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1. The foreign ministers of Japan and China have agreed to work toward the implementation of U.N. sanctions on North Korea in line with the Security Council resolutions.
2. Malaysian police say they have detained a man with a North Korean passport in connection with the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

1. South Korean authorities have arrested the de facto head of the Samsung Group on suspicion of bribery and other charges.
2. The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea have issued a joint statement on North Korea’s ballistic missile launch on Sunday.
3. NHK has learned that 2 women detained by Malaysian police in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam communicated with each other before the incident.

1. Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has left for Germany to meet with his counterparts of the Group of 20 countries.
2. South Korean government officials say fingerprint checks show it is certain the man who died in Malaysia was Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.
3. U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated his administration will not necessarily stick to the “two-state solution” between the Israelis and Palestinians.

1. The South Korean government said on Wednesday morning that it has determined the identity of the person killed in Malaysia is Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
2. The Chinese government says 192 people were infected with the H7N9 strain of bird flu in January across the country and 79 of them died from the disease.
3. Executives of Toshiba are seeking support from financial institutions to strengthen their capital base.

1. The U.N. Security Council has condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch.
2. Japan has welcomed the Security Council’s statement.
3. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid out details of his two days of discussions with U.S. President Donald Trump during an exclusive interview with NHK.

1. North Korea says it successfully test-fired an upgraded ballistic missile on Sunday.
2. Japanese government officials have released numbers on Gross Domestic Product for the October to December period showing ongoing economic activities.
3. An album featuring Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida has won this year’s Grammy award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.

1. The South Korean military says North Korea fired a ballistic missile from North Pyongan Province in the country’s northwestern region on Sunday morning.
2. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says the government has protested to North Korea over its firing of a ballistic missile.
3. The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned continued fighting across South Sudan that has killed or displaced a large number of civilians.

1. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to launch dialogue between their deputies to deepen economic relations.
2. U.S. President Trump has indicated he may issue a new executive order on immigration early next week.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to propose measures to strengthen the bilateral alliance at the Japan-U.S. summit.
2. A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled against reinstating President Donald Trump’s executive order that temporarily bans entry of people from 7 Msulim-majority countries.
3. A senior official of Russia’s Foreign Ministry has indicated that the country and Japan will agree on project plans for joint economic activities on Russian-controlled islands claimed by Japan.

1. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to leave for Washington on Thursday for his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
2. A project that takes in Syrian refugees as exchange students is to bear fruit in April following the arrival of the first group of students to Japan.
3. A team led by Japanese scientists has for the first time observed the creation of a new planetary system.