The US leader met with the South Korean president today on the eve of the APEC summit, signing an agreement on autos, steel, and investments. Yesterday, an agreement was reached with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, criticised by the Asahi Shimbun for being too soft. Tomorrow, the long-awaited meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping takes place in Busan. The Chinese leader will also have a bilateral meeting with the Japanese prime minister.

One of the survivors of 6 August 1945 spoke at the Community of Sant'Egidio peace summit in Rome, saying that she continues “to believe in human wisdom”. She was joined by the bishop of the Japanese martyr city, Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, who said: "We have little time left.” For Susi Snyder, “Deterrence is not demonstrable.”

Two incidents today in two different parts of the country resulted in one person dead and four injured. Climate change and the depopulation of peripheral areas are pushing the animals ever closer to residential areas. Japan’s new government is considering recruiting hunters (whose numbers are declining due to the ageing population).

​​The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party becomes the first woman to head the Tokyo government. The coalition does not have an absolute majority in parliament, but prevailed due to divisions in the opposition. Ishin will not have its own ministers. The government agreement includes a commitment to reduce the number of parliamentarians by 10% and suspend the food consumption tax for two years.

The split between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito, allies in the coalition that has governed Japan almost continuously since 1999, ushers in a new phase of political instability in Japan. The recently elected LDP leader, conservative Sanae Takaichi, now risks failing to secure the majority needed to become the country's first female prime minister. The opposition, led by the Constitutional Democratic Party, is trying to join forces to block her election.

The Osaka University immunologist received the prestigious award along with two Americans for their work on the immune system. Sakaguchi hopes that the recognition will encourage new applications for cancer treatment and the prevention of transplant rejection. With him, the number of Japanese Nobel laureates now stands at 29 (six for Medicine).