日: 2018年1月24日

1. Japan’s Meteorological Agency continues to warn people not to approach the volcano that erupted on Tuesday in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo.
2. North Korea’s ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament has denounced the United States’ hostile policies.
3. Investigators probing Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election have interviewed Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

1. A 3-day U.S. government shutdown has ended after President Donald Trump signed a temporary funding bill.
2. The U.S. vice president has his country relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by the end of next year, triggering strong opposition from the Palestinians.
3. Japanese weather officials say a volcano has erupted north of Tokyo. An avalanche struck a nearby ski resort almost simultaneously.

1. Japan’s ordinary session of the Diet has convened on Monday, with the focus on key bills such as the budget and reforming ways of work.
2. Turkey has launched a ground operation against the Kurdish militia in northern Syria.
3. The death toll has risen at least to 18 in a hotel attack by an armed group in the Afghanistan capital Kabul.