TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.

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G7 finance chiefs agree to stabilize global economy amid Iran war

WASHINGTON - Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrial powers agreed Wednesday to do everything possible to stabilize the global economy amid considerable uncertainty brought on by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

With energy prices soaring and supply chains worldwide disrupted, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama also told reporters after their meeting in Washington that many central bankers appeared to favor a wait-and-see stance on monetary policy.

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Man admits killing stepson, moved body several times to evade police search

KYOTO - A man arrested for abandoning the body of his stepson who had been missing for weeks has admitted to killing the boy and allegedly hid the corpse in different locations amid an extensive search by police in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, local police said Thursday.

The arrest on Thursday morning marked a dramatic turn of events in the investigation, which was launched when the boy went missing on March 23 after the stepfather claimed to have driven him to school.

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Southwestern Japan's Kumamoto marks decade since deadly quakes

KUMAMOTO, Japan - The southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of a deadly earthquake, the more intensive of a pair of back-to-back quakes that hit the region and claimed the lives of over 270 people.

Families and others observed a moment of silence in remembrance of the deceased at 1:25 a.m., the time when a magnitude 7.3 quake struck a decade ago following a M6.5 temblor two days prior.

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Commercial operation begins at TEPCO's recently rebooted nuclear plant

TOKYO - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday began commercial operation at the No. 6 unit of the recently restarted nuclear power plant northwest of Tokyo, nearly two months later than initially scheduled.

Despite the delay, it marks the first time in 14 years that a TEPCO-operated nuclear reactor has entered commercial operation. The utility company has been dealing with the aftermath of the crippling of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex by the 2011 major earthquake and tsunami.

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Chinese Embassy in Tokyo says it received 2 terrorist threats in March

TOKYO - The Chinese Embassy in Tokyo said Thursday that it received two separate terrorist threats last month from individuals purporting to be affiliated with Japan's Self-Defense Forces.

A threatening letter from a group claiming to be an "elite unit" made up of former police and SDF officers was received on March 5, while a bomb threat from an individual alleging affiliation with the SDF was received via social media on March 31, the embassy said at a press conference.

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Ex-teacher gets 2.5 yrs for sharing pupil's image in voyeur group he set up

NAGOYA - A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced a former elementary school teacher to two years and six months in prison for taking a lewd picture of a female pupil and sharing it with other teachers in a social media group chat that he had set up.

In handing down the ruling on Yuji Wada, a 42-year-old former teacher at a publicly run elementary school in Nagoya, Judge Mayuko Nishiwaki condemned his actions as "contemptible." She said he created a "dangerous situation" for the children he was supposed to protect as a teacher.

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Nikkei index ends at record high on U.S.-Iran peace talk hopes

TOKYO - The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high above 59,000 points on Thursday on growing optimism about peace negotiations between the United States and Iran.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average climbed 1,384.10 points, or 2.38 percent, from Wednesday to 59,518.34. The broader Topix index finished 44.13 points, or 1.17 percent, higher at 3,814.46.

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Honda to sell China-made EV in Japan from Friday to expand lineup

TOKYO - Honda Motor Co. said it will start selling a China-built electric vehicle in Japan for the first time Friday, as the company turns to the reverse-import of models produced overseas to enhance its product lineup for domestic customers.

The new EV Insight is based on an SUV manufactured by a joint venture between Honda and Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motor Corp., with specifications changed for the Japanese market, Honda said Thursday. The company will sell up to 3,000 units, with a suggested retail price of 5.5 million yen ($35,000).

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