1. An advisory body to UNESCO has recommended a group of ancient monuments in southwestern Japan be registered on the World Cultural Heritage list.
2. Japan has pledged an offer of 40 million dollars to a new fund of the Asia Development Bank to help promote eco-friendly infrastructure in the region.
3. North Korea has accused the U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies of sending a terrorist group into the country to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un.
日: 2017年5月6日
May 5, Friday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Mariko Kojima
1. China has dismissed North Korea’s criticism that Beijing has sided with Washington in putting pressure over its nuclear and missile programs.
2. The U.S. House of Representatives has narrowly passed a revised bill to replace the health care reform law implemented by former president Barack Obama.
3. Crude oil futures in New York dropped sharply to a 5-month low on Thursday, due to growing oil production in the United States.