- Japan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has written an article rebutting a New York Times editorial that slammed the country’s plan to resume commercial whaling.
- Japan’s Agricultural Ministry will conduct a survey to check whether the fertilized eggs of premium wagyu beef cattle are properly managed in the country.
- Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies says it has dismissed an employee who was arrested in Poland on suspicion of spying.
January 13, Sunday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Keiko Kitagawa and Ms. Fumiko Konoe