月: 2019年12月

1. European and U.S. media say former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was released on bail in Japan, has arrived in Lebanon.

2. Ghosn has confirmed he is in Lebanon, and in a statement he said he will no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where his guilt is presumed.

3. North Korean media report that leader Kim Jong Un attended the third day of the plenary session of the Workers’ Party Central Committee on Monday.

 

 

1. Monday marks one year since the Trans-Pacific Partnership came into effect. Japan has seen a change in the volume of both imports and exports.
2. Japan’s defense minister has visited Oman to explain a plan to use an Omani port to provide supplies for a Japanese Self-Defense Force ship.
3. Taiwan’s president has said in her election pledge that she will not let the island become the next Hong Kong.

 

1. North Korea’s state-run media has reported that a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party was held on Saturday with its leader Kim Jong Un present.

2. Japan’s defense minister has inspected a Self-Defense Force unit in the East African nation of Jibouti following Cabinet approval of an SDF mission in the Middle East.

3. A vehicle loaded with explosives has blown up in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday, killing more than 70 people.

 

 

1. Iran has begun joint naval exercises with China and Russsia in the Gulf of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean.

2. China’s market regulator has fined the local unit of Toyota Motor about 12.5 million dollars, violating anti-trust laws.

3. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has released a basic strategy to reduce by 2050 greenhouse gases by 100 percent.

 

1. Japan’s Cabinet has endorsed a plan to send a Self-Defense Force ships and planes to the Middle East.

2. North Korea’s state-run media sharply increased its coverage of leader Kim Jong Un’s military-related inspections this year.

3. A South Korean court has dismissed a request by prosecutors for a warrant to arrest former justice minister Cho Kuk.

 

1. Japan Post group firms are discussing candidates fr their new top executives as the current presidents are set to resign.
2. A senior Russian economics official has informed President Vladimir Putin that it will be difficult to meet the government’s growth target of 3 percent.

3 .A group of Islamic extremists has attacked a military base in Burkina Faso. Thirty-one women are among the dead.

1. Tokyo prosecutors have arrested a ruling party lawmaker on suspicion of taking bribes from a Chinese company hoping to invest in an integrated resort project.

2. South Korean President Moon says Tuesday’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Abe represents beneficial progress in bilateral ties.

3. U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States will successfully deal with any surprise from North Korea.

 

1. Leaders from China, Japan, and South Korea sat down for talks on Tuesday.

2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have discussed Xi’s planned state visit to Japan next spring, as well as North Korean issues.

3. A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

 

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left for China to attend a three-way summit with Chinese and South Korean leaders.

2. South Korean prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant for former justice minister Cho Kuk.

3. Trade ministers from Japan, China, and South Korea have agreed to speed up free trade negotiations.

 

 

1. The leaders of Japan and the United States have agreed to continue close cooperation in dealing with North Korea.

2. North Korea’s state-run media says that the expanded meeting of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers’ Party has been held.

3. Trade ministers from Japan, China, and South Korea will meet in Beijing on Sunday to discuss free trade pacts.