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The Latest: G-7 leaders arrive at Japan’s sacred Ise shrine

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Ujibashi bridge as they visit Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie prefecture, Japan Thursday, May 26, 2016, ahead of the first session of the G7 summit meetings. The leaders of the G-7 nations have arrived for a visit at Ise Shrine, the most hallowed site for Japan's indigenous Shinto religion. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Ujibashi bridge as they visit Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie prefecture, Japan Thursday, May 26, 2016, ahead of the first session of the G7 summit meetings. The leaders of the G-7 nations have arrived for a visit at Ise Shrine, the most hallowed site for Japan's indigenous Shinto religion. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP) U.S. President Barack Obama, left, talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Ujibashi bridge as they visit Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie prefecture, Japan Thursday, May 26, 2016, ahead of the first session of the G7 summit meetings. The leaders of the G-7 nations have arrived for a visit at Ise Shrine, the most hallowed site for Japan's indigenous Shinto religion. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP)

ISE, Japan (AP) – The latest news on the Group of Seven summit in Japan, where the leaders of the seven advanced economies are meeting for two days (all times local):

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11 a.m.

The leaders of the G-7 nations are arriving at Ise Jingu, (ee-say jin-gu) a shrine that is the most hallowed site for Japan’s indigenous Shinto religion.

They pulled up individually in black cars, and shook hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who greeted each one near a tall traditional shrine gate.