TOKYO -- Railway operators in western Japan stopped the use of coin lockers and trash cans at major train stations in Osaka Prefecture from Monday, in an effort to step up security ahead of the upcoming Group of 20 Summit.

The measures will remain in place until Saturday. West Japan Railway has suspended access to coin-operated lockers and anything left inside them until then. (Japan-G20-Security)

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SEOUL -- U.S. President Donald Trump will make a two-day visit to South Korea this weekend, the South Korean presidential Blue House said Monday.

Blue House spokesperson Ko Min-jung told a press briefing that Trump will officially visit South Korea for two days from Saturday to hold a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday. (S. Korea-Trump-Visit)

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SEOUL -- Foreign tourists to South Korea posted a double-digit growth last month as more Chinese and Japanese people visited the country, a government report showed Monday.

The number of foreign travelers to South Korea reached 1,485,684 in May, up 20 percent from the same month of last year, according to the Korea Tourism Organization. (S. Korea-Tourism)

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SYDNEY -- In an effort to streamline the trade of mangoes in the Asia-Pacific region, Australian authorities revealed on Monday they are developing a multilingual manual to create a common language of communicating with consumers and retailers about produce.

Government and Industry representatives are developing the manual in six languages, so that mango export countries across Southeast Asia and the Pacific can communicate with each other and with retailers and consumers in China. (Australia-China-Mango) Enditem

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