月: 2017年11月

1. The Japanese government says North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Wednesday morning.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on the phone hours after North Korea launched an ICBM-level ballistic missile on Wednesday Japan Time.
3. Disgraced Yokozuna grand champion Harumafuji has opted to step down before sumo officials issue a penalty for his inappropriate behavior.

1. The Syrian government has delayed sending a representative to United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Geneva.
2. Indonesian authorities say Bali’s international airport will remain closed for another 24 hours amid strong volcanic activity. Flights between Japan and Bali have been cancelled.
3. Police in Japan have interviewed Yokozuna grand champion Hakuho about the alleged assault by fellow Yokozuna Harumafuji that is rocking the sumo world.

1. An international meeting to discuss nuclear disarmament has begun in Japan’s atomic bombed city of Hiroshima.
2. Egyptians are still in shock after an attack at a mosque which killed more than 300 people.
3. Authorities in Indonesia have again raised the alert for a volcano on the island of Bali to its highest level.

1. Authorities in Egypt are looking into the possible involvement of Islamic State militants in the latest terror attack, which has claimed the lives of more than 300 people.
2. An international conference on disaster management is underway in the city of Sendai in northeastern Japan.
3. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono says he will steadily prepare for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Russia scheduled for May next year.

1. Egyptians are reeling after the deadliest terrorist attack in the country that has killed 235 people and injured more than 100 worshippers at a mosque on Friday.
2. Ministers from Japan and Russia have agreed to strengthen economic ties and increase their exchanges of people.
3. More than 15,000 Rohingya refugee children under the age of 5 are said to be suffering from diarrhea due to bacterial infections.

1. Eight men found in Japan’s northern prefecture of Akita say they were fishing when their boat broke down and that they want to return to North Korea.
2. The Argentine Navy says an abnormal sound consistent with an explosion was detected in waters near its submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic.
3. Russia has reiterated its opposition to Japan’s planned deployment of the U.S.-made Aegis Ashore missile defense system.

1. The leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed Russia will play a key role in negotiating a peace deal for Syria.
2. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has expressed grave concern over Myanmar’s military operations against the Rohingya Muslim minority. He called them ethnic cleansing.
3. Seven crew members of a tuna fishing boat based in Japan’s southern prefecture of Okinawa who went missing in the Pacific have been rescued.

1. The United States has imposed new sanctions on North Korea, stepping up the pressure on Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear and missile programs.
2. The U.S. military says it has killed at least 100 Islamic militants in an airstrike in Somalia.
3. Japanese business leaders met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday. They agreed on the need to further boost economic ties in order to improve bilateral relations.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has designated North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.
2. A special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping has returned to China after a 4-day visit to Pyongyang.
3. The governor of Okinawa has lodged a strong protest with the head of U.S. forces in the prefecture over a vehicle accident caused by a drunken U.S. Marine which resulted in the death of a Japanese motorist.

1. Japan’s foreign minister has visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh.
2. Zimbabwe’s newly appointed leader of the ruling party has reacted sharply to President Robert Mugabe’s declaration that he intends to stay in office.
3. Foreign ministers of Arab nations have criticized Iran’s support of militants in Yemen and Lebanon.