1. Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are meeting in Tokyo to discuss North Korea and other diplomatic issues.
2. A federal district court of the U.S. state of Hawaii has issued a temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
3. A suicide bomber has set off explosives in Syria’s capital. Local media report at least 31 people were killed, and many others were wounded.
日: 2017年3月16日
March 15, Wednesday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Risa Shimizu
1. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will arrive in Japan on Wednesday to start his first Asian tour since he assumed his post. North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda.
2. Struggling Japanese electronics company Toshiba is looking to pull out the nuclear power plant business in a bid to turn around the finances.
3. South Korean prosecutors say they have summoned deposed President Park Geun-hye next Tuesday for questioning on bribery charges.