1. Hundreds of thousands of people in Hong Kong have protested a bill that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland China to face trial.
2. Finance and trade ministers from the Group of 20 economies have failed to send clear messages that would help ease trade tension, such as the friction between the U.S. and China.
3. Japan’s GDP growth for the January-to-March period was revised upward to an annualized 2.2 percent in real terms.
1. Trade ministers from G20 countries are meeting on Sunday for the second day of talks in Tsukuba.
2. Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 economies are meeting for the second day of talks in Fukuoka.
3. Rules to protect the environment from mercury contamination have been drafted at an international conference.
1. Western Japan has been lashed by torrential rains from Friday morning.
2. The leaders of the United States and France have stressed that they share the goal of preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
3. Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated that Japan should heed his country’s security concerns to make progress in talks on a bilateral peace treaty.
1. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has announced that it is withdrawing its proposal to merge with French automaker Renault.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump has said his country could take military action against Iran, but stressed he prefers talks with the Middle East country.
3. The leaders of China and Russia have confirmed their cooperation on economic and security issues amid souring relations with the United States.
1. The U.S. federal reserve chairman has hinted he is open to cutting interest rates in the face of the ongoing U.S.-China trade war.
2. NHK has learned Japan’s government will go ahead with a planned increase in the consumption tax in October.
3. A huge vigil has been held in Hong Kong to remember the victims of the crackdown on prodemocracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.
1. Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in the Chinese capital of Beijing.
2. A senior official in Iran’s government has expressed hope that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s planned visit to the country will lead to the easing of regional tensions.
3. Nissan Motor says the plan by its alliance partner Renault to merge with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles offers business opportunities.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States is prepared to engage in talks with Iran without any pre-conditions.
2. North Korea has criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his remarks on a possible summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
3. The leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party, a junior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition, has expressed her intention to resign.
1. Japan’s Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya has affirmed with his U.S. and Australian counterparts that their countries will strengthen cooperation, and oppose any unilateral attempt to change the status quo in the South China Sea.
2. Japanese research whaling vessels have left a port in northern Japan for the final expedition before the country withdraws from the International Whaling Commission and resumes commercial whaling.
3. China has decided to investigate major U.S. package delivery firm FedEx on suspicion of violating Chinese courier delivery regulations.
1.China has hiked duties on 60 billion dollars’ worth of U.S. goods as the trade war between the world’s two largest economies continues.
2.Twelve people are dead and 4 others wounded in yet another mass shooting in the United States.
3.Rallies against the United States and Israel have been held around the Middle East in response to a call by Iran, amid escalating tensions between the country and the U.S.