日: 2017年12月17日

1. North Korea is calling for unity under its leader Kim Jong Un on the 6th anniversary of the death of his father Kim Jong Ill on Sunday.
2. Politicians and intellectuals from Japan and China have exchanged views on how to cope with North Korea.
3. Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai is preparing to set off for the international space station on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

1. U.S. and North Korea have had a hard time finding common ground at the U.N. Security Council ministerial talks on North Korea’s nuclear and missile development.
2. Palestinians have again staged protest after Friday’s prayers, as part of the ongoing response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel earlier this month.
3. Japanese tax collectors are expecting to bring in the highest revenue in decades in the next fiscal year.

1. The top diplomats and defense chiefs of Japan and Britain have agreed to maximize pressure on North Korea with the aim of the North abandoning its nuclear development.
2. Japan’s prime minister has expressed concerns over human rights violations and humanitarian situations in the Rakhine State during talks with Myanmar’s president.
3. Officials at the Bank of Japan have released the quarterly Tankan survey.