月: 2019年2月

1. U.S. President Donald Trump says he could exercise his executive power to declare an emergency and build a wall along the border with Mexico, even if negotiations with the Democrats fail.
2. Japan has launched a departure tax on people leaving the country.
3. Tokyo stocks soared on Monday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei Average recovering to pass the key 20,000 mark.

1. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed his resolve to seek constitutional amendments in the coming year.

2. A tropical storm has hit coastal villages and beach resorts in southern Thailand.

3. New Year holidaymakers have been stranded in northern Japan after their flights were cancelled due to heavy snow.

 

1. Japan’s Defense Ministry says the content of a video clip released by South Korea presents claims that are different from Japan’s stance over a radar incident.

2. Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn is set to appear in a court in Tokyo next week to hear the reason for his detention.

3. Stock prices in New York surged after the Federal Reserve chairman said on Friday that the central bank will be patient as it watches how the economy evolves.

 

1. The Tokyo Stock Exchange reopened for the first time this year, with investors jittery following a Wall Street plunge.

2. Japan’s Meteorological Agency has issued an advisory for possible tremors in and around Kumamoto Prefecture.

3. South Korea’s Defense Ministry says it is preparing to release a video of a recent incident at sea with Japan.

 

1. China says one of its survey ships recently conducted research activities in waters Japan claims are within its Exclusive Economic Zone.

2. New acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan says China will remain the U.S. military’s top priority.

3. U.S. President Donald Trump says he has received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and will be setting up a meeting with him “in the not-too-distant future.”

 

1. Japan’s Emperor Akihito has delivered New Year greetings to the public at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
2. The Taiwanese president says the island faces security risks, especially China’s attempts to use the openness and freedom of Taiwan’s democratic system to interfere in its politics and society.
3. Jair Bolsonaro has been sworn in as Brazil’s president. The leaders of Cuba and Venezuela were not invited to the inauguration ceremony.

1. People in Japan have rung in the New Year with celebrations across the country. In Japan, 2019 is a special year, as Crown Prince Naruhito will ascend the throne in May.
2. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his commitment to address the dwindling birth rate alongside the aging society.
3. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he is eager to hold a second round of summit talks with the United States, but threatens to seek a “new path” if Washington maintains sanctions against the country.