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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the 60th anniversary commemorative reception of the signing of the Japan-US security treaty at the Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo, Sunday, July 19, 2020. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

Abe says new unit will defend Japan from space tech threats

Ghosn lawyers rebut new Nissan claims against fugitive exec

Japan convicts Australian who sought to see his children

Japan's Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a meeting at his ministry in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Japan's popular environment minister Koizumi said he will to take paternity leave when he expects his first child later this month, seeking to be a good example for working fathers in Japan where men are largely absent in child raring and other family roles because of persisting expectations for men to focus on work. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan gov’t minister to take paternity leave, still a rarity

Paralympian Monika Seryu, right, and comedian Ryota Yamasato unveil tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Second Paralympic lottery opens for Japan residents only

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2020, file photo, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso poses during a ceremony marking the start of this year's trading in Tokyo. Japan's gaffe-prone finance minister Aso came under fire, this time for praising Japan for what he says is the world's only country of single race, language and monarchy that lasted for 2,000 years - a remark that invited criticisms that he neglected Japanese indigenous ethnic group of Ainu and the reality of more racially diverse population elsewhere. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Deputy prime minister calls Japan a nation with single race

FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2019, file photo, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the 8th trilateral leaders' meeting between China, South Korea and Japan in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province. Abe will go ahead with a planned visit to the Middle East this weekend despite the crisis in the region, a spokesman said Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (Wang Zhao/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Japan’s Abe to go ahead with Mideast visit despite crisis

Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori speaks about Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn during a press conference at her ministry in Tokyo Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. Mori is denouncing Ghosn's criticism of the nation's criminal justice system. Mori said she wanted to prevent his spreading an "erroneous" understanding abroad about Japan's system. Ghosn, who skipped bail while awaiting trial here, said in Beirut that Japan's system was unfair and rigged. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Ghosn’s lawyer slams minister’s gaffe on proving innocence

Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Fugitive Ghosn brings global attention to Japanese justice

Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn, speaks at a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Lebanon issues travel ban for fugitive ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn

A sign welcomes motorists to Tierra del Mar, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. The tiny coastal village is opposing a plan by Facebook to build a landing spot for a submarine cable connecting America with Asia. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Facebook riles tiny Oregon town with plan for undersea cable

This March 2019, file photo shows former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, right, and his wife Carole in Tokyo. Tokyo prosecutors issued an arrest warrant Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, for the wife of Nissan's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, on suspicion of perjury. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s fugitive ex-chairman, says Japan arrest was a plot

In this May 12, 2016, file photo, then Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn speaks during a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) ** FILE **

Japan issues arrest warrant for Nissan ex-chair’s wife

A Lebanese woman with her puppy, passes by the house of ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. Ghosn earlier this week jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon rather than face trial on financial misconduct charges in a dramatic escape that has confounded and embarrassed authorities. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Japan vows to improve border checks, bail after Ghosn escape

A private security guard watches journalists through a closing garage door after a vehicle arrived at the house of ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. Ghosn earlier this week jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon rather than face trial on financial misconduct charges in a dramatic escape that has confounded and embarrassed authorities. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Japan says Ghosn’s escape inexcusable, orders investigation

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President Donald Trump stands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before signing an agreement on trade at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. From left, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Abe, Trump, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

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In a set of guiding principles adopted last year in Osaka, Japan, the C20 said its aim was “protecting the environment and promoting social and economic development, human rights and the principle of leaving no one behind.”

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