1. The U.N. Security Council has reached an agreement to ensure a steady implementation of its sanctions against North Korea, and to take fresh action pending further developments.
2. Japan’s government says one of the ballistic missiles launched by North Korea on Wednesday came the closest ever to the country’s coast.
3. An NHK survey of former residents of Fukushima who fled the 2011 nuclear disaster has found that dozens of children were bullied at their new schools.
日: 2017年3月9日
March 8, Wednesday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Mick Corliss and Ms. Helen Lewis
1. The U.N. Security Council has condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test, denouncing it as a clear challenge to the international community.
2. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is to visit Japan, South Korea and China next week to discuss North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
3. The Japanese government has committed funds to a U.N. body to step up anti-terrorism measures ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.