May 2, Wednesday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Mariko Kojima

  1. U.S. President Donald Trump says the location and date for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will probably be announced over the next couple of days.
  2. South Korean President Moon Jae-in has asked the United Nations to help verify the planned shutdown of North Korea’s nuclear test site.
  3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told the Palestinian leader that Japan does not plan to relocate its embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

May 1, Tuesday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Hiroko Kitadai and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

  1. U.S. President Donald Trump has revealed that Singapore and Manmunjom are among the possible sites for the first-ever U.S.- North Korea summit.
  2. Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea are in the U.S. asking for help toward achieving the return of their loved ones ahead of the summit.
  3. A labor union group in South Korea is continuing its standoff with police over a plan to set up a statue in front of the Japanese Consulate General in Busan.