日: 2019年4月24日

April 24, Wednesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Sara Macdonald and Ms. Mariko Kojima

  1. A senior Russian official has told NHK that President Vladimir Putin is considering proposing a revival of the six-party talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear program when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday.
  2. Sri Lanka’s government says a group that carried out six near-simultaneous bombings on Sunday may have undergone military training abroad.
  3. The Japanese prime minister and the French president say they will work together in leading discussions on free trade and other issues at the G20 summit in Osaka.

April 23, Tuesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. Authorities in Sri Lanka suspect a domestic Islamic extremist group is responsible for the series of deadly bombings on Sunday.
  2. The U.S. government says it will end in May the waivers that have allowed Japan and other countries to import oil from Iran without facing U.S. sanctions.
  3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has arrived in France on the first leg of his tour of Europe and North America.