日: 2018年2月16日

1. The Japanese government has submitted a proposal to a Diet committee to reappoint Haruhiko Kuroda as the Bank of Japan governor.
2. Japan’s foreign minister and the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency have agreed to work together to persuade North Korea to accept IAEA inspections.
3. The Japanese government has decided to extend the mission of 4 Ground Self-defense Force personnel as U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan for 3 months, until the end of May.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he and U.S. President Donald Trump believe irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is a premise of meaningful dialogue with North Korea.
2. Police in the southern U.S. state of Florida say 17 people were killed in a high school shooting incident on Wednesday.
3. The latest government data shows Japanese companies have been spending a lot less on upgrading their equipment.