日: 2017年12月2日

1. Japan’s U.N. ambassador says the country will host separate meetings of the U.N. Security Council this month to discuss North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs and its human rights abuses.
2. Japan’s Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has requested U.S. cooperation for the swift deployment of a new ground-based missile defense system in Japan.
3. U.S. media are reporting President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, directed former national security adviser Michael Flynn to contact Russia ahead of Trump’s inauguration.

1. NHK has learned the Japanese government is set to choose April 30, 2019 as the date for Emperor Akihito’s abdication.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed China’s diplomatic efforts to rein in North Korea’s missile program.
3. OPEC and other oil producing countries led by Russia have agreed to extend production cuts until the end of 2018.

1. Pyongyang continues to boast of its successful launch. After more than 2 months without one, the North fired what it says is a new ICBM.
2. The Japanese government believe that the latest missile launched by North Korea can potentially hit the U.S. mainland, Russia or Europe.
3. Peace talks began in Geneva to end the civil war in Syria. There has been no breakthrough in the standoff between the government and rebel forces.