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- The New Zealand government says the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement will go into effect on December 30th.
- Japan plans to urge South Korea to respond appropriately to the ruling by its Supreme Court on wartime compensation.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that his administration will impose additional tariffs on China if the 2 countries fail to reach a deal on trade.
- The prime ministers of Japan and India have agreed on enhanced cooperation in security and digital technology.
- Indonesian authorities expect there will be no survivors from a passenger plane that crashed off Jakarta on Monday.
- The German chancellor says she won’t seek re-election in 2021 and will retire from politics, following heavy losses in the recent regional election.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will hold their 12th summit in Tokyo on Monday.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed hope that discussions will begin with the United States on the possibility of a new treaty.
- Indonesia’s government says a Lion Air passenger plane has lost contact and is believed to have crashed in the Ocean off Jakarta shortly after taking off on Wednesday morning.
- U.S. law enforcement authorities are treating the deadly mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh as a hate crime.
- Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has said the media outcry over the killing of a Saudi journalist has become “hysterical.”
- The Japanese foreign minister has vowed his country’s commitment to help stabilize the Middle East region by assisting with its human resource development.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have shared the view that they are determined to turn a new page in the relationship between the two countries.
- India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told NHK that he wants to work with Japan to help create a free and open Indo-Pacific region, adding that Japan is an essential partner.
- U.S. investigators say they have arrested a man in connection with the suspected mail bombs sent to Democratic politicians and critics of President Donald Trump.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has held talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
- A public prosecutor in Saudi Arabia says the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated.
- South Korea’s Defense Ministry reports the North and the South militaries together with the U.N. Command have finished removing firearms from a jointly controlled area at the truce village of Panmunjom.
- Tokyo’s benchmark stock index plunged in the morning session on Thursday after steep declines in New York. The Nikkei Average briefly fell more than 800 points.
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making an official visit to China on Thursday. He is the first Japanese leader to do so in 7 years.
- Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda is on his way home after being held captive by militants in Syria for more than 3 years.
- The Japanese government says it is highly likely that freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda has been released by militants in Syria.
- Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to appear at an economic forum amid allegations that he was behind the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
- White House National Economic Council director said U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet next month.
- Japan is to stop providing China with government aid next year and start jointly helping developing countries.
- U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Monday. They likely discussed the U.S.’s intention to withdraw from a treaty with Russia on the elimination of intermediate-range missiles.
- Taiwanese prosecutors reportedly believe Sunday’s deadly derailment was caused by the train breaking the speed limit.
- Taiwanese railway authorities say the driver of the derailed express train had reported problems with the train before the accident.
- U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is scheduled to explain the U.S. withdrawal from a nuclear missile treaty with the Soviet Union to Russian officials in Moscow.
- Reuters news agency has quoted a senior Saudi official as saying that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was choked to death.