月: 2019年2月

President Donald Trump says he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 27 and 28.

2.Russia’s defense minister has announced a plan to develop land-based intermediate-range missiles that were banned under a nuclear arms treaty that Russia and the United States intend to abandon.

3. Nissan Motor says it will convene an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on April 8th.

 

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to bolster economic ties during talks in Tokyo.
2. Nissan Motor plans to list tens of millions of dollars in payment to former chairman Carlos Ghosn in its financial statements, due out next week.
3. The U.S.-China trade dispute is hitting the bottom line of major Japanese firms.

 

1. The mayor of the atomic-bombed Japanese city of Nagasaki has urged the United States and Russia to keep their nuclear arms treaty alive.
2. The U.S. special envoy for North Korea is visiting South Korea to lay the groundwork for the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
3. Japanese weather officials say heavy snow and strong winds will intensify in Japan’s norther regions.

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia will suspend the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with the United States.
2. Massive numbers of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets in Venezuela in a bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro from power.
3. Travel agencies in China are experiencing a surge in bookings to Japan ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

1. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the United States will begin procedures to withdraw from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF.
2. Russian authorities have seized a Japanese crab fishing boat in the Sea of Japan. They claim the vessel was illegally operating in the country’s exclusive economic zone.
3. Senior diplomats from Japan and China have agreed to work closely in an effort to arrange a visit by President Xi Jinping to Japan.

1. A comprehensive free trade deal between Japan and the European Union has come into force.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump says he will announce details of his upcoming summit with North Korean leader next week.
3. Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says the ratio of job offers to applicants averaged 1.61 last year, the second highest after 1.76 marked in 1973.

1. Ministers from China and the United States have begun talks in Washington in a bid to end the trade spat between the countries.
2. A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has submitted a bill aimed at blocking the withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea.
3. Police in Japan are investigating the sale of radioactive materials suspected to be depleted uranium.

1. Leaders of the European Union and British Prime Minister Theresa May remain divided on whether they renegotiate part of the Brexit agreement.
2. Earnings at US IT giant Apple fell in the October-to-December quarter, weighed down by a drop in sales of the iPhone in China.
3. The U.S. government has formally asked Canada to extradite the chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies.

1. The U.S. Justice Department has filed criminal charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei, two of its subsidiaries and a top executive.
2. Mounting concerns against the global economic outlook dragged down New York stocks on Monday.
3. Japan’s Labor Ministry said on Monday that flaws have been found in statistics used to determine the minimum wage.

1. Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has become the world’s Number-One singles player.
2. A Russian Presidential Office spokesperson says signing a peace treaty with Japan is a major goal in ongoing talks.
3. France’s economy minister has warned against handing a massive severance payout to Carlos Ghosn for his former role as chairman and CEO at Renault.