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- A Japanese official linked to a government favoritism scandal is being questioned at a Diet committee hearing. He is a former secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he plans to meet 3 Americans released by North Korea when they arrive in the United States.
- Japan’s prime minister and Chinese premier have agreed to set up a joint cooperation forum for cooperation from the nations still operating in third countries.
- The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea have met in Tokyo for the first 3-way summit in about 2 and a half years.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Pyongyang to finalize details for the planned landmark summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
- President Trump has announced that the United States will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and resume its economic sanctions against the country.
- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will start a 4-day visit to Japan on Tuesday for a trilateral summit involving South Korea as well as bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he will announce on Tuesday his decision on whether to keep the United States in the Iran nuclear deal.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has chosen to retain Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister for his second term.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with Chinese and South Korean leaders in Tokyo on Wednesday.
- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his country would resist any decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to exit the 2015 nuclear agreement.
- The U.S. Navy has said it will re-establish its Second Fleet to patrol the northern Atlantic Ocean amid what are perceived to be growing threats from Russia.
- A Russian opposition leader and more than 1,200 protesters have been detained at nationwide rallies against Vladimir Putin.
- Japan and China are expected to resume an instructor exchange program after a 6- year hiatus.
- The U.S. space agency NASA has launched a deep-space explorer that will probe beneath the surface of Mars.
- The U.S. government says President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet at the White House on May 22nd ahead of the prospective U.S.-North Korea summit.
- North Korea(s state-run media has reported that the country returned to the same time zone as South Korea on Saturday, ending its own “Pyongyang Time.”
- U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, is to meet his South Korean counterpart on Friday to discuss the prospective U.S.-North Korea summit.
- The families of Japanese abducted by North Korea have pleaded for help in bringing home their loved ones weeks before the first U.S-North Korea summit is expected to take place.
- Iran’s foreign minister has reiterated that his country won’t change the nuclear deal it has signed with the United States and 5 other global powers.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has agreed with his Israeli counterpart that dialogue between concerned parties is important to realize peace in the Middle East.
- A son of a Japanese woman kidnapped by North Korean agents has met an American man whose father is detained in the North.
- In Major League Baseball, Japanese two-way sensation Shohei Otani has been named the American League rookie of the Month for April.
- 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.
- South Korean President Moon Jae-in has asked the United Nations to help verify the planned shutdown of North Korea’s nuclear test site.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told the Palestinian leader that Japan does not plan to relocate its embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.