月: 2020年10月

1. With the U.S. presidential election less than three weeks away, the candidates participated in separate town hall events airing on TV at the same time, forcing voters to choose who to watch.
2. Another huge anti-government rally has taken place in central Bangkok, just hours after police dispersed an earlier demonstration.
3. The European Union has imposed sanctions on six senior Russian officials and a chemical research institute over the alleged poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent.

 

1. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Thai capital Bangkok, as the city is gripped by yet another large-scale anti-government protest.
2. The French government is to restore a state of public health emergency that expired three months ago and impose a nightly curfew in some cities, including Paris.
3. Officials of Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, are planning to conduct an experiment at a baseball stadium to see how their coronavirus measures will work when the number of spectators exceeds the limit currently set by the central government.

 

1. China’s state-run television has aired programs for three straight nights featuring what it calls confessions by people spying for Taiwan.
2. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has reported to the country’s king that he has the support of the majority of the parliament’s lower chamber, a requirement for becoming prime minister.
3. A Belarusian opposition leader has warned of a nationwide strike unless President Alexander Lukashenko announced his resignation by October 25.

1. The Japanese government is leaning toward the view that a trilateral summit with China and South Korea may not happen this year.
2. Malaysia will reintroduce coronavirus restrictions in the country’s capital amid a surge in new cases.
3. European countries are introducing new restrictions amid resurgence of the coronavirus across the region.

 

1. Construction machinery makers are adopting digital technologies to improve disaster recovery work. This comes as Japan marks on Monday one year since Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in the country. The storm caused rivers to overflow, inflicting considerable damage. Komatsu streamlined repair work by introduction 3D mapping technology based on land survey data collected by drones.
2. A new survey shows that an increasing number of cancer patients have refrained from going to see doctors amid the coronavirus pandemic. But it also shows that some were able to cope with anxiety with better information.
3. Japan’s welfare ministry says the number of applications for welfare in July was down by 11.1 percent from July last year. It dropped by 2,463 to 19,650. Ministry officials say that the cash hand-out of 100,000 ye, or more than 900 dollars, for all people in Japan earlier this year amid the coronavirus outbreak and an emergency small loan program must have helped the needy.

 

1. A typhoon is now barreling toward Japan. Meteorological Agency officials say Typhoon Chan-hom is unlikely to make landfall but is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain across wide areas.
2. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the World Food Programme, or WFP.
3. Editors of a globally renowned U.S. medical journal have taken the extraordinary and unusual measure of asking Americans to vote out the administration of President Donald Trump for its failed handling of the coronavirus.

1. Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris have squared off in a televised debate. The coronavirus pandemic dominated the discussion. Harris condemned the Trump administration’s response to the public health crisis by calling it “the greatest failure of any presidential administration.”
2. Typhoon Chan-hom is expected to approach western and eastern Japan in the next couple of days. Meteorological officials are warning that the storm system will bring heavy rain even before its actual arrival.
3. This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to an American poet, Louise Gluck.

 

1.U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly does not have symptoms of COVID-19 now.  He has shown signs that he is eager to return to the campaign trail, with the presidential election less than a month away.

2.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set out detailed requirements for coronavirus vaccine developers who want the agency to authorize the emergency use of their vaccines.

3. Japanese lawmakers have asked the government why the prime minister refused to appoint six nominees recommended by a leading academic organization as new members.

 

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has returned to the White House where he posted a video telling Americans “not to be dominated” by the coronavirus.
2. Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has defended his decision not to appoint six scholars as members of Japan’s leading academic body, a move which has drawn criticism from opposition parties.
3. Japan’s Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have agreed to work closer together to strengthen their bilateral alliance and realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

1. Doctors treating U.S. President Donald Trump for the coronavirus say he may be able to leave hospital as soon as Monday, but American media are taking the news with skepticism.
2. The Saudi Arabian government has eased its coronavirus restrictions, allowing a limited number of citizens and residents to visit Islam’s holy site in Mecca.
3. Paris-based fashion designer Takada Kenzo, founder of the global brand KENZO, has died after contracting the coronavirus. He was 81.