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- North Korean state media says Saturday’s launch of two projectiles was a test to verify the capabilities of a new weapons system.
- Tens of thousands of people in Moscow have taken part in a rally, demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run in next month’s election for the city’s legislature.
- Hong Kong has experienced another weekend of unrest between pro-democracy protestors and police.
- The South Korean military says North Korea has fired two more projectiles, believed to be short-range ballistic missiles, into the sea east of the Korean Peninsula.
- Former Japanese residents of four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan have arrived in the territory to visit the graves of their ancestors.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he is not ready to make a trade deal with China, questioning whether the next round of scheduled talks will take place.
- People in Japan are remembering the atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki during World War II.
- A government body advising on decommissioning of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says removal of molten fuel should start in the facility’s No.2 reactor.
- Japan’s GDP grew at an annualized growth rate of 1.8 percent in the April-to-June period, marking the third straight quarterly expansion.
- Amid strained bilateral ties, Japan’s trade ministry has given the go-ahead to sell sensitive high-tech materials to South Korea.
- U.S. President Donald Trump revealed that talks aimed at getting South Korea to bear more of the burden of U.S. troops in the country have begun.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed hopes to hold a fresh round of denuclearization talks with North Korea within a “couple of weeks.”
- Japan’s Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper have reaffirmed their countries’ close cooperation on North Korea.
- North Korea’s state-run media say the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, oversaw the launch of a new type of tactical guided missile on Tuesday.
- Japan’s Cabinet ordinance to remove South Korea from a list of nations entitled to simplified export-control procedures. The ordinance will take effect on August 28th.
- The Japanese city of Hiroshima is marking the 74th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing. Participants offered a silent prayer.
- The Japanese government says it has confirmed that no ballistic missiles have entered Japan’s territory or its exclusive economic zone.
- Share prices plunged on Wall Street on Monday after China devalued its currency.
- Protesters in Hong Kong are trying to bring the city to a standstill with a general strike.
- The U.S. and South Korean militaries started joint drills on Monday in South Korea on the assumption of emergencies on the Korean Peninsula.
- The South Korean media report the country’s Fair Trade Commission has ordered four Japanese companies to pay penalty surcharges for collusion.
- Police in the U.S. state of Texas have detained a suspect in a fatal mass shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso.
- Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas at protestors and arrested at least 20 of them as clashes continued in several spots through early Sunday.
- The ASEAN Regional Forum has urged the United States and North Korea to resume working-level talks on Pyongyang’s denuclearization.
- Japan’s trade minister Hiroshige Seko says Japan will closely monitor South Korea’s move to remove Tokyo from its list of trusted trading partners.
- U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says his country will start full-fledged development of intermediate-range missiles, following the expiration of a key nuclear treaty with Russia.
- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has reiterated that the Etorofu Island is Russian territory, responding to Japan’s protest against his visit to the island claimed by Japan.
- Japan’s Cabinet has decided to go ahead with a plan to remove South Korea from a list of nations entitled to simplified export-control procedures.
- The U.S. Defense Department says North Korea has launched two missiles. It marked the third set of launches in just over a week.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says his nation is going to impose an additional tariff of 10 percent on 300 billion dollars’ worth of Chinese products, starting on September 1st.