月: 2017年12月

1. Various clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops have left two people dead and more than 760 wounded.
2. Japanese police have arrested 3 crew members of a North Korean boat on suspicion of theft.
3. Fifteen U.N. peace keepers have been killed by rebels in eastern Congo.

1. The Japanese government has formally decided that Emperor Akihito’s abdication will take place on April 30th, 2019.
2. Japan’s economy grew at annualized 2.5 percent in the July to September period in real terms, according to revised data.
3. Palestinian’s Red Crescent says more than 100 people have been injured in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops in the West Bank and Gaza.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump says he is determined it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
2. Russian President Vladimir Putin is to seek re-election next March.
3. The United Nations Children’s Fund says air pollution is putting the brain development of millions of babies at risk.

1. U.S. officials say President Donald Trump will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and instruct the State Department to begin the multi-year process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city.
2. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has presented a detailed plan for decommissioning its prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor over 30 years.
3. The International Olympic Committee has banned Russia’s Olympic team from the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea.

1. The United Nations says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will make a 2-day visit to Japan next week.
2. Japan’s draft resolution calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons was adopted at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, but with less support than in previous years.
3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed the hope that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be able to use visits to each other’s countries to further strengthen bilateral relations.

1. CNN quoted an unnamed American official as saying that a North Korean missile launched last week likely broke up when it re-entered the earth’s atmosphere.
2. U.S. and South Korean forces have begun their regular joint aerial drills in an apparent show of force against North Korea.
3. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has called on the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to hold emergency meetings.

1. North Korea has accused the United States of escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula ahead of a regular U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise from Monday.
2. Nigerian police say suicide bombings in a northeastern town have killed at least 13 people and injured more than 50 others.
3. A large cyclone has left 20 people dead in India and neighboring Sri Lanka.

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.