April 26, Friday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Emma Howard

  1. North Korea’s state-run media say the country’s leader Kim Jong Un criticized the United States during his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  2. Former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn has been released on bail from a Japanese detention facility for a second time.
  3. Japan’s prime minister has committed to working with the European Union to strengthen the rule-based multilateral trading system promoted by the World Trade Organization.

April 25, Thursday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Raja Pradhan and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. The Tokyo District Court has granted bail for the second time to former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn.
  2. Investigative authorities in Sri Lanka have detained 60 national in connection with the deadly bombings in the country’s largest city of Colombo and another town in the east.
  3. The leaders of Japan and Poland have agreed to strengthen their economic ties, as the Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and the European Union took effect in February.