November 2, Friday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Sara Macdonald

  1. The Japanese government has decided on a bill to revise the immigration control law to allow more foreign workers from next April.
  2. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have discussed trade and North Korea over the telephone.
  3. NHK has learned that the Okinawa Defense Bureau is seeking permission to use a local port for reclamation work necessary to relocate a U.S. military base within the prefecture.