月: 2017年10月

1. Chief negotiators from all countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact have gathered in Japan for another round of high-level talks.
2. Spanish prosecutors are considering possible indictments against Catalonia’s separatist leaders, who have been dismissed by the central government.
3. A Japanese fact-finding team has visited one of the four disputed islands off Hokkaido for a second round of site surveys.

1. North Korea’s state-run media says the country has achieved all goals for the completion of its nuclear weapon and missile development.
2. North Korea warned against Japan’s efforts to increase pressure on the country in close coordination with the United States.
3. Dozens of fake U.S. 100 dollar banknotes have been discovered in Tokyo, prompting authorities to investigate.

1. Spain’s government has decided to support autonomy for Catalonia after the Catalon parliament approved a bill to unilaterally declare independence from Spain.
2. A draft resolution Japan submitted to a U.N. disarmament committee has garnered less support than in previous years. Fewer references to efforts for nuclear disarmament are likely the main factor behind the decline.

1. The U.S. government has added to its list of sanctions 7 North Korean officials and 3 entities over human rights abuses.
2. Malicious software has been used to launch a massive cyber-attack against computers in Russia and Ukraine.
3. Catalonia’s regional parliament is to discuss on Friday whether to declare independence from Spain.

1. Chinese President Xi Jinping has embarked on a second five-year term as a new leadership lineup was unveiled.
2. The leaders of Japan and Micronesia have agreed on the need to apply maximum pressure on North Korea to force it to change its nuclear and missile development programs.
3. European Central Bank policymakers are to decide whether they will scale back on their extraordinary monetary stimulus program.

1. The Chinese Communist Party’s new central committee convened its first general assembly on Wednesday and selected the 7-member Politburo Standing Committee.
2. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called on Pakistan to take more action against militants in the country.
3. The Olympic torch for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games has been lit at a ceremony in southern Greece.

1. The defense chiefs of Japan, the U.S. and South Korea have agreed to promote defense cooperation in order to keep up pressure on North Korea.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump will join summit talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when he arrives in Japan for a 3-day visit from November 5th.
3. Japan and other countries have announced at a meeting in Switzerland that they will provide financial aid for Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar.

1. Japan’s ruling coalition has won an overwhelming victory in Sunday’s general election.
2. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he is willing to go to North Korea on behalf of the Trump administration to help break the deadlock over the North’s nuclear and missile programs.
3. A senior North Korean diplomat has again rejected the possibility of holding talks on the country’s nuclear program with the Trump administration.

1. Sunday is election day in Japan and people across the country are casting their ballots to choose their representatives in the Lower House of the Diet.
2. People in Japan are bracing for a very large, powerful typhoon that is heading north of waters to the south of the country.
3. A memorial rally was held in Hong Kong for pro-democracy icon and author Liu Xiaobo.

1. Interior ministers from the Group of 7 nations have agreed to work together to prevent the potential spread of terrorism by foreign fighters of the Islamic State militant group.
2. Armed insurgents have reportedly killed at least 14 Egyptian policemen in a gun fight in a desert west of Cairo.
3. Japanese voters head to the polls on Sunday for the Lower House election.