月: 2019年12月

1. The Japanese government is expected to decide as early as next Friday a plan to send Self-Defense Force personnel to the Middle East to gather information that will help protect ships at waters around the Strait of Hormuz.

2. In a summit between Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Abe said that Japan will contribute as much as possible to easing tensions and stabilizing the situation in the Middle East.

3. Syrian and Russian forces bombarded Syrian anti-government strongholds, leaving 11 civilians, including women and children, dead.

 

 

1. Japan’s Cabinet approved on Friday a planned record high government spending for fiscal 2020, which will start in April.

2. The foreign ministers of Japan and Russia have agreed to work on an agenda to be discussed in bilateral peace treaty negotiations.

3. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to explain the objectives of a planned Self-Defense Force dispatch to the Middle East in his meeting with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani.

 

 

1. The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump.

2. The top diplomats of Japan and Russia will meet later on Thursday for talks on concluding a peace treaty.

3. The Japanese defense minister has conveyed strong concerns to his Chinese counterpart about Beijing’s increasing maritime activity, while expressing hopes for building mutual trust through exchanges.

 

1. The commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces says North Korea’s threat of a “Christmas gift” for the United States may be a long-range ballistic missile.

2. Japan’s Cabinet is set to green-light the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to the Middle East after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe briefs the Iranian president on the mission’s objective.

3. Russian officials say they are now investigating Japanese fishing boats they seized on suspicion of unreported catches and they have taken them to one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.

 

 

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed concerns about recent provocative moves by North Korea.

2. Hong Kong’s chief executive has pledged to restore order in the region.

3. A South Korean trade ministry representative says his delegation told Japanese officials that Tokyo should relax controls on exports to the country.

 

1. Senior officials from Japan and South Korea are sitting down together in Tokyo, in a bid to resolve a bilateral trade dispute.

2. The U.S. special representative for North Korea says Washington does not have a deadline for talks with Pyongyang.

3. The U.N. COP 25 climate change conference in Madrid has concluded, urging countries to do more to tackle global warming.

 

 

1. Japan’s Defense Minister Taro Kono has expressed concern about China’s maritime activities and underscored the importance of the rule of law.

2. The chief of the General Staff of North Korea’s military has commented on what Pyongyang calls “tests of great significance.”

3. The Japanese government is considering revising its growth forecast for next year based on expectations that its new economic measures will be effective.

 

1. The United States and China have reached a “phase one” trade deal that includes the first reduction in U.S. tariffs imposed since March last year.

2. U.N. climate change talks in Spain have been extended due to divisions over emission cuts.

3. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

 

 

1. Voters in the United Kingdom appear to have delivered a resounding victory for the ruling Conservatives.

2. U.S. President Donald Trump says his administration is poised to clinch a trade agreement with China.

3. On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the benchmark Nikkei Average shot up over 600 points on Friday, hitting a 14-month high.

 

 

1. People in Britain head to the polls on Thursday to vote in a general election.

2. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has warned North Korea of consequences if Pyongyang does not stop provocations.

3. Japan’s permanent mission to the United Nations has expressed hope that the achievements of a Japanese doctor who was killed in Afghanistan last week will set an example on the front line of international assistance.