月: 2017年2月

1. Defense authorities in Japan have started maritime reclamation work in Okinawa in order to relocate a U.S. air base.
2. A candidate backed by the governor of Tokyo has won a mayoral election for a central district of the capital.
3. A massive protest in Romania has spread across the country over an order of decriminalizing corruptions by politicians and government officials.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is appealing the ruling by a federal district court that suspends his controversial travel ban.
2. Ukraine’s presidential office says President Petro Poroshenko and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump have agreed on the need to immediately halt the fighting in eastern Ukraine.
3. Japan’s Defense Ministry says it has successfully test-fired at sea a new interceptor missile jointly developed with the United States.

1. Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis have confirmed the importance of the bilateral alliance to peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific region.
2. A U.S. federal court in the state of Washington has placed a nationwide block on President Trump’s executive order banning the nationals from 7 countries from entering the country.
3. The Trump administration has announced new sanctions against Iran in response to its recent ballistic missile test.

1. U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has arrived in Japan from South Korea. He will pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later on Friday.
2. At least 2 passengers have been found to have given up boarding Japanese flights bound for the United States earlier this week, due to a temporary U.S. entry ban.
3. The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is examining if it can go ahead with a plan to deploy a robot into one of the damaged reactors at the facility.

１．U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis is set to start a tour toward South Korea and Japan on Thursday.
2. Japan and Russia have agreed to hold the first round of bilateral talks on joint economic activities on 4 Russian-held islands in Tokyo in March.
3. A Japanese engineer has been chosen as one of the winners for this year’s Queen Elizabeth Prize for engineering. The recipient has been recognized for the development of digital technology.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has lashed out at Japan and China, saying they devalue their currencies. It was his first direct criticism of Japan’s currency policy since his inauguration.
2. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has described President Donald Trump’s order to bar people from 7 Middle Eastern and African countries from entering the United States is a “temporary pause” to allow a review of the existing immigration system.
3. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has requested that Pope Francis visit the country to help realize a world without nuclear weapons.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed protesters for the growing chaos at U.S. airports after he signed an executive order to tighten anti-terrorism measures.
2. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he plans to tell U.S. President Donald Trump at their upcoming summit that Japanese firms are contributing to the U.S. economy.
3. Honda Motor and General Motors will jointly fuel cell power systems for next-generation eco-friendly vehicles.