月: 2022年8月

1.The UN Security Council is calling on the global community to provide aid to Afghanistan. This comes as Kabul marks one year since the United States completely withdrew its troops from the country.
2.Ukrainian forces have launched a new counter-offensive against Russian troops in the country’s southern Kherson region. Media outlets in Ukraine reported on Monday that Ukrainian troops had breached the first line of Russian defenses and forced part of the Russian forces to retreat from their positions in Kherson.
3.International Atomic Energy Agency officials have worried fighting around Europe’s largest nuclear plant could spark a catastrophe. Inspectors arrived in Ukraine on Monday to check on the Zaporizhzhia complex for themselves. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi is leading the team. They’ll survey the damage, evaluate working conditions, and check on safety measures.

1.The International Atomic Energy Agency says its expert team will visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine this week. The plant has been under the control of Russian forces since early March.
2.Shares in Tokyo started the week sharply lower following a broad sell-off in New York on Friday. The Nikkei 225 dropped by more than 800 points within an hour of the open on Monday.
3.Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss remains the frontrunner in the race to choose a successor of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. About 160,000 members of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party are choosing between Truss and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak. Economic policy is a key issue in the race as Britain faces steep inflation.

1.The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says it is likely that the organization will send an expert team to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine within a few days.
2.The Japanese government will spend about 1.8 million dollars on a state funeral for former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, who was fatally shot in July. All expenses for the funeral will be paid from state coffers.
3.The Japanese government has selected 10 universities and laboratories where it will create world-class research centers for vaccine development.

1.The head of Japan’s police agency says he intends to resign over last month’s fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. The announcement comes following the release of a review of the security at the time of the incident. Nakamura Itaru’s resignation is expected to be approved at a Cabinet meeting on Friday.
2.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Russian forces might do something “particularly ugly” on Ukraine’s Independence Day. And they did. A missile attack on Wednesday killed 22 people at a train station in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region. Zelenskyy says it was a reminder of the perils faced by civilians across the country.
3.The Japanese government will soon formally approve costs for the state funeral for former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in late September. Abe was fatally shot in Nara City, western Japan, on July 8 while making a campaign speech for a candidate in the Upper House election.

1.Ukraine is bracing for possible intensified attacks by Russia on Wednesday, which marks six months since the invasion began. It is also the day Ukrainians celebrate their independence from the now-defunct Soviet Union. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that “hideous Russian provocations and brutal strikes are possible.”
2.Officials in the US say they are preparing what could be their largest package of military aid since the Russians invaded Ukraine. The assistance to equip and train Ukrainian forces would be worth 3 billion dollars. The goal is to help shore up Ukrainian defenses over the medium to long term.
3.A senior Ukrainian official has stressed that the country has reached a phase of taking the offensive to take back territories captured by Russia, including Crimea. Ukraine’s presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said the Ukrainian military are using weapons provided by the United States and other Western nations to focus on destroying Russia’s arms depots, fuel storage facilities and strategic command posts to drive Russia into withdrawal.

1.Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has ordered the government to continue providing support to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia by closely coordinating with other Group of Seven partners. The prime minister, who is now isolating due to catching the coronavirus, attended a meeting of relevant Cabinet ministers online.
2.Police searched the offices of a bus operator on Tuesday, a day after a fatal crash on an expressway in Nagoya City, central Japan. Aoi Kotsu, or Aoi Traffic Corp., in Komaki city, north of Nagoya, was the operator of the bus. The bus overturned and caught fire on Monday morning. It was heading for Nagoya Airport from the city center. Two people on the bus died. Six passengers and the driver of a vehicle that collided with the bus were injured.
3.Ukrainians will mark their independence from the Soviet Union on Wednesday, the same day they’ll mark a half year of war. But authorities have banned them from celebrating because of a heightened risk of attack. Residents of the capital, Kyiv, came out on Monday to look at Russian weapons destroyed in the fighting. “They must know their history,” one father said of his children.

1.The United States and South Korea have kicked off joint military drills with scenarios assuming an emergency on the Korean Peninsula. The drills are scheduled from Monday through September 1.
2.US President Joe Biden has discussed the situation in Ukraine with leaders of Britain, France, and Germany. According to a statement issued by the White House on Sunday, “The leaders affirmed their continued support for Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself against Russian aggression,” and “They also discussed the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including the need to avoid military operations near the plant.”
3.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a warning that Russian forces could intensify attacks on his country this week. Wednesday marks six months since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. It is also Ukraine’s independence day, commemorating its departure from the Soviet Union.

1.Russian and Ukrainian forces have traded fire around the largest nuclear plant in Europe. And they are trading accusations over who is to blame for shelling that has sparked fears of a global disaster. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has used a visit to Ukraine to call for both sides to pull out of the area.
2.Workers at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine have posted on social media an appeal for cooperation from the international community. The plant has been under Russian control since the early days of the Russian invasion.
3.Russia has dismissed a proposal by the UN chief to demilitarize Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Russia now controls the plant in southeastern Ukraine.

1.Officials of China’s Foreign Ministry say the country’s top diplomat has told the head of Japan’s National Security Secretariat that the Taiwan question bears on the basic trust between the two countries. Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Yang Jiechi was quoted as making the remark in the talks with Akiba Takeo, the secretariat’s secretary-general, in Tianjin on Wednesday.
2.World-renowned Japanese fashion designer Mori Hanae has died at the age of 96. She was known for her signature butterfly motifs. Mori was born in the western Japanese prefecture of Shimane in 1926. She took the first step in her long career with the opening of a studio in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district in 1951.
3.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Guterres arrived in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Wednesday. Guterres will hold a meeting with Zelenskyy and Erdogan on Thursday. They will exchange views on exports of agricultural products agreed upon by Russia and Ukraine and mediated by Turkey and the UN.

1.South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has stressed his intention to resolve the wartime labor dispute before relevant Japanese companies’ assets in his country are liquidated under a possible finalized court order. Yoon spoke at a news conference to mark his first 100 days in office on Wednesday.
2.Rainfall is intensifying in many parts of Japan, triggering warnings of landslides and flooding. Some places on the southwestern island of Kyushu have had torrential downpours.
3.Iran has responded to what the European Union calls a “final” proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. The agreement was aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear activities in return for a lifting of sanctions by the international community. The deal has been dysfunctional since US President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from it in 2018. Iran responded by stepping up its nuclear development.