日: 2018年2月5日

1. Voters in Nago City, Okinawa, has chosen Taketoyo Toguchi as their new mayor.
2. Tokyo shares plummeted on Monday morning, following Friday’s historic plunge on Wall Street.
3. North Korea plans to send a high-ranking delegation to PyeongChang Olympic Games.

1. A group of Japanese athletes has left for South Korea ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
2. A Russian warplane has been shot down in northern Syria and its pilot has been killed.
3. Judicial authorities in Iran are cracking down on women protesting against obligatory wearing of headscarves known as hijabs.

1. The U.S. government has announced a new nuclear strategy to enhance deterrence capabilities.
2. Atomic bomb survivors in Japan have expressed anger and disappointment over the new U.S. nuclear strategy.
3. On the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday suffered its biggest fall since 2008.