- Preparations are taking place to have Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono meet his South Korean counterpart in Germany on Friday amid deteriorating bilateral ties.
- Official campaigning began on Thursday for a prefectural referendum on landfill work to relocate a U.S. base within the southern Japanese prefecture.
- The latest GDP data shows Japan returned to growth in the latest quarter.
February 14, Thursday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai