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- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan and Australia should advance free trade and boost collaboration on regenerative medicine, artificial intelligence and other fields.
- The incoming press secretary for the White House says that President-elect Donald Trump is likely to urge national unity in his inaugural speech next week.
- A U.S. federal grand jury has indicted 3 former executives of Japanese auto parts firm Takata on wire fraud and conspiracy charges over the firm’s airbags.
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of defense, James Mattis, has pointed to Russia and China as key security challenges.
- Japanese and Russian ministers have agreed to draw up a work schedule around the end of March to implement energy deals signed during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Japan last month.
- Researchers in Japan say they have succeeded in creating a small “intestine” from human embryonic stem cells.
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has stressed that his administration will correct trade imbalances with other countries and put priority on national interests.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has begun a 6-day tour of Southeast Asia and Australia aimed at strengthening economic and security ties.
- The head of Toyota Motor has told the next U.S. vice president of his company’s efforts to bring jobs and investment to America.
- The incoming National Security advisor to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has stressed the importance of the country’s alliances.
- The U.S. military has begun deploying F-35 stealth fighter jets in western Japan.
- Japan has pledged financial aid to Iraq to help people displaced in the military offensive against Islamic State militants.
- The president of Japanese automaker Toyota says his company will invest 10 billion dollars in the United States over the next 5 years.
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group have talked about creating jobs in the United States.
- A U.S. Navy destroyer has fired warning shots at Iranian military boats at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.
- Japan and the Czech Republic have agreed to increase solidarity to maintain international order based on the rule of law.
- Japan has called on Afghanistan to do more to crack down on serious corruption and improve the worsening security situation in the country.
- At least 20 people have died in Europe as severe cold weather grips the continent.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has indicated he will urge South Korea to remove statues symbolizing those referred to as comfort women.
- North Korea is unlikely to stage massive ceremonies to mark the birthday of is leader Kim Jong Un.
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has expressed his eagerness to improve ties with Russia.
- A man has indiscriminately opened fire at an airport in the southern U.S. state of Florida. Five people were killed and 8 others wounded.
- The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and France have agreed to start talks to conclude a treaty on sharing goods and services between the countries’ forces.
- U.S. intelligence officials have announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered meddling in last year’s U.S. presidential election.
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says Toyota Motor should pay heavy taxes if it goes ahead with its plan to build a factory in Mexico.
- Japan, the United States and South Korea have agreed to continue their cooperation on threats from North Korea under the in-coming U.S. administration.
- The U.S. military in Japan will resume mid-air refueling training exercises with its Osprey transport aircraft as early as Friday.
- An aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a member of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have agreed on the need for an early Japan-U.S. summit.
- Officials with Japan’s central bank say inflation rates in fiscal 2017 will get closer to their 2-percent target, but private analysts are pessimistic.
- The head of the United Nations’ nuclear regulator appears set to be re-elected unopposed.