日: 2017年1月17日

January 17, Tuesday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

  1. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to work for peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.
  2. Leaders from around the world are expected to discuss how Donald Trump’s policies will impact the global economy at the annual meeting of the world economic forum in Davos.
  3. People in Japan are remembering the victims of a powerful earthquake that devastated the western city of Kobe and its surrounding areas 22 years ago.

January 16, Monday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Mick Corliss and Mr. Yoshi Ogasawara

  1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on his way to Vietnam, the last leg of his 4-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific region.
  2. Japan and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to extend a Japanese company’s interests in an oil field off the Middle Eastern country.
  3. U.S. organizers have held a rehearsal for the coming inauguration ceremony for President-elect Donald Trump.