Hydrangea festival opens in western Tokyo. Hydrangea enthusiasts can enjoy a carpet of the flowers now at a museum in western Tokyo’s Fuchu city. A hydrangea festival is underway on the grounds of the Fuchu Municipal Museum Kyodonomori, featuring 10,000 hydrangea plants of about 30 varieties.
Japan government producers welcome China’s restart of imports of Japanese seafood. China said it has restarted procedures to permit seafood imports from Japan, except for products from some areas.
It suspended the imports about two years ago after Japan began releasing treated and diluted water into the ocean from a crippled nuclear power plant. Officials at China’s General Administration of Customs announced on Sunday that they were allowing the import resumption from the same day.
Dozens of world leaders and more than 4,000 representatives from businesses, civil society and financial institutions are gathering in the city of Seville for the June 30-July 3 conference to seek fresh impetus for the crisis-hit aid sector.
The Russian Minister of Culture, Olga Lyubimova, met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other officials on June 29, during a working visit to the democratic People's Republic of Korea.
According to Lyubimova, they both attended a concert by Russian performers, including the Pyatnitsky Choir and the “Gzhel” Dance Theater, held at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre. North Korean artists held a concert, premiering new songs honoring Russia’s special military operation.
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