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

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Toyota HQ inspected over improper vehicle quality certification

TOKYO - The transport ministry inspected Toyota Motor Corp.'s headquarters in Aichi Prefecture on Tuesday, a day after the company admitted to improperly obtaining vehicle quality certifications in a setback for the carmaker that has risen to the world's No. 1 spot on its reputation for product reliability.

Government inspectors are expected to examine whether the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism should instruct the carmaker to issue recalls through the probe.

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Japan PM Kishida says he won't dissolve Diet during ongoing session

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday that he has no intention of dissolving the House of Representatives during the ongoing parliamentary session through June 23, with his Cabinet's approval ratings falling amid a political funds scandal.

"We are concentrating on resolving issues that cannot be put off such as political reform. I am thinking of nothing other than achieving results on these issues," Kishida told reporters at his office, ruling out a snap election.

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China, H.K. tighten security on 35th anniv. of Tiananmen crackdown

BEIJING/HONG KONG - China and Hong Kong tightened security on Tuesday, the 35th anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, to clamp down on any vigils in remembrance of the victims.

On June 4, 1989, People's Liberation Army troops opened fire on student-led protesters who had gathered in the square to call for democracy, resulting in 319 deaths according to the Chinese government, though some estimates put the actual number in the thousands.

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Japan's imperial couple to visit Britain as state guests from June 22

TOKYO - Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a trip by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to Britain as state guests from June 22 to 29, after the plan was postponed in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The couple plans to attend a luncheon with the royal family and visit the grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey to lay flowers on June 25. A banquet hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be held at Buckingham Palace that night.

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Japan to replace cedars with low-pollen trees to tackle hay fever

TOKYO - Japan on Tuesday decided to speed up replacing cedar forests with trees that produce less pollen as a measure to tackle hay fever, an allergy believed to affect some 40 percent of the country's population.

Japan has set a goal of around a 20 percent reduction in planted cedar tree areas by fiscal 2033. A large number of cedar trees were planted to meet housing demand during Japan's period of rapid economic growth after the end of World War II.

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China collects samples from Moon's far side in world-1st mission

BEIJING - A Chinese unmanned probe lifted off from the far side of the Moon on Tuesday after successfully collecting samples there to bring back to Earth in the world's first such mission, according to state-run media.

The Chang'e-6 spacecraft, launched on May 3, successfully landed on the far side of the Moon on Sunday. After liftoff Tuesday morning, the probe entered a preset orbit around the Moon, the China National Space Administration said.

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Japan's record market foray curbed speculative moves: finance chief

TOKYO - Japan's record currency market intervention between April and May was aimed at curbing excessive yen movements driven by speculators and proved effective "to a certain extent," Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Tuesday.

Until official data on currency intervention came out last week, Japanese authorities had not confirmed or denied market speculation that they had stepped into the foreign exchange market to slow the yen's fall against the U.S. dollar. Their silence had kept market traders jittery, though analysts say the yen's weakening trend has yet to be reversed.

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Japan's Princess Yuriko, oldest imperial family member, turns 101

TOKYO - Princess Yuriko, the widow of the late Prince Mikasa, turned 101 on Tuesday, marking the most advanced age for a member of the Japanese imperial family since the country's modernization began with the launch of the Meiji Era in 1868.

The princess has been hospitalized due mainly to aspiration pneumonitis since early March. Her late husband was one of three brothers of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa,

the current Emperor Naruhito's grandfather.

==Kyodo

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