three-day nationwide telephone survey conducted from Friday.
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Tennis: Oda wins 2nd Grand Slam wheelchair crown at Wimbledon
LONDON - Japanese teenager Tokito Oda won his second career Grand Slam wheelchair tennis singles title Sunday, defeating Alfie Hewett of Britain 6-4, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final.
In a rematch of this year's Australian Open and French Open finals, the 17-year-old Oda rallied from 4-1 down in the first set and 2-0 down in the second at the All England Club.
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TPP nations approve Britain's accession, first expansion of trade pact
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Britain officially joined a major trans-Pacific trade pact at a signing ceremony in New Zealand on Sunday, marking the first expansion of the accord since its entry into force in 2018 and bringing the bloc to cover 15 percent of global gross domestic product.
The 11 original members of the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership approved the accession of Britain at a ministerial meeting earlier Sunday. The latest development will shift the focus on the handling of other applicants, including China and Taiwan.
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G-7 finance chiefs reaffirm unwavering support for Ukraine
GANDHINAGAR, India - Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Sunday reaffirmed their "unwavering" support for Ukraine, Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said, as Russia's aggression against its neighbor continues.
The G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors did not discuss recent developments in the foreign exchange market, Suzuki told reporters after their meeting in India, at a time of financial market jitters over future monetary tightening in major economies.
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Artistic swimming: Japan wins 1st world pair gold in 22 years
FUKUOKA - Mashiro Yasunaga and Moe Higa won the gold medal in artistic swimming's duet technical routine at the world aquatics championships Sunday, making them the first Japanese pair to win a world title in 22 years.
Yasunaga, 24, and Higa, 15, scored 273.9500 points, 10.9166 ahead of second-place Italians Linda Cerruti and Lucrezia Ruggiero, in the final at Marine Messe Fukuoka.
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Man dies, over 2,000 evacuate as heavy rain pounds Japan's Akita
TOKYO - A man died and more than 2,000 people evacuated as heavy rain pounded Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan over the weekend, local authorities said Sunday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency continued to call for vigilance, warning of landslides, rising river levels and flooding in the region.
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Hitachi driverless passenger railway opens in Honolulu, first in U.S.
HONOLULU - A fully autonomous elevated railway system operated by a Hitachi Ltd. unit partially opened in Honolulu late last month, raising hopes it will enhance convenience for tourists and ease the area's notorious traffic congestion.
The initial 17-kilometer portion of the Skyline, the first driverless commuter railway in the United States and first passenger rail service on Hawaii's Oahu island in 76 years, connects nine stations from East Kapolei to Aloha Stadium.
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FEATURE: Japanese tomato farmer hits sweet spot with viral marketing
NIIGATA, Japan - A tomato farm in Niigata has created a stir on social media through an inventive marketing strategy, with orders pouring in from across Japan despite the owner himself not being so keen on the famous fruit.
The secret to the success of Soga Farm lies not only in the sweetness of their tomatoes but also in the unusual names the business uses for branding different tomato breeds, with its famous "Dark Side Tomatoes" having generated the farm a large following online.
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Video: Skate park opens in Tokyo's Tachikawa
