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- World leaders are urging the Saudi Arabian government to provide more details about the apparent killing of the Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he will scrap the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, known as the INF, signed with the Soviet Union.
- Japan’s main ruling Liberal Democratic Party is aiming to present the party’s plan on a Constitutional amendment in the upcoming extraordinary Diet sessions starting Wednesday.
- Saudi Arabia’s state media is reporting that journalist Jamal Khashoggi did inside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. It also says the country’s deputy intelligence chief and 4 other officials have been dismissed over the matter.
- Leaders of Asian and European nations have pledged to fight protectionism and to ensure free and open trade.
- Defense chiefs of the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will meet in Singapore on Friday.
- Leaders of Asian and European nations opened the ASEM summit in the Belgian city of Brussels on Thursday
- British Prime Minister Theresa May have hinted at extending the post-Brexit transition period for a few months beyond the planned December 2020.
- The leaders of Japan and France have agreed to strengthen security cooperation with the aim of realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
- U.S. officials say they are continuing to monitor the currency practices of 6 countries including China and Japan.
- U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has begun the process of pulling out of an international postal pact, saying its postal rate system unfairly benefits China.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Spanish Minister Pedro Sanchez have agreed to step up cooperation on a wide range of issues including the promotion of multilateral free trade.
- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has notified Congress that it intends to start trade talks with Japanese officials. The negotiations are expected to begin as early as January.
- Turkish investigators have cancelled another search of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to find out what happened to the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
- General spending in Japan’s national budget for fiscal 2019 may top 100 trillion yen, or about 895 billion U.S. dollars, for the first time in the initial plan.
- Japan’s prime minister has left for his European tour, including attending a summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting known as ASEM.
- Turkish investigators have concluded a search at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on the state of a missing journalist.
- Japan’s prime minister has reiterated his commitment to amending the country’s Constitution to incorporate the Self-Defense Foreces.
- Radical militants in Syria have reportedly not left an area designated to become a demilitarized zone in the country’s northwest.
- Foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany have demanded Saudi Arabia’s full cooperation in uncovering what has happened to a missing Saudi journalist.
- U.S. President says he will call Saudi Arabia’s king to find out what happened to a missing Saudi journalist.
- Ministers from the Asia-Pacific countries hammering out a proposed free trade deal have agreed to meet again to try and achieve a “substantial conclusion” to the pact by yearend.
- Anwar Ibrahim has won a decisive victory in Malaysia’s parliamentary by-election, paving the way for his return to frontline politics in the country.
- Ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries are meeting in Singapore on Saturday for a new round of talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade pact.
- Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso says Japan will offer support to rebuild the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, which was hit hard by a powerful earthquake and tsunami last month.
- Tokyo’s new wholesale market has opened its doors to the public. Visitors to the Toyosu market can now see the fishmongers and auctioneers in action.
- Share prices in Tokyo continues to slide on Friday, following 2 straight days of losses on Wall Street.
- Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 nations are holding a two-day meeting in Indonesia. The participants expressed concerns about growing risks facing the global economy.
- The Japanese government may grant visas that allow highly skilled foreign workers to live with their family members without a specific limit on duration.