The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan urges China to ease export curbs on critical mineralsKUALA LUMPUR - Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya urged his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday to ease Beijing's export restrictions on critical minerals, including rare earth elements used in semiconductors, expressing "strong concern" over the negative impact of the curbs on Japanese firms.Iwaya, who met with Wang on the fringes of regional gatherings in Malaysia, also called on China to remove the remaining import ban on Japanese food ite…READ FULL ARTICLE
