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- An international conference on Asa-Pacific security challenges will open in Singapore on Friday, with top defense officials from the United States and China attending.
- The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and Russia remain at odds over some security issues, including the Russian-controlled islands claimed by Japan.
- The Internal Affairs Ministry said on Friday that Japan’s unemployment rate in April marked its first decline in two months.
- A video of a man randomly attacking a group of schoolchildren waiting for a school bus in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Tuesday was captured on the onboard camera of the bus.
- Japanese and Russian foreign and defense ministers are scheduled to meet on Thursday in Tokyo.
- The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points for the second straight day on global concern over global economic slowdown.
- Police in Japan have begun searching the home of the man who stabbed school children on Tuesday as they were waiting for a bus.
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on relevant cabinet ministers to discuss how to ensure the safety of school children on their commutes following a stabbing spree.
- An official of Iran’s foreign ministry says the country is negotiating with Japan to fix a date for a visit to Iran by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
- Police say an elementary school girl and a 39-year-old man have been confirmed dead, following a mass stabbing near Tokyo.
- The leaders of Japan and the United States have highlighted the strength of their countries’ alliance aboard a Japanese destroyer.
- The Nissan Motor president is planning to meet with top executives of its alliance partner Renault on Wednesday. Their agenda is expected to focus on a merger proposal from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
- The leaders of Japan and the U.S. have highlighted the strength of their countries’ alliance as they sat down for formal talks.
- Iran’s foreign minister has underscored the country’s determination not to yield to growing pressure from the United States.
- The grand coalition of two pro-EU centrist blocs is expected to lose its combined majority in the European Parliament.
- U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to spend a full day with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday, ahead of their summit on Monday.
- Sunday is the last day of the European Parliament elections. Citizens from 21 countries will be casting ballots.
- The disorder caused by video game addiction has been officially recognized as a disease by the World Health Organization.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has left Washington for a four-day state-visit to Japan.
- Trump has announced that he is sending about 1,500 military personnel to the Middle East in an effort to bolster defenses against Iran.
- A fire in western India has reportedly killed at least 20 people, including children.
- Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono says maintaining the liberal international order will be at the top of the agenda for the Group of 20 summit in Osaka next month.
- India’s ruling party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a historic single majority of seats in general elections, paving the way for him to stably serve a second term.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he expects more companies to stop doing business with China’s Huawei.
- Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic says it is ending its business with Huawei, following the U.S. decision to ban sales of parts to the Chinese tech giant.
- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has asked the World Trade Organization to improve its dispute settlement system.
- Ministers from Japan and France have reconfirmed their support for the Renault-Nissan alliance.
- Japan’s latest trade data shows a sharp decline in the surplus. That’s as semiconductor-related exports to China plummeted.
- The OECD kicks off its ministerial meeting in Paris on Wednesday against a backdrop of simmering trade tensions.
- Top US. officials have briefed Congress on the threat posed by Iran in a bid to defuse skepticism among lawmakers about the government’s handling of tensions.