November 1, Tuesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. South Korean prosecutors began questioning a long-time friend of President Park Geun-hye on suspicion of interfering with state affairs on Tuesday.
2. Japan will sign an agreement on nuclear energy technology with India during an up-coming visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
3. The Tokyo Metropolitan government panel has made multiple proposals for sporting venues at the 2020 Olympics.
November 2, Wednesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Helen Lewis and Ms. Mick Corliss
1. South Korean President Geun-hye says she will appoint a new prime minister.
2. Chinese President Xi Jinping has met Taiwan’s opposition leader in Beijing and stressed the importance of maintaining the understanding that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are inseparable.
3. Japan will launch another weather observation satellite on Wednesday.
November 3, Thursday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai
1. South Korean prosecutors are questioning a former presidential aide about a major political scandal involving President Park Geun-hye.
2. The U.S. Federal Reserve once again put off the first rate hike since last December ahead of the presidential election.
3. The U.S. presidential race is tightening, with polls suggesting Republican candidate Donald Trump is closing the gap on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
November 4, Friday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Sarah McDonald and Ms. Mariko Kojima
1. South Korean President Park Geun-hye says she is willing to accept a possible investigation over a scandal involving her longtime confidante.
2. Japan’s Diet is expected to approve a bill soon to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change.
3. Fierce presidential campaigns continue in the United States ahead of Election Day on Tuesday next week.
November 5, Saturday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. Campaigning for the U.S. presidency is turning increasing bitter, as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump push for votes in key battleground states.
2. South Korea’s political scandal is widening as prosecutors reportedly study when and how to question President Park Geun-hye.
3. A United Nations refugee agency says about 250,000 people have fled South Sudan since fighting erupted again in July in the country’s capital, Juba.
November 6, Sunday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa
1. Japan’s trade and industry minister and the head of Russia’s largest natural gas producer have agreed to work together in energy development.
2. Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayer plans to call for total abolition of nuclear weapons by 2045 from Hiroshima during his stay in Japan.
3. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was hustled off the stage for security reasons at a campaign rally on Saturday.
November 7, Monday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Mick Corliss and Ms. Yoshi Ogasawara
1. The director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says Hillary Clinton should not be prosecuted for her use of a private email server for government work during her tenure as Secretary of State.
2. South Korea’s largest opposition party is rejecting President Park Geun-hye’s choice for a new prime minister.
3. Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan wants to proceed with summit talks with China and South Korea as scheduled within a year.
November 8, Tuesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. One day before voting in the U.S. presidential election, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump made final appeals in closely-contested states.
2. The U.N. climate change conference, COP 22, has begun debates on rules to implement the Paris Agreement.
3. A massive sinkhole has disrupted various public services and forced people to evacuate from a leading commercial district in Fukuoka City, western Japan.
November 9, Wednesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Yuka Matsumoto
1. Millions of Americans are voting to choose their next president.
2. Japan has completed the procedures required to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change to join the international efforts to curb global warming from 2020.
3. Japan’s current account surplus for the first half of this fiscal year was the highest since the global financial crisis in 2008.
November 10, Thursday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradan and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai
1. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has begun work to choose cabinet members and to fill senior posts in his incoming administration.
2. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Trump have agreed to hold a meeting next week ahead of an APEC summit in Peru.
3. A senior Japanese security official has met his counterpart in Moscow and agreed to maintain talks on jointly addressing political and security issues.
November 11, Friday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradan and Ms. Mariko Kojima
1. The Japanese government plans to call on the incoming U.S. administration to maintain economic policies that place importance on free trade.
2. Kenya has begun withdrawing its troops from the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
3. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte have agreed their countries will jointly tackle maritime kidnappings by Islamic extremists.
November 12, Saturday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Mr. Fumiko Konoe
1. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has got to work on the task of setting up his administration, appointing Vice President-elect Mike Pence to head his transition team.
2. Japan’s government will send two senior officials to the United States to lay the groundwork for proposed talks between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President-elect Donald Trump next week.
3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have signed an agreement that will allow Japan to export nuclear power technology to India.
November 13, Sunday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa
1. Public calls are mounting for the resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Protesters staged a massive rally in Seoul on Saturday.
2. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says border control, health care, banking, and jobs are priority.
3. The Colombian government and FARC guerilla organization have signed a revised peace deal after the initial accord was rejected in a national referendum.
November 14, Monday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Mariko Kojima and Ms. Yuka Matsumoto
1. Earthquakes continue to keep rocking New Zealand after a strong earthquake hit the country’s South Island.
2. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff.
3. Iraqi forces have recaptured Nimrud, the site of an ancient Assyrian capital overrun by Islamic State militants 2 years ago.
November 15, Tuesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. Japan has decided to grant its peacekeepers in South Sudan the limited use of weapons in rescue operations.
2. Japan and South Korea have agreed on the content of a pact that would enable the sharing of classified security information.
3. The United Nations weather agency says this year will likely be the hottest on record, with average global temperatures about 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
November 16, Wednesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Mick Corliss and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. The lawyer for South Korean President Park Geun-hye is at odds with prosecutors over how and when Park should respond to their inquiry in a deepening political scandal.
