月: 2018年5月

1. The White House says U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet a key North Korean official, Kim Yong Chol, this week.
2. North Korea’s state media is reporting that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea soon.
3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet on Thursday next week in Washington.

1. Japan’s Prime Minister Abe says he and U.S. President Trump have agreed to meet before a possible U.S.-North Korea summit.
2. Abe has pledged a final push to convince U.S. President Donald Trump to help resolve the abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea.
3. Officials from both the United States and North Korea are now in Singapore to prepare for a potential bilateral summit.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump says a U.S. team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements between the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and himself.
2. The U.S. military has conducted “freedom of navigation” operations near a group of islands in the South China Sea effectively controlled by China.
3. People have marched through the streets in Hong Kong to commemorate the 29^th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square crackdown in Beijing.

1. South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in says he and leader of North Korea both hope the summit between the U.S. and the North will go ahead as planned.
2. North Korea’s state-run media says Kim Jong Un reportedly expressed his commitment to realize its first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
3. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed on their support for the success of a possible summit between the U.S. and North Korea.

1.U.S. President Donald Trump says his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could still go ahead on June 12th as initially planned.

2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed the view that resolving his country’s territorial issue with Russia will lead to regional peace and economic development.

3. An internal report by Japan’s Self-Defense Forces shows that ground troops sent to South Sudan were caught in crossfire, even though they were only supposed to operate in non-combat zones.

 

1. The U.S. government will analyze North Korea’s reaction to the cancellation of the planned summit meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
2. North Korea’s state-run media reports that the Punggye-ri nuclear test site has been completely dismantled.
3. Malaysia’s newly inaugurated government has confirmed that the country’s debt exceeds 250 billion dollars.

1. A high-ranking North Korean official has indicated that the North could reconsider its planned summit talks with the United States.
2. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have agreed to seek concrete actions by North Korea for the complete abolition of all its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.
3. The U.S. State Department says its employee stationed in southern China has been diagnosed with a brain injury after hearing strange sounds.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump says there is a possibility his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong un could be delayed.
2. A group of 8 South Korean journalists is heading for a North Korean nuclear site to witness its dismantling.
3. The Palestinian Authority has asked the International Criminal Court to launch an investigation into the fatal shooting of dozens of protesters by Israeli forces.

1. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has called on the international community to continue exerting pressure on North Korea until it abandons all weapons of mass destruction.
2. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he has outlined a new strategy for Iran, following his country’s withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal.
3. NHK has learned that the U.S. military has determined what caused last year’s fatal crash of an Osprey transport aircraft n waters off Australia.

1. Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono has expressed his intention to use free trade to further strengthen ties with Latin American countries.
2. U.S. Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin says the United States will put on hold tariffs on imports from China while the country tries to substantially cut its trade deficit with the U.S.
3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged his commitment to ensuring the rule of law at sea.