日: 2018年1月31日

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has stressed his success over tax cuts in his State of the Union address.
2. Japan’s foreign minister has stressed the need to speed up talks with China on an emergency communications system that would help prevent accidental clashes at sea and in the air.
3. A peace conference hosted by Russia that aims to end the conflict in Syria has agreed to set up a committee to draft a new constitution for the war-torn country.

1. Japan’s financial watchdog has launched a probe into all crypto-currency exchanges in the country following a major cyberheist.
2. The South Korean government says North Korea has canceled a joint cultural event to mark the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
3. Japanese government officials say the country’s unemployment rate in December slightly worsened from the previous month.