The ad. You were watching from around the world. Friday it will for your info and to hit and run when they do so much for joining us. We begin with confirmation of a widely expected move by japan that grows more cold water on the struggling korea japan relationship improved and you risk textbooks that claim koreas coco islands and its new diplomatic blue paper shows no movement on the wartime sexual slavery issue of Foreign Affairs correspondent of how he reports and how these measures may have re some of the gains from last months summit talks in tokyo and washington. Eight out of twelve texted that will be used in japanese Elementary Schools starting next spring will falsely state that for mystical island is part of the pack. And the eight expats approved by the Japanese Education Ministry friday. Six acre bn is illegally occupying local known as tacky she met a japanese auntie Kerry Max Beck mark the island as japanese territory though it is physically closer to parity and the body
Newsroom international starts now. Michael holmes sitting in for Suzanne Malveaux today. Michael . Thanks, ashleigh banfield. Welcome to Newsroom International im Michael Holmes in for Suzanne Malveaux. The future of the u. S. Troop residency in afghanistan is front and center this week. President obama expected to meet afghanistans president , hamid karzai at the white house friday. Focus to make sure theres a smooth security handover to the Afghan Government when nato forces leave afghanistan next year. Its still unclear how many u. S. Troops will remain to Train Afghan Security forces and focus on counterterrorism. Chris lawrence outlines the proposals for the transition. Reporter the options are on the table. At the low end, a little more than 6,000 troops, mostly special Operations Forces hunting terrorists with a small amount of training for afghan forces. The 10,000 option would still focus on al qaeda, but would add conventional troops to expand afghan training. A 15,000 option