月: 2019年11月

1. Former Japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has died. He was known for forging strong ties with the U.S. and privatizing industries. Nakasone was 101 years old.
2. British police have confirmed the death of two victims in a knife attack on Friday in central London. Authorities say the suspect has been convicted of terrorism offences.

 

1. Former Japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has died.

2. A huge crowd of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong has rallied to welcome U.S. legislation that supports human rights and democracy in the territory.

3. U.S. President Donald Trump has made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan.

 

 

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill to support human rights and democracy in Hong Kong.

2. North Korea’s state-run media has accused the United States of applying undue pressure on South Korea to retract its decision to scrap an intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan.

3. The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says rainwater contaminated by an exhaust stack may be leaking into the ground.

 

1. Pope Francis says his visit to Hiroshima was a moving experience. He was the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to visit Japan in 38 years.
2. Officials of a Hong Kong university are urging protesters who may be hiding on the campus to leave.
3. A draft of the fiscal 2020 budget policies that the Japanese government has been working on calls for economic risk reduction and deep cuts in administrative costs.

1. Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong are heaping pressure on the government, following their side’s landslide victory in Sunday’s district council elections.

2. Pope Francis called on university students in Tokyo to value integrity in his last speech during his visit to Japan.

3. The World Meteorological Organization says that levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit new highs last year.

 

1. Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp won a landslide victory in Sunday’s local elections.

2. Emperor Naruhito met Pope Francis at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday morning.

3. South Korea has expressed disappointment about Japan’s announcement, following Seoul’s last-moment decision to maintain a bilateral intelligence-sharing pact.

 

1. Pope Francis is now visiting Nagasaki, where he called for nuclear weapons to be abolished.

2. People in Hong Kong are voting in the territory’s first major elections since pro-democracy protests broke out.

3. A Japanese company has developed artificial intelligence technology that can be easily linked to security cameras to identify suspicious human behavior.

 

 

1. Pope Francis is set to arrive in Japan on Saturday to spread his message of peace. He will be the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to visit the country in 38 years.
2. A South Korean presidential official says the country’s decision to avert the termination of an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan comes with conditions attached.
3. Hong Kong is set to hold district council elections on Sunday, amid a period of relative calm following violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters.

1. South Korea’s foreign minister has held a telephone talk with the U.S. secretary of state to discuss an intelligence-sharing pact between Seoul and Tokyo.

2. Members of the U.S. Congress have urged President Donald Trump to sign bills to support human rights and democracy in Hong Kong.

3. Japan’s leading gauge of inflation rose for the 34th straight month in October.

 

1. A meeting of senior officials in South Korea could decide the fate of an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan. The agreement, known as GSOMIA, is set to expire on Saturday.
2. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has indicated the possibility of downsizing an annual cherry blossom viewing party now under scrutiny.
3. Police in Hong Kong are calling on young anti-government protesters barricaded inside a university campus to surrender.