日: 2017年1月25日

January 25, Wednesday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Helen Lewis and Ms. Mick Corliss

  1. A U.S. defense official says Defense Secretary James Mattis is considering visiting Japan and South Korea in early February.
  2. The Japanese government will continue to seek the United States’ understanding of the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.
  3. Toyota Motor says it will invest about 600 million dollars to improve its plant in the U.S. state of Indiana and hire 400 local workers.

January 24, Tuesday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

  1. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum formally withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal.
  2. The new Trump administration has vowed to protect U.S. interests in international waters in the South China Sea.
  3. Peace talks aimed at ending Syria’s civil war have got off to a rocky start, with government representatives and opposition delegates trading criticism over a ceasefire.

January 23, Monday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Fumiko Kondo

  1. A Japanese government panel discussing Emperor Akihito’s apparent wish to abdicate will release a report later today summarizing its deliberations.
  2. The White House says President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington in early February.
  3. Members of Syria’s government and rebel delegates are to hold peace talks in Kazakhstan on Monday.