US President Donald Trump called North Korea and a few other nations “rogue regimes” in his first speech at a UN General Assembly on Tuesday. He said his country may have to destroy Pyongyang if it threatens its neighbors.

Japan’s Defense Minister resigned on Friday to take responsibility for a cover-up scandal involving daily activity logs of GSDF units in South Sudan. The Foreign Minister has taken over her duties to serve the two posts until a Cabinet reshuffle scheduled for next week.

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the United States would withdraw from the Paris accord on climate change, which he views as an obstacle to his goal of creating jobs and promoting economic growth in his country.

A former vice minister of education told a news conference on Thursday that documents exist linking Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the decision to approve a veterinary medicine faculty at a university run by a close friend of Abe.

Independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron was elected as France’s youngest president on Sunday. The former investment banker is married to his former teacher, who is 25 years his senior.

The Japanese prime minister expressed support on Friday for the resolve of the United States after its missile strikes on a Syrian air base, from which a chemical attack was allegedly launched.

The Chief Cabinet Secretary stressed on Friday that the decision to end the Ground Self-Defense Force’s peacekeeping mission in South Sudan in May was not made out of security concerns.

Japan’s prime minister on Monday attempted to distance himself from an Osaka-based nationalistic school that is involved in a shady land deal, where his wife resigned as honorary principal.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned North Korea’s missile launch as “absolutely intolerable” and U.S. President Donald Trump stood with Japan at a joint news conference on Saturday.

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday. He pledged to put “America first” in his inaugural speech as hundreds of thousands of supporters cheered.

After a law legalizing casino gambling in Japan officially took effect on December 26th, public opinion polls reflect concerns about the risk of gambling addiction.

Japan reached numerous economic deals with Russia in Tokyo on Friday following talks between the two leaders but failed to achieve a breakthrough in the issue of the Northern Territories.