2. Japan and Russia have agreed to accelerate preparations for economic cooperation agreements to be signed by the countries’ leaders next month.
3. French President Francois Hollande has urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to respect the Paris Agreement on climate change.
November 17, Thursday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai
1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he wants to build a relationship of trust with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to bolster the Japan-U.S. alliance.
2. A U.S. Congressional panel believes that the Chinese economy would get a boost if the Trans-Pacific Partnership fails to go ahead and its own Asian free trade deal does.
3. NHK has learned that the Japanese and Russian governments are expected to issue a joint statement on substantiating an economic cooperation plan.
November 18, Friday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Mariko Kojima and Ms. Sarah McDonald
1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has met U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in New York.
2. Delegates to U.N. climate talks in Morocco have renewed their commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change.
3. Ministers from 21 member nations and territories of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation has kicked off their 2-day meeting in the Peruvian capital of Lima.
November 19, Saturday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. The leaders of Japan and Peru have agreed to press ahead with efforts to implement the Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite a pledge by President-elect Donald Trump to put the U.S. out of the free trade deal.
2. Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum have adopted a joint statement reaffirming their stance against protectionism, and noting the need to more effectively spread the benefits of free trade to the wider public.
3. Officials from Japan and Russia have worked out details of an economic cooperation program in line with the 8-point proposal presented by Japan to Russia earlier this year.
November 20, Sunday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa
1. South Korean prosecutors say President Park Geun-hye widely conspired in the crimes of her long-term friend and two former aides. The 3 were indicted on Sunday morning.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru.
3. A summit meeting the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum has opened in Lima, the capital of Peru.
November 21, Monday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Yoshi Ogasawara and Mr. Mick Corliss
1. The leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum have renewed their call against what they see as “growing protectionism.”
2. Russia President Vladimir Putin has said officials from Japan and Russia are discussing how to solve a territorial issue between the two countries.
3. Experts surveying the damage done by Islamic State fighters to cultural assets in Syria report the situation is serious.
November 22, Tuesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. Japan’s Meteorological Agency has lifted all tsunami warnings and advisories it has issued for some prefectures along the Pacific Ocean after a powerful earthquake.
2. The leaders of Japan and Argentina have agreed to take steps to boost ties.
3. The South Korean Cabinet has approved a bill to appoint an independent council to investigate President Park Geun-hye’s alleged roles in an influence-peddling scandal.
November 23, Wednesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Yuka Matsumoto
1. Russian media report that the country’s defense ministry has deployed the latest anti-ship missile systems on 2 of the 4 Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.
2. The security situation is tense in South Sudan’s capital of Juba.
3. A key U.S. stock index hit a record high on Tuesday on hopes for the economic policies of President-elect Donald Trump. The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped the 19,000 mark for the first time.
November 24, Thursday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradan and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai
1. South Korean prosecutors have issued a fresh request to interview President Park Geun-hye over the alleged influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime friend.
2. Russia’s presidential spokesperson has defended the deployment of the latest anti-ship missile systems on 2 of 4 islands controlled by Russia.
3. Strong cold air masses bring in snow to northern and eastern parts of Japan. People in central Tokyo observed the first snowfall for November in 54 years.
November 25, Friday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradan and Ms. Mariko Kojima
1. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says the U.N. Security Council is in the final stage of negotiations on a draft resolution calling for sanctions against North Korea.
2. Kishida will meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on December 3rd.
3. The government of Colombia and the country’s largest insurgent group have agreed on a revised peace plan, following the rejection of the original deal in a public vote.
November 26, Saturday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. A U.N. representative for human rights has stressed that he will continue to ask North Korea to allow on-site investigations.
2. The largest mass protest against South Korean President Park Geun-hye is expected to take place in Seoul on Saturday.
3. A train crash in northern Iran has reportedly killed at least 36 people and injured 98 others.
November 27, Sunday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa
1. People in Cuba are mourning the death of the country’s former president Fidel Castro, while in the United States, those who opposed him celebrated the news..
2. People in South Korea held the largest rally since the country’s 1987 democratization.
3. The government of South Sudan has agreed to accept the deployment of a United Nations’ regional protection force to its capital Juba.
November 28, Monday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Mariko Kojima
1. Some pending competition venues for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are expected to be decided on Tuesday.
2. The head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will visit North Korea to determine the aid needed for flood-hit areas.
3. Japan’s Cabinet Legislation Bureau has issued a document explaining the government’s views on the new national security laws.
November 29, Tuesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. Authorities in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, will slaughter all ducks at a poultry farm, where the H5 strain of bird flu was detected.
2. Officials of the 4 groups preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are studying proposals to relocate the venues.
3. Leading lawmakers in South Korea’s ruling party have asked President Park Geun-hye to step down over an influence-peddling scandal.
November 30, Wednesday, 2016 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Helen Lewis and Mr. Mick Corliss
1. South Korea’s three opposition parties have agreed to push ahead with the impeachment process against President Park Geun-hye, despite her announcement that she intends to step down before her term expires.
2. The Japanese government plans to scrap the prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju, which has been hit by a number of safety problems.
3. The Tokyo Metropolitan government is studying the option of using an existing arena in the nearby city of Yokohama as the volleyball venue for the 2020 Olympics.