but the support must be accelerated as the situation remains dire. >> suga says prime minister shinzo abe will explain japan's efforts to tackle the epidemic at next week's apec summit. the government has already pledged $40 million to fight the epidemic. the aid package is currently being disbursed. at the cabinet meeting on friday, suga said the money is being used to provide medical supplies and equipment to guinea, liberia, and sierra leone. the rest will go to fund u.n. activities. he said that the $40 million that abe pledged at the u.n. general assembly will now be put to specific use. >>> a u.s. newspaper reports that president barack obama has reached out to iran in the fight against islamic state militants. "the wall street journal" says obama wrote a letter to iran's supreme leader, though the two countries do not have diplomatic ties. the newspaper says the letter was sent to ayatollah khamenei in mid-october. the article says it describes the shared interests between the u.s. and iran in fighting the extremist group. it says the letter stresses that any cooperation on the

they explained in detail about the methods and the actual state of their investigation. >> suga says the committee will look into the fate of the missing japanese regardless of what previous investigations found. he says pyongyang needs time to do that. >> translator: north korean officials explained that they are in the stage of deepening their investigation and want to avoid explanation that will lead to speculation. and they said they haven't found any objective and clear evidence at this point. >> he says japanese delegates told committee members that resolving the abduction issue is japan's top priority. suga also says japan hopes to receive an initial report by the end of december. >>> families of the abductees have heard what happened during the meeting in pyongyang. they say they're disappointed. chief japanese delegate junito ihara and the abduction minister have briefed the families. yamatani says the delegation told north korean officials that resolving the abduction issue is japan's top priority. she says the visit was meaningful, but a representative of the families disa

yoshihide suga says it took place in japanese claimed territory. crews of warships and fighter jets took part in the exercise. assuming trespassers were landing on the takeshima islands. south korea controls the islands. the japanese government claims them and maintains they are an inherent part of the country's territory. it says south korea is illegally occupying them. >> translator: the drill is unacceptable in view of japan's stance on the territorial sovereignty of the islands. it's deplorable. the government has lodged a strong protest. >> suga said he was not given advance notice of the drill. he said officials would deal with the issue after carefully assessing seoul's position. senior diplomats of the two countries are scheduled to meet in south korea on thursday. >>> japanese police have arrested four south korean men on suspicion of stealing an ancient statue of buddha. they say the men took it from a temple in nagasaki prefecture. the head priest of the temple called police after finding the depository's lock broken. he said a bronze st

. >> suga said the chinese side responded saying it recognize aring the gravity of the matter and will take concrete steps. >>> the coast guard has sent vessels to to deter chinese boats from entering. it will stop and inspect any boats from entering the islands. >>> a senior government official from japan is visiting china. he'll try to arrange a meeting next week between the two country leaders. this is the head of japan national security council secretary yacht. he left thursday morning for beijing. he is expected to meet with top chinese government officials. they'll discuss a possible summit between japanese prime minister shinzo abe and chinese president kping ping. this would be the first for the leaders. they're hoping to hold it before monday in beijing. chinese officials have said japan must recognize there's an issue of sovereignty of islands in the east china sea. japan controls the islands, china and taiwan claim them. they maintain they're part of japan's land. there's no issue to be resolved. china wants abe to state clearly he won't make visits to the shrine that honors

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