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- A top Chinese diplomat has reportedly told South Korean President Moon Jae-in that now is the time to ease the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
- Russia has ordered about 140 people to leave the country. Diplomats from 25 nations, such as the United States and Britain, are among them.
- Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators in the Gaza Strip. At least 15 people were reportedly shot dead and more than 1400 others were injured.
- Japan’s government is believed to be closely monitoring the progress for an expected U.S.-North Korean summit.
- Japan’s government has compiled a basic plan for the ceremonies related to Emperor Akihito’s abdication and Crown Prince Naruhito’s accession next year.
- The daughter of a former Russian spy is improving rapidly after her suspected poisoning in Britain.
- South and North Korea have begun high-level talks to prepare for a summit scheduled in late April.
- The Japanese government is arranging a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump to exchange views on recent developments involving North Korea.
- Japan has renewed its request to the United States for an exemption from the new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
- China says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has indicated that his country is willing to work toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
- NATO is expelling 7 Russian diplomats as part of the international response to the nerve agent attack against a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain.
- Japan’s nuclear watchdog has officially approved a plan to decommission the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor.
- A key figure in the document-tampering scandal involving Japan’s Finance Ministry is giving sworn testimony at the Diet on Tuesday.
- Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force is undergoing the largest reorganization since it was formed 64 years ago.
- The Russian government has eased import restrictions on Japanese seafood. It imposed bans after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster on concerns of radioactive contamination.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his wife denies allegations that she told a school operator to press ahead with a controversial land deal.
- Senior Chinese government officials have condemned heavy import tariffs the United States has imposed on their country.
- A fire at a shopping center in central Russia has left 37 people dead while more than 60 others remain missing.
- Massive rallies calling for stricter gun control have swept across the United States, in the wake of a school shooting rampage in Florida in February.
- Italian lawmakers have chosen a member of a populist party as the speaker of the Lower House.
- Japan’s ski jumper Sara Takanashi has set a new world record for the most World Cup wins, clinching her 54th career victory in an event in Germany.
- French authorities have confirmed that police fatally shot the hostage-taker who had been holed up inside a supermarket in southern France.
- U.S. researchers analyzing satellite imagery of a nuclear test site in North Korea report slower activities, which is noteworthy amid the country’s recent desire for dialogue.
- The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on 10 Iranians and one Iranian firm for allegedly taking part in cyberattacks against universities around the world.
- U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum have come into force.
- Tokyo stocks plunged across the board on Friday morning on the prospect of trade friction between the United States and China.
- South Korean prosecutors have arrested former president Lee Myung-bak on bribery and other charges.
- The U.S. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend until April next year the mandate for a panel of experts monitoring sanctions against North Korea.
- The foreign ministers of Japan and Sweden have agreed to maintain maximum pressure on North Korea until it takes concrete action toward denuclearization.
- The governor of nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture appears likely to soon reach an agreement with a French trading house to export rice to France.