Japan PM Takaichi to miss U.N. climate talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will miss the summit meeting of a U.N. climate change conference in Turkey this week, the government has said, citing scheduling constraints and other factors.Takaichi's absence from the U.N. climate change conference, known as COP31, to be held in Antalya in southwestern Turkey from Monday through Nov. 20, would mark the third consecutive year that a Japanese leader has not attended its summit-level talks. The two-day summit for world leaders is scheduled to run through Thursday.Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told a regular press conference las…READ FULL ARTICLE