1. Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino, a co-winner of this year’s Noble Prize in Chemistry, has collected his award at a ceremony in Stockholm.
2. Japan’s Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, has highlighted the country’s effort to tackle global warming at the U.N. climate conference in Madrid.
3. Members of New York’s Afghan community gathered at the Consulate General of Afghanistan for a candle light ceremony to commemorate Tetsu Nakamura.
1. A senior North Korean official says leader Kim Jong Un will make a final decision over denuclearization talks with the United States by the end of the year.
2. The United Nations Security Council is expected to meet on Wednesday to discuss North Korea’s missile program.
3. New Zealand’s government says five people have been confirmed dead, following Monday’s volcanic eruption on White Island.
1. Large crowds of anti-government protesters have marched through Hong Kong over the weekend just before the sixth-month anniversary of the beginning of the current series of protests.
2. A plane carrying the body of Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor and humanitarian worker who was fatally shot in Afghanistan, arrived at his hometown Fukuoka.
3. The Japanese government says it is closely monitoring North Korea for further provocative actions following the announcement it had carried out a test “of great significance” at a rocket launch site.
1. The body of a Japanese doctor and humanitarian who was shot dead in Afghanistan is expected to arrive in Japan on Saturday.
2. North Korea says it conducted a test “of great significance” at its Sohae satellite launching ground.
3. A winner of this year’s Noble Prize in Chemistry, Akira Yoshino, says he believes his award will inspire young researchers.
1. Family members and colleagues of Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura are due to arrive in Afghanistan on Friday to claim his body following his death in Wednesday’s armed attack.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as early as next month.
3. International environmental groups have urged Japan and other nations to abolish coal-fired power generation in order to help combat climate change.
1. Police in Afghanistan suspect an armed group targeting foreigners carried out a planned attack that killed a Japanese doctor and aid worker in the eastern part of the country.
2. The U.S. trade representative says he expects President Donald Trump to sign off on agreements with Japan next week.
3. NATO leaders have wrapped up their two-day summit in London. They were expected to show solidarity on the alliance’s 70th birthday, but it did not quite turn out that way.
1. U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects Japan to pay more to host U.S. bases.
2. U.S. President Trump says he has no deadline for concluding trade negotiations with China, indicating that the talks may take longer than expected.
3. Chile’s environment minister has urged countries to tap into the potential of the world’s oceans to tackle global warming.
1. China’s President Xi Jinping has stressed that his country will work together with Russia to counter western interference.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes China still wants a trade deal with the United States.
3. Global leaders have pledged to step up their fight with global warming on the first day of the COP 25 U.N. climate change conference in Spain.
1. A Japanese government task force in charge of drawing up decommissioning policies for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the removal of fuel debris will start with the No.2 reactor in 2021.
2. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged governments around the globe to step up their efforts to tackle global warming.
3. The protest movement in Hong Kong appears to be regaining momentum after the U.S. passed legislation that supports human rights and democracy in the territory.