May 2, 2018
HEADLINES
Noon news
- May 2, 2018
- , All TV networks
- JMH Summary
HEADLINES
Morning news
- May 2, 2018
- , All newspapers and TV networks
- JMH Summary
INTERNATIONAL
U.S. media reports Kim Jong Un agreed to hold U.S-DPRK summit at Panmunjom
- May 2, 2018
- , TV Asahi
- JMH Summary
INTERNATIONAL
Abe aims to resolve N. Korea abduction, nuclear issues
- May 1, 2018
- , Kyodo News , 11:53 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Gist of PM Abe’s news conference in Amman, Jordan on May 1
- May 2, 2018
- , Yomiuri , p. 4
- JMH Translation
INTERNATIONAL
Japan will actively contribute to Mideast peace: Abe
- May 2, 2018
- , Kyodo News , 6:56 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Abe says Japan to provide additional 1.1 billion yen to help Jordan with Syrian refugees
- May 2, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 4
- JMH Translation
INTERNATIONAL
Hitachi to take part in Taiwan’s shift in energy policy
- April 30, 2018
- , Kyodo News , 08:24 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Kishida off to India, Vietnam
- May 2, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 2
- JMH Translation
INTERNATIONAL
Comprehensive strategy needed for building peace on Korean Peninsula
- April 28, 2018
- , Mainichi , p. 11
- JMH Translation
INTERNATIONAL
Survey of newspaper editorials on inter-Korean summit, DPRK denuclearization
- May 1, 2018
- , Mainichi , p. 9
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INTERNATIONAL
Japan, China, ROK to demand North Korea’s denuclearization
- May 2, 2018
- , Yomiuri
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INTERNATIONAL
President Trump mentions DMZ as potential site for summit with DPRK leader
- May 2, 2018
- , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Sankei
- JMH Summary
INTERNATIONAL
Police, activists scuffle over forced labor statue in front of Japanese consulate in Busan
- May 1, 2018
- , All national papers evening edition
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INTERNATIONAL
AIIB approves 2 newcomers, membership expands to 86
- May 2, 2018
- , Jiji Press , 1:39 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
U.S. eager to form trade deal with Japan “at some point”: USTR
- May 2, 2018
- , Kyodo News , 10:43 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Japan, U.S. bodies to help develop maritime oil drilling technology
- May 2, 2018
- , Kyodo News
- English Press
ECONOMY
Venture capital funds team up with major companies to support startups
- April 30, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 7
- JMH Translation
ECONOMY
Top Thai official expresses keen interest in joining CPTPP
- May 2, 2018
- , All national papers
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ECONOMY
Trade minister voices “regret” at U.S.’s refusal to exempt Japan from steel tariffs
- May 2, 2018
- , Mainichi
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SECURITY
Japan and US should put alliance on even footing, ex-minister says
- May 1, 2018
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 02:45 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Editorial: Renovation of Izumo destroyer needed to strengthen defense of remote islands
- May 1, 2018
- , The Japan News , 07:31 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Senior Pentagon official comments on “nuclear umbrella”
- May 2, 2018
- , Nikkei
- JMH Summary
POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on April 30–May 1, 2018
- May 2, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 4
- JMH Translation
POLITICS
Abe aide to correct Diet remarks over favoritism scandal: source
- May 2, 2018
- , Kyodo News , 3:13 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
An interview with Fumio Kishida
- May 2, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 4
- JMH Translation
POLITICS
Survey shows younger constitution scholars tend to accept SDF’s constitutionality
- May 2, 2018
- , Yomiuri , p. 3
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POLITICS
Is Shinjiro Koizumi part of an “agricultural policy clique”?
- April 29, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 5
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POLITICS
7 people with top bureaucratic experience admit to using private emails, Line for work
- May 1, 2018
- , The Mainichi
- English Press
POLITICS
Cartoon: Work-style reform
- May 1, 2018
- , Akahata , p. 2
- JMH Translation
OPINION POLLS
75% say Japan-North Korea summit “should be held,” Nikkei poll
- April 30, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 2
- JMH Translation
OPINION POLLS
Backing for Abe and Koizumi for next LDP president tied at 26%, Nikkei poll
- May 1, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 2
- JMH Translation
OPINION POLLS
42% of voters feel the Heisei Era is “tumultuous,” Asahi survey
- May 1, 2018
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 6:45 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
U.S. man indicted for killing woman in Osaka
- May 2, 2018
- , Kyodo News
- English Press
SOCIETY
6 foreign trainees worked at Fukushima N-plant
- May 1, 2018
- , Jiji Press , 5:00 p.m.
- English Press
EDUCATION
Todai changes course, mulls private English tests for entrance exam
- April 28, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 38
- JMH Translation
EDUCATION
Trial starts for potential new English test for national achievement exam
- May 1, 2018
- , The Mainichi
- English Press
