日: 2022年8月4日

1.Weather officials have revised their highest-level emergency rain alert for Niigata Prefecture…to a warning. They are still urging people to watch for further potential hazards, with downpours forecast to continue across parts of the Hokuriku region.
2.China is ratcheting up military pressure on Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit. Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday after meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. She became the first speaker of the US House of Representatives in 25 years to visit Taiwan.
3.The US government has criticized China’s increasing military activity around Taiwan, which came in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stressed again that there is no change in the One China policy of the US. She said the speaker’s visit is consistent with the longstanding policy.

1.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that the country’s gain exports must continue in a stable manner. The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain since the Russian invasion began arrived in waters off Turkey on Tuesday.
2.US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, and stressed America’s solidarity with Taiwan. At the outset of the talks, Tsai welcomed the first visit by an incumbent US House Speaker in 25 years. She presented Pelosi with an award for promoting US-Taiwan ties, calling the speaker Taiwan’s most devoted friend.
3.Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have kicked off a series of meetings in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.