Japan treads carefully as Israel-Hamas war tops home G7 agenda

New Foreign Minister Kamikawa has to play a balancing act at Tokyo meeting

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Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa speaks to reporters on Nov. 7 ahead of a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuki Fujita)

AKIRA KITADO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized economies are gathering in Tokyo on Tuesday for a meeting that will test the mettle of Japan's new top diplomat over the thorny issue of the Israel-Hamas war.

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