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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed on Sunday night to establish a strategic dialogue at the foreign ministerial level to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties, in a meeting in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia.

WIMBLEDON, England -- Japan's 17-year-old Tokito Oda won his first Wimbledon wheelchair title on Sunday, becoming the youngest man to win the tournament in any discipline.

The Japan Forum for Strategic Studies held a war game in Tokyo spanning two days to examine the challenges the Japanese government might face in response to a supposed invasion of Taiwan by China.

KOFU -- Places for prayer have been set up in Fuji-Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, amid an increase in the number of Muslims visiting Mt. Fuji.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday began his first trip to the Middle East since assuming office, aiming to pave the way for a stable mid- to long-term energy supply system in Japan amid uncertainty caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The government is discussing a plan to expand the cargo transit system across the nation to convey large containers for international maritime transportation on overland rail lines. To this end, it plans to begin feasibility trials with Japan Freight Railway Co. within this fiscal year to examine operational and other…

Actor Yoshitsugu Hattori, 78, said Saturday he was sexually abused when he was a child by the late Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of a famous all-male talent agency who died in 2019 at the age of 87.

Sumitomo Forestry Co. has established a fund to invest in U.S. forestry operations. The company and nine other Japanese firms, including Eneos Corp., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Osaka Gas Co., will invest a total of 60 billion yen in the fund.

Tobu Railway Co. began operating its new express train, Spacia X, on Saturday.

The government has begun arrangements to resume negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- a group of six Persian Gulf countries -- by the end of 2024, according to government sources.

GENEVA -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced Thursday that experts of a U.N. working group will visit Japan from July 24 to Aug. 4.