月: 2017年9月

1. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked African leaders to observe U.N. sanctions against North Korea and cooperate in stepping up pressure.
2. The chief diplomats of Japan, the U.S. and India say they have urged other countries to fully implement U.N. sanctions.
3. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says he will beef up the agency’s ability to monitor North Korea’s nuclear program.

1. Japan’s government and ruling parties are in the final stages of coordinating a plan to hold a general election next month.
2. Severe tropical storm Talim is moving northward in northern Japan, packing strong winds and torrential rains.
3. The United Nations says Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslims continue to flee the western state of Rakhine, due to the conflict between Rohingya militants and security forces.

1. Diplomats at the United Nations are working to arrange a ministerial meeting of the Security Council on Thursday to discuss the North Korean nuclear issue.
2. Sunday marks 15 years since a Japan-North Korean summit at which the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il admitted that his country’s agents had abducted Japanese nationals.
3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has signaled he may dissolve the Lower House for a snap election during the upcoming Diet session.

1. The U.N. Security Council has issued a statement that condemns North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch as “highly provocative.”
2. British police are searching for the perpetrator who detonated a bomb on a London subway train.
3. Amnesty International says Myanmar’s security forces have systematically burned villages of minority Rohingya Muslims.

1. Japan’s Defense Ministry says a ballistic missile fired from North Korea landed in the Pacific Ocean about 2,200 kilometers east of Hokkaido, northern Japan.
2. Maritime security chiefs from around the world have gathered in Tokyo to discuss ways to respond to natural disasters and acts of terrorism.
3. Attacks claimed by Islamic State militants have killed at least 50 people in southern Iraq.

1. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says an executive order that will stop trade with any country doing business with North Korea is ready.
2. North Korea has denounced Japan and the United States for taking the initiative in the adoption of a new U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test.
3. The U.N. Security Council has condemned the on-going violence in Myanmar and expressed concern over security force operations against the country’s minority Rohingya Muslim.

1. The annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly has opened in New York. North Korea’s nuclear program is expected to be high on the agenda.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump is considering visits to countries including Japan, China and South Korea.
3. Toshiba is changing its strategy yet again on the sale of its semiconductor unit.

1. The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a news sanctions resolution on North Korea, expanding the targets of sanctions.
2. Monday marks 16 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. A memorial service was held in New York.
3. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono says Japan intends to play a bigger role in efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.

1. The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to hold a vote on a new resolution on sanctions against North Korea on Monday.
2. Families of Japanese nationals who were kidnapped by North Korean agents decades ago have left the United States to seek support from U.S. officials on the issue.
3. The foreign ministers of Japan and Kuwait have agreed on the importance of dialogue to mend ties between Qatar and other Arab nations.

1. The international community continues to closely watch North Korea after it celebrated its national foundation day on Saturday.
2. The Japanese foreign minister has asked ministers in Qatar to slash the number of North Korean nationals working in that Middle Eastern nation.
3. Rescue operations continue in Mexico after the magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck off the country’s southern coast on Thursday.