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- The Tokyo District Court on Monday approved prosecutors’ request to detain former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn for a further 10 days.
- Russia’s president says he hopes constructive dialogue with Japan will continue in wide-ranging fields.
- A survey in the United States has found that, compared to last year, fewer Americans think the Japan-U.S. Security agreement should be maintained.
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement that involves Japan and 10 other nations has taken effect.
- The U.S. president announced on Twitter that he had a good telephone conversation with the Chinese president.
- Weather officials are warning of further snowfall in areas among the Sea of Japan coast.
- A wintry weather pattern over Japan is bringing snow mostly along the Japan Sea coast from northern to western Japan. Heavy snow is blanketing mountainous regions.
- Egypt’s Interior Ministry says three Vietnamese tourists and one Egyptian tour guide were killed when an explosion struck their bus in the outskirts of Cairo.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he will close the southern border with Mexico unless the Democrats agree to fund the building of a border wall.
- Defense officials of Japan and South Korea have failed to reconcile their differences in the first talks on a dispute concerning a South Korean military ship’s recent radar operations.
- Japan’s foreign minister says Japan will make efforts to gain understanding for its decision to pull out of the International Whaling Commission, or IWC.
- Tokyo stocks ended the morning session lower on the final trading day of the year.
- President Donald Trump has made a surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq.
- New York share prices soared over 1,000 points on Wednesday, putting an end to a four-day bearish streak in post-Christmas trading.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will deploy next year glide vehicles that can carry nuclear payloads and fly at 20 times the speed of sound.
- Tokyo stock is bouncing back a day after a strong sell-off that saw the Nikkei Average fall 5 percent.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing a challenge of keeping the country’s economy on track to allow the implementation of a planned consumption tax hike, in his seventh year in office.
- A close aide to former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn has been released from detention.
- Tokyo stock’s benchmark Nikkei Average plummeted more than 1,000 points, or about 5 percent, following a big drop in the U.S.
- The deadly tsunami that struck the Indonesian islands has prompted calls for strengthening the country’s tsunami warning system.
- Japan’s foreign minister says he hopes the facts surrounding a radar incident involving South Korea’s military will be established through bilateral efforts.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he is replacing Secretary of Defense James Mattis two months earlier than scheduled.
- Indonesian authorities say the death toll from Saturday’s tsunami has topped 280.
- China’s government has started working on new legislation to ban forced technology transfers from foreign companies operating in China.
- At least 43 people were killed when a tsunami hit Indonesia on Saturday night.
- Japan’s Emperor Akihito turned 85 on Sunday. He is scheduled to abdicate next year.
- Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn has reportedly denied the new allegations leveled against him.
- Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn has reportedly told is lawyer he is not convinced about the legitimacy of a fresh arrest warrant against him.
- Japan is investigating the intention of the South Korean military following a radar incident over the Sea of Japan.
- Japan and Russia are making final adjustments for their foreign ministers to meet next month to discuss a peace treaty.