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- U.S. researchers say satellite images suggest North Korea may be preparing to deploy a ballistic missile-capable submarine.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran is responsible for the September 14 attacks on Saudi oil facilities.
- The Rugby World Cup opens in Japan on Friday.
- Tokyo District Court has found the former chairman and two former vice presidents of Tokyo Electric Power Company not guilty in the only criminal prosecution stemming from the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima.
- The Bank of Japan has decided to keep its current easy monetary policy unchanged.
- Saudi Arabia has unveiled the wreckage of what it says are cruise missiles and drones used to attack its oil facilities last Saturday.
- Tokyo Electric Power Company says it is accelerating repair work in Chiba Prefecture to ensure that as many households as possible can have power again by Friday.
- Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, says his country’s oil supply has returned to the level before Saturday’s attacks on its oil facilities. The attacks have halved production.
- The United Nations General Assembly has opened in New York.
- More than a week after Typhoon Faxai hit the greater Tokyo area, thousands of households in Chiba Prefecture are still without power.
- A Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen has said Iranian weapons were used in Saturday’s attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has notified Congress of its plan to sign a trade deal with Japan.
- Protests continue in Hong Kong even after its government scrapped a controversial bill that would have allowed suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says his administration is ready to respond to Saturday’s attacks on two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.
- Two cities in southern Chiba Prefecture have issued evacuation advisories to tens of thousands of residents due to possible mudslides.
- Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has confirmed that Saturday’s drone attacks on its oil facilities have knocked out about half of the country’s output.
- The U.S. president said in a statement on Saturday that late al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation.
- The U.N. secretary-general has visited the hurricane-battered Bahamas and called for urgent action to combat climate change.
- Numerous homes in Chiba Prefecture are still without electricity after Typhoon Faxai ripped through the greater Tokyo area on Monday.
- China has announced a plan to exempt some U.S. farm produce from additional tariffs. The move follows the U.S. decision to delay a planned increase in tariffs on Chinese goods.
- The U.S. Treasury Department says it will impose sanctions on three hacking groups it says are backed by the North Korean government.
- Power outage continues for about 200,000 homes in Chiba Prefecture after Typhoon Faxai ravaged the greater Tokyo area earlier this week.
- NHK has learned that the governments of Japan and Russia are coordinating efforts to hold the first meeting between Japan’s new national security chief and his Russian counterpart next week.
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “at some point” this year.
- Tokyo Electric Power Company says electricity will be restored to Chiba City near Tokyo and other areas mainly in the northern part of Chiba Prefecture on Thursday.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has tweeted that the U.S. has agreed to delay a planned increase in tariffs on Chinese goods.
- Trump says ousted National Security Advisor John Bolton made “some very big mistakes” over North Korea’s denuclearization talks.
- Japan’s prime minister has reshuffled his Cabinet. Shinzo Abe has shifted most of the ministerial posts, bringing in 13 fresh faces.
- Tokyo Electric Power Company says blackout caused by Typhoon Faxai will continue on Wednesday in some areas near Tokyo.
- The World Trade Organization has ruled that South Korea’s tariffs on Japanese industrial valves are in breach of international trade rules.