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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Vote counting is underway in some states in the U.S. midterm elections. 35 of the 100 Senate seats and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for reelection.
- South Korea’s Foreign Ministry has expressed extreme regret over the reactions of the Japanese foreign minister to a South Korean court ruling on wartime labor.
- NHK has learned that the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will express concern about China’s continued activities in the South China Sea.
- U.S. President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama are campaigning intensively in the final hours before Tuesday’s midterm elections.
- The United States has announced it will temporarily exempt 8 economies, including Japan, from its oil embargo against Iran.
- An armed group has broken into a school in western Cameroon and kidnapped more than 70 students.
- The United States has imposed new sanctions on Iran that target the country’s oil exports.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has made final pleas to voters in the southern battleground states just 2 days before Tuesday’s midterm elections.
- Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy has lost 4 out of 13 seats up for grabs in by-elections in Myanmar.
- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has urged the South Korean government to abide by the 1965 bilateral agreement regarding wartime compensation.
- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan have agreed to continue working on Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative.
- A senior member of Iran’s parliament has condemned the U.S. plan to reimpose economic sanctions against his country.
- Japan’s government has submitted to the Diet a bill which will give non-skilled laborers the right to work if it paves the way to a major shift from Japan’s policy of accepting only highly skilled professionals.
- The United States will allow Japan to temporarily continue importing crude oil from Iran after Washington reintroduces sanctions against Tehran.
- The U.S. trade deficit with China hit an all-time monthly high in September amid growing trade friction between the countries.
- The Japanese government has decided on a bill to revise the immigration control law to allow more foreign workers from next April.
- U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have discussed trade and North Korea over the telephone.
- NHK has learned that the Okinawa Defense Bureau is seeking permission to use a local port for reclamation work necessary to relocate a U.S. military base within the prefecture.
- The Japanese government has begun seeking information from private firms that are facing damages lawsuits by people who were forced to work for them during World War II.
- The U.S. secretary of state and defense secretary have called on Saudi Arabia and other parties to agree to a ceasefire in Yemen.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated that the number of troops deployed at the Mexican border might be increased to 15,000 in an effort to stop the massive flow of Central American migrants.