月: 2017年11月

1. A summit between the United States and China has ended in Beijing. Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping exchanged views on North Korea and trade.
2. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to head for Vietnam on Thursday to attend the APEC summit and other meetings.
3. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is extending its ministerial meeting in Vietnam by another day.

1. Japan plans to stress the importance of multilateral free trade frameworks at a ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Vietnam.
2. The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has unanimously approved a new sanctions bill against North Korea amid Donald Trump’s Asia tour.
3. Delegates at a U.N. climate change conference have started negotiations on the rules of the Paris Agreement, an international framework on tackling global warming from 2020.

1. Japan will expand its sanctions on North Korea, freezing the assets of an additional 9 organizations and 26 individuals to intensify pressure on Pyongyang.
2. The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a statement strongly condemning the Myanmar government for violence against minority Rohingya Muslims.
3. A U.S. delegate back to the U.N. climate change conference in Germany has reiterated the country’s plan to withdraw from the Paris agreement on global warming.

1. On the second day of his first visit to Japan, U.S. President Donald Trump met with the Emperor and Empress.
2. A gunman opened fire on a congregation at a church in the U.S. state of Texas on Sunday.
3. A new round of U.N. climate change talks will start in Germany on Monday.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to reaffirm their cooperation in pressing China to increase pressure on North Korea.
2. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Bonn in protest against the use of coal.
3. Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile fired toward its capital by rebels in neighboring Yemen.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Hawaii ahead of his tour of 5 Asian countries.
2. A Spanish court has issued an arrest warrant for the ousted leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, on rebellion and other charges.
3. Meteorologists say the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere was the highest ever last year.

1. The White House national security adviser says U.S. President Donald Trump plans to bring a message of empathy to the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea.
2. A Spanish court has ordered 8 former leaders of Catalonia to be detained on suspicion of rebellion and other charges.
3. Myanmar’s de facto leader has visited northern Rakhine state.

1. Japan’s prime minister says he will pursue his economic policy known as “Abenomics” and push ahead with structural reforms to cope with the country’s aging population.
2. Ahead of World Tsunami Awareness Day on Sunday, representatives of U.N. member states have discussed ways to protect people from tsunamis.
3. The U.S. Congressional Research Service has listed possible options for dealing with North Korea, including attacks on missile and nuclear facilities.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to form a new cabinet on Wednesday. His governing coalition won a snap election last month.
2. A pickup truck rammed into a bike path in Manhattan in New York, killing 8 people and injuring at least 11.
3. The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has strongly criticized North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, but says the issue must be resolved through peaceful negotiations.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and United States President Donald Trump have agreed that his upcoming visit to Japan is an opportunity to showcase their solid alliance to the international community.
2. South Korea’s presidential office says President Moon Jae-in will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of APEC meetings in November.
3. South Korea’s chief meteorologist has warned that another nuclear test by North Korea could trigger a collapse of its mountainous testing site and a leak of radioactive material.