月: 2017年9月

1. As North Korea marks the 69th anniversary of its foundation on Saturday, its state-run media says the country is now a nuclear power with atomic and hydrogen bomb capability, as well as intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBM.
2. Japan’s Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has warned of a possible ICBM launch by North Korea on its national foundation day.
3. People in Japan and China have celebrated 45 years of diplomatic relations between their countries.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed that North Korea’s nuclear tests pose a grave threat to peace and stability in the region.
2. North Korea has issued a fresh statement threatening Japan and the United States for seeking a new U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against Pyongyang for its latest nuclear test.
3. Scientists are warning that a blast of charged particles from the sun may disrupt GPS and wireless communications from Friday afternoon to midnight, Japan Time.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have reaffirmed joint efforts to have the U.N. Security Council pass a new resolution imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea.
2. Prime Minister Abe will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. The main issue at the meeting is expected to be North Korea.
3. A United Nations inquiry commission has concluded that Syrian government forces used the highly toxic sarin nerve gas on a rebel-held area earlier this year.

1. North Korea has threatened to carry out further military provocations, as the United States tries to impose new sanctions against Pyongyang over its 6th nuclear test.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin are to agree on priority projects for joint economic activities on the 4 Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.
3. The administration of Donald Trump says it will scrap a program aimed at protecting young illegal immigrants.

1. The United States plans to circulate a new tougher U.N. Security Council resolution on North Korea soon and seek a vote next Monday.
2. South Korea’s defense minister says the country is forming a military unit that will exclusively target the North Korean leadership.
3. Indonesia is urging Myanmar to halt a military crackdown against Rohingya, a Muslim minority in the predominantly Buddhist country.

1. North Korea has taken the unusual step of announcing Sunday’s nuclear test by first releasing a photo of what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb.
2. The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday in response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test.
3. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has sent his foreigner minister to Myanmar to urge its government to end human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims.

1. South Korean media are reporting North Korea may have carried out an underground nuclear test.
2. Japan’s Princess Mako is getting engaged to her college mate Kei Komuro.
3. Russia’s presidential office has formally announced President Vladimir Putin will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for summit talks on Thursday.

1. Bangladeshi border guards say a number of Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar have died after boats capsized as they tried to flee the country.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have agreed to impose maximum sanctions on North Korea to stop its provocations.
3. In an interview with NHK, British Prime Minister Theresa May expressed support for additional sanctions against North Korea.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his British counterpart, Theresa May, have released joint statements on security and economic cooperation after their talks in Tokyo.
2. Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force says its fighter jets have held a drill with U.S. bombers and fighters in response to North Korea’s latest missile launch.
3. Myanmar’s military says an operation against an armed group of minority Rohingya Muslims has left nearly 400 people dead.