December 10, Monday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Emma Howard

  1. Tokyo prosecutors have indicted former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn, his close aide Greg Kelly and Nissan Motor on Monday.
  2. The U.S. military has recognized for the first time two Marine Corps aircraft have collided during midair refueling off Japan’s western coast last week.
  3. China’s government has urged the United States to withdraw an arrest warrant against an executive of the Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies.

December 9, Sunday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa

  1. Thousands of protestors have marched through the Polish city of Katowice, where the U.N. climate conference is taking place, to demand that countries do more to fight global warming.
  2. China’s Foreign Ministry says it has lodged a protest with the Canadian embassy over the detention of a senior executive of Huawei Technologies.
  3. The U.S. president says White House Chief of Staff John Kelly will leave his post at the end of the year.

December 8, Saturday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Risa Shimizu

  1. Japan’s ruling coalition has pushed a controversial bill through the Diet with just a few days left before the current session ends. It will allow more foreign workers into the country.
  2. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has agreed with Russia and other non-OPEC allies to cut crude oil output next year.
  3. China has successfully launched a lunar probe which the country hopes to land on the far side of the moon.

December 7, Friday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Mr. Raja Pradhan

  1. Japan has for the first time enacted a law allowing private sector companies to obtain the concession to operate water supply services.
  2. Japanese mobile service provider Softbank says a nationwide disruption in its communication network stemmed from errors in Software made by Ericsson.
  3. Russian media report that the country’s military has set up radar sites on several islands, including 4 Russia-held islands claimed by Japan.

December 6, Thursday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. The U.S. military and Japan’s Self-Defense Forces are searching for 5 American service members off the coast of western Japan.
  2. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that his country will develop intermediate-range nuclear missiles if the United States withdraws from a bilateral arms control treaty with Russia.
  3. Japan has pledged to pay 11.5 billion dollars to developing countries and to share its satellite data on greenhouse gases with them as part of its contribution to the fight against global warming.

December 5, Wednesday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Mariko Kojima

  1. An earthquake has occurred in the southern Pacific off the coast of New Caledonia at 4:20 UTC on Wednesday. The quake measured at magnitude 7.5 with a depth of 10 kilometers.
  2. NHK has learned that a draft of the government’s new defense guidelines says Japan will introduce state-of-the-art F-35B stealth fighter jets.
  3. The French government has announced it will suspend fuel tax hike planned for January.

December 3, Monday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Yoshi Ogasawara and Ms. Emma Howard

  1. Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump shelved a planned tariff hike on Chinese imports.
  2. The U.N. climate change conference has opened in the Polish city of Katowice.
  3. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will begin talks with representatives of political parties and demonstrators to find a way to end the unrest that has left many people wounded.