日: 2019年2月13日

February 13, Wednesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Mariko Kojima

  1. U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested he may extend the deadline for reaching a trade deal with China beyond March 1st.
  2. Senior U.S. military officials are welcoming the second U.S.-North Korea summit scheduled for later this month, but say Pyongyang is unlikely to give up all of its nuclear weapons.
  3. Japanese swimming superstar Rikako Ikee says she will start full treatment for leukemia after revealing she had the disease earlier this week.

February 12, Tuesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan has lodged a strong protest with South Korea over remarks made by its National Assembly speaker on the issue of those referred to as comfort women.
  2. Vietnam’s foreign minister will visit North Korea ahead of the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for later this month in Hanoi.
  3. U.S. President Donald Trump has blasted Iran for what he called “40 years of failure” on the anniversary of its1979 Islamic revolution.