月: 2020年9月

1. The head of Japan’s main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Suga Yoshihide, has been chosen as the country’s new prime minister by the country’s Diet. The 71-year-old veteran politician will succeed Abe Shinzo, who has resigned to deal with health issues.
2. The World Trade Organization says punitive tariffs the United States imposed on Chinese imports two years ago violate international trade rules.
3. The European Union says it does not recognize Alexander Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus.

1. NHK has learned that Health Minister Kato Katsunobu will become Chief Cabinet Secretary in the next cabinet.
2. The new leader of Japan’s main governing Liberal Democratic Party appears to have decided on the lineup of the party’s executive posts. The likely appointments will mean that the key posts will be filled by members from the five intraparty factions that backed him in the leadership election.
3. Japan’s newly expanded opposition Constitutional Democratic Party has been launched, with its leader vowing to challenge the new government set to start on Wednesday.

 

 

1.Japan’s main ruling party has elected Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide its new leader. The 71-year-old politician is virtually assured to succeed Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, who announced last month his intention to step down to deal with his health.

2.Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban have begun a first-ever round of ceasefire talks in Qatar.

3.Japanese tennis star Osaka Naomi has won the women’s singles title at the U.S. Open.

 

1. NHK has found that Japan’s chief cabinet secretary is leading the race to become the new leader of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party as the successor of outgoing Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.
2. The European Central Bank has decided to stay the course on interest rates and its emergency coronavirus-stimulus program.
3. Japanese tennis star Osaka Naomi has advanced the U.S. final for the second time, beating American Jennifer Brady in three sets.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has admitted downplaying the threat of the coronavirus, saying he did not want to create a panic. U.S. media reported extracts from Trump’s interviews with renowned journalist Bob Woodward and content from his book, soon to be published based on their conversations.
2. British drug firm AstraZeneca says it has put its COVID-19 vaccine trial on hold to allow an independent committee to conduct a review of safety data. The company said in a statement on Tuesday that it has paused a late-stage trial of the vaccine after an unexpected illness in a study participant.
3. The U.S. military says it will reduce U.S. troop levels in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 this month. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters the drawdown was possible because U.S. troops had done a “magnificent job” training Iraqi security forces to keep the country stable.

 

1. Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations are holding their annual meeting by video. They are expected to discuss the issuing of a statement aimed at easing escalating tensions between China and the United States over the South China Sea.
2. China’s President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday implicitly criticized the United States. Xi said that selfishness, scapegoating and confusing right and wrong will not only hurt a country and its people, but harm citizens of all countries.
3. Medical experts in Japan have drawn up recommendations for coronavirus treatment options. The guideline offers a strong recommendation for the use of steroid dexamethasone on patients with moderate to severe symptoms, but also strongly advises against using it in mild cases.

 

1. Three lawmakers who are vying to lead Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party are making final preparations for their campaigns which officially start on Tuesday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide has already picked up support from most of the party’s largest factions. Suga said, “as a politician who has supported Prime Minister Abe, I have thought long and hard about what needs to be done to allow people to get back to their peaceful daily lives as soon as possible.” LDP policy chief and former foreign minister Kishida Fumio met online with his supporters in Kobe. Kishida said, “I want to constitute an all-star team among members of the LDP, earn their cooperation, and make sure each one gets his chance to shine.” Former LDP secretary-general Ishiba Shigeru said, “I want to show what the LDP should be like, what Japan should be like. That’s what I’ll strive for with honesty and all my heart.”
2. New figures from the Japanese government show that both wages and household spending fell in July from a year earlier amid a resurgence in the coronavirus pandemic. Labor ministry data show that average total wages were down 1.3 percent in yen terms from a year ago, to 3,480 dollars. It was the fourth straight monthly drop.
3. One of the most powerful typhoons in decades has left a trail of destruction as it skirted the southwestern island of Kyushu. Weather officials warned days in advance about the size and strength of Typhoon Haishen and urged people to evacuate earlier than usual. But this year the evacuation procedures are more complicated than usual. People in Kyushu are no strangers to typhoons, and evacuation procedures are well rehearsed. But the spread of the coronavirus has added an extra challenge this year.  With people trying to maintain social distancing in evacuation shelters, the facilities filled up faster than usual.

1. A large typhoon has passed by the southwestern island of Kyushu. Weather officials are calling on people to remain on alert. Typhoon Haishen made landfall near the southern South Korean city of Ulsan on Monday morning.
2. A survey of Japanese businesses shows there have been nearly 500 bankruptcies since the coronavirus pandemic claimed its first corporate victim in February.
3. Post-election turmoil continues in the former Soviet republic of Belarus. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital and other major cities on Sunday demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko resign.

1. People in southwestern Japan are preparing for a powerful typhoon that may become one of the strongest storms to hit Japan in decades.
2. The leader of the Belarusian opposition has expressed concern over possible interference by Russia in her country.
3. U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked an uproar over his remarks apparently encouraging people to vote twice, once by mail and then at polling stations in November’s presidential election.

1. Japanese weather officials are warning of two typhoons, with one of them already affecting mainly the country’s southwest, while the other is expected to approach in a few days.
2. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent developed by the former Soviet Union.
3. The king of Thailand has restored official titles to his royal consort, nearly a year after she was stripped of them.