月: 2017年4月

1. The United States and South Korea will conclude their joint military exercises on Sunday.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has concluded a trip to Russia and Britain.
3. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has called on both the United States and North Korea to show restraint.

1. North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Saturday morning. The U.S. and South Korean militaries believe the launch was a failure.
2. U.N. Security Council members are divided over how to address North Korea’s provocations.
3. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his British counterpart, Theresa May, have agreed on the importance of adhering to free trade.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to jointly call on North Korea to refrain from further provocative acts.
2. The top commander of U.S. forces in the Asia-Pacific says the crisis with North Korea is at its worst point ever.
3. Fierce air attacks in northwestern Syria on Thursday killed 19 people, including 9 children.

1. Japan’s prime minister is set to seek Russia’s cooperation in applying more pressure on North Korea to refrain from further provocation.
2. Top U.S. officials have told the entire Senate that President Donald Trump’s administration will also urge North Korea to dismantle its nuclear and missile programs.
3. The top U.S. military officer in the Asia-Pacific says the planned relocation of Marines from Okinawa to Guam will fully get underway in 2024 or later.

1. A cabinet minister in charge of rebuilding areas hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has resigned after making a remark seen as offensive to those affected by the disaster.
2. North Korea says it carried out what it calls the largest-ever artillery drills to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the country’s army.
3. Officials from Japan and Russia are holding final negotiations on starting joint surveys of 4 disputed islands next month.

1. North Korea is threatening to launch a preemptive attack without advance notice.
2. The two top candidates in the French presidential race have resumed their campaigns for the runoff election on May 7th.
3. Japan’s government is launching full-scale work to build a new U.S. military base in Okinawa. The move is likely to further anger opponents in the southern island prefecture.

1. France’s public broadcaster has projected that Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will compete in a presidential election runoff next month.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump have discussed the North Korean situation over the telephone amid heightened tensions surrounding the country.
3. A land mine blast has killed a U.S. truce monitor in eastern Ukraine.

1. Japanese destroyers and a U.S. aircraft carrier will begin a joint drill on Sunday in the Pacific, off the Philippines.
2. French voters will cast their ballots on Sunday in the first round of the presidential election.
3. Japan plans to expand its multiple-entry visa program to China’s growing middle class as part of efforts to attract more overseas tourists.

1. Finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies have agreed that the global economy is recovering, but that downsize risks persist.
2. An advisory panel to the Japanese government has finalized its proposals on Emperor Akihito’s abdication. Among the proposals is a one-time legislative measure.
3. U.S. analysts’ report says that new photos indicate a nuclear test site in North Korea remains capable of conducting a test any time.

1. The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a press statement strongly condemning North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch.
2. French investigators have searched the home of the suspect in Thursday’s deadly shooting in central Paris.
3. The finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20 economies, including the United States, China and Japan, are meeting in Washington.