月: 2018年7月

1. Tropical storm Jongdari continues to move westward after making landfall on Sunday in Mie Prefecture, central Japan.
2. A Syrian Kurdish group says it has agreed to work with the government of President Bashar al-Assad on “a road map to a democratic and decentralized Syria.”
3. Polling stations in Cambodia are now open for the general election.

1. 16 Asia-Pacific countries have made progress in negotiations on a free trade deal known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP.
2. China’s special representative on Korean Peninsula affairs Kong Xuanyou wrapped up a 3-day visit to North Korea on Friday and returned to Beijing. 
3. Japanese weather officials say a strong typhoon could make landfall in the Tokyo region of central Japan sometime between late Saturday and early Sunday morning.

1. Friday marks the 65^th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement for the Korean War.
2. The World Health Organization has issued a public health guide in connection with reports of extreme heat around the world.
3. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has urged Japan to open its agricultural market to more beef and other exports from the United States.

1.The main culprits behind a series of attacks that terrorized Japan in the 1990s are dead. Japan’s justice minister has confirmed the execution of 6 jailed members of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo.

2.U.S. President Donald Trump and European Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker have agreed on work together to avert an escalation of trade dispute.

3. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that North Korea continues to produce nuclear material, but that the U.S. hopes to achieve full denuclearization while President Donald Trump is in office.

1. Speculation is growing within Japan’s main governing Liberal Democratic Party that the September party presidential election will be a battle between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and former party secretary general Shigeru Ishiba.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump has welcomed reports that North Korea has started dismantling a key missile test site.
3. Temperatures in western Japan are expected to again rise on Wednesday to dangerous levels of up to 38 degrees Celsius.

1. Tokyo is marking exactly 2 years before the opening of the 2020 Olympics.
2. Japanese weather officials are warning that the persistent and severe heat wave will likely bring another hot day to western and eastern Japan.
3. A U.S. research group says North Korea appears to have begun dismantling its missile testing facilities.

1. Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors have warned of heightened trade tensions and other downside risks to the world economy.
2. Members of the Syrian civil defense group known as the White Helmets have been evacuated from southern Syria.
3. Sweltering heat continues to plague western and eastern Japan, with temperatures reaching 39 degrees Celsius.

1. Delegates at a G20 finance meeting in Buenos Aires have expressed concern about the effect of recent trade friction on the global economy.
2. The commander of U.S. Forces Korea has stressed the need to carefully study whether North Korea is sincere about abandoning its nuclear capabilities.
3. Severe heat continues to cover much of Japan. Temperatures top 38 degrees Celsius in some places on Sunday. People are advised to remain on high alert against heatstroke.

1. Severe heat continues across much of Japan.
2. Japan’s Diet has enacted a bill into law on integrated resorts, which include casinos, despite persistent objections from opposition parties.

1. A heat wave is pushing up temperatures to record highs across most parts of Japan.
2. Japanese authorities say 219 people have been confirmed dead and 12 remain unaccounted for more than 20 days after torrential rain hit western Japan.
3. Speakers at a public hearing held by the U.S. government have expressed opposition to a possible increase in tariffs on imported vehicles and auto parts.