月: 2018年1月

1. Japanese and U.S. officials will begin working-level economic talks in Tokyo on Wednesday, focusing mainly on trade.
2. The International Olympic Committee appears ready to create the mood for inter-Korean reconciliation at next month’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
3. Turkey has launched a military operation targeting Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.

1. South Korean government sources report troop movements in North Korea appear to be drills for a military parade, which may be scheduled for the day before the Olympic Games.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump is in last-minute negotiations to avert a partial government shutdown before a midnight deadline on Friday.
3. Japanese government officials have upgraded their monthly economic assessment for the first time in seven months.

1. North Korea has denounced Japan’s prime minister and foreign minister for urging the international community to increase pressure on Pyongyang.
2. Japan’s prime minister and his Australian counterpart have agreed that denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is dispensable for safety in Asia.
3. Japan’s Defense Ministry has released footage that appears to show 3 U.S. military helicopters flying above an elementary school in the southern prefecture of Okinawa.

1. Japan’s space agency has successfully launched its Epsilon-3 small rocket, carrying an Earth observation satellite developed by Japanese electronics firm NEC.
2. North and South Korea have agreed to form a joint women’s ice hockey team for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the south.
3. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested the U.S. Embassy will be relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of this year.

1. Vice ministers from North and South Korea have begun discussing the details of the North’s participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
2. Foreign ministers from 20 nations are meeting in Canada to discuss North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
3. Japan is marking the 23rd anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that hit the western port of Kobe and the surrounding areas.

1. Japan’s prime minister has said his country is prepared to support Serbia and other Western Balkan countries aiming to join the European Union.
2. Palestinian officials have threatened to freeze the historic Oslo peace accord in response to U.S. President’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
3. Pope Francis has said he had a picture of a young victim of the Nagasaki atomic bombing in August 1945 printed on cards because he found the image moving.

1. The 2 Koreas have started working-level talks on Pyongyang’s participation in next month’s Olympics in the South.
2. The prime ministers of Japan and Bulgaria have agreed to work together to expedite the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement.
3. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas blasted the U.S. president in a speech on Sunday.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Lithuanian counterpart have agreed to cooperate in responding to missile and nuclear threats from North Korea.
2. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Switzerland to oppose the upcoming visit by U.S. President Donald Trump.
3. Authorities in the U.S. state of Hawaii have apologized for the false emergency alert on Saturday that warned of an imminent missile attack by North Korea.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump says he will waive economic sanctions against Iran, suggesting he will keep the 2015 nuclear deal alive for the time being.
2. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has agreed with his Estonian counterpart Juri Ratas to step up pressure on North Korea over its nuclear and missile development program.
3. The United Nations human rights office has condemned as “racist” the remarks U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly made about immigration.

1. A senior U.S. government officials says the upcoming foreign ministers’ meeting on North Korea will focus on how to put more pressure on the country.
2. European and Iranian top diplomats have urged the U.S. president to uphold the nuclear deal with Tehran.
3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left for a tour of 3 Baltic states and 3 East European nations.