1. A meeting of trade ministers from the 11 nations who signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement has ended, confirming the importance of 11 nations’ further cooperation.
2. North Korean media have criticized Japan and the United States for their recent moves to keep Pyongyang in check.
3. Iran’s re-elected President Hassan Rouhani has stressed that he will continue engagement with the international community.
日: 2017年5月21日
May 20, Saturday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Risa Shimizu and Ms. Fumiko Konoe
1. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says a military solution to deal with North Korea will be “tragic on an unbelievable scale.”
2. U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly says that firing the FBI chief relieved “great pressure” on him over the probe into potential links between his campaign team and Moscow.
3. Chinese President Xi Jinping has told a special envoy of South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in that he wants to improve ties between the countries.