Politics | May 19

World leaders arrive in Japan ahead of the G7 summit

TOKYO, May 19 (Sky News) - Prime ministers and presidents from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States each arrived in the light rain.


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