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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visits Japan and meets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Stoltenberg was in Seoul on the first leg of his Asia trip and arrives in Japan on Tuesday, as part of a drive to boost ties with the region's democratic allies in the face of the Ukraine conflict and growing competition from China. IMAGES
The Director general of the IAEA Rafael Mariano Grossi meets the Vice President and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Eslami in Vienna. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron meets International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach as he arrives in Tokyo to attend the opening ceremony of the pandemic-postponed Olympics, which is taking place under strict virus rules. IMAGES
The UN nuclear watchdog is "making progress" inspecting several areas of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, after claims it had been mined, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said Friday. "I think we are making progress," he said in Tokyo, explaining officials had visited sites including cooling pools, but had not yet been given access to the roof, where Ukraine claims possible explosive devices have been placed. SOUNDBITE
The UN's atomic agency chief Rafael Grossi warns of "increasing" military activity around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant during a rare visit to the plant currently controlled by Russian forces. Kyiv and Moscow have accused each other of shelling the plant, increasing fears of a disaster. SOUNDBITE