日: 2018年11月9日

November 9, Friday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Sara Macdonald and Ms. Emma Howard

  1. Japan’s trade minister Hiroshige Seko says Japan, the United States, and the European Union will jointly submit proposals to reform the World Trade Organization.
  2. Myanmar and China have agreed to scale back a port development project in the Southeast Asian country.
  3. Japan has effectively abandoned a plan to send officers from the Self-Defense Forces to U.S. bases in the country for safety inspections of military helicopters.

 

November 8, Thursday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Hiroko Kitadai and Ms. Mariko Kojima

  1. A research group says a higher turnout of young people in the U.S. midterm elections was a factor in the Democratic Party regaining a majority in the House of Representatives for the first time in 8 years.
  2. U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested he will take a tough stance against Japan in bilateral trade negotiations that could start as early as January.
  3. U.S. President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, leading to speculation as to how it will impact the probe into Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.