Overview
- Foreign ministers from the G7 met Nov. 11–12 in Niagara-on-the-Lake to discuss support for Ukraine and prospects for a Gaza cease-fire, with partners such as Ukraine, South Korea, India and South Africa invited.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Japan’s Toshimitsu Motegi joined the talks, and Canada’s foreign minister emphasized the cross-border nature of the issues on the table.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested assistant inspector Daisuke Jimbo, 43, on suspicion of breaching confidentiality by sending images showing how an investigative camera captured a group linked to the scout network Natural via its app on two occasions in late April and early May.
- Police sources report that about ¥9 million in cash was seized from Jimbo’s home during searches connected to the leak investigation.
- Tokai Television announced an external investigation into sexual-harassment allegations involving Chairman Hiroshi Kojima following a weekly magazine report, and the Imperial Household Agency is reported to be considering imperial visits to Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima next spring for the 2011 quake’s 15th year.