月: 2022年9月

1.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a mass grave has been found in a liberated key stronghold city. Zelenskyy said, “Bucha, Mariupol, now, unfortunately, Izyum… Russia leaves death everywhere. And it must be held accountable for that.”
2.NHK has learned that Tokyo prosecutors have questioned former Japanese Olympic Committee President Takeda Tsunekazu about sponsorship contracts for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Sources close to the matter tell NHK that Takeda was questioned on a voluntary basis.
3.Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have held their first face-to-face meeting since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. They reaffirmed their ties amid tensions with Western leaders. The leaders met during a summit of the economic and security group, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

1.A US Senate committee has approved legislation that would increase US military support for Taiwan, amid heightened tensions between the US and China. The bill would allocate 4.5 billion dollars in military assistance for Taiwan over four years, designate Taiwan as a major non-NATO ally and support Taiwan’s participation in international organizations.
2.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that his country’s forces have retaken much of Kharkiv region in the east from Russian occupiers. Zelenskyy on Wednesday visited the recaptured key city of Izyum, where he observed a moment of silence for soldiers killed in the fighting and raised the Ukrainian flag.
3.Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has ordered officials to come up with specific measures to achieve sustained wage hikes and to boost the nation’s earning power by taking advantage of the weak yen. Kishida said it is necessary to control the situation in which an outflow of national income to foreign countries is continuing due to rising import prices.

1.Tokyo prosecutors have arrested the chairman of major Japanese publisher Kadokawa on suspicion of bribing a former executive of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee over a sponsorship deal.
2.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that stabilization measures are moving forward in territories that have been liberated from Russian control.
3.Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will attend the state funeral of late British Queen Elizabeth II. The funeral is scheduled for Monday.

1.Russia has reiterated its resolve to continue the military operation in Ukraine despite recent setbacks in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that the military operation will continue until all goals are achieved. Ukrainian counteroffensives are apparently pushing Russian troops out of Kharkiv.
2.People in Scotland are divided in their support for the British monarchy. Still, thousands turned out on Monday to mourn Queen Elizabeth. They tried to catch a glimpse as her coffin began its journey from Balmoral Castle to her final resting place at Windsor Castle.
3.A World Food Programme official has warned that foot shortages around the world could worsen next year, despite the resumption of Ukraine grain exports last month. Corinne Fleischer, WFP Regional Director for the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe, told NHK on Monday that the resumption of agricultural exports out of conflict-hit Ukraine was a major step forward. But Fleischer said the Russian invasion created havoc for farmlands and infrastructure in Ukraine.

1.Ukrainian forces are stepping up a counteroffensive to take control of wider areas in the eastern region of Kharkiv, including the key strategic area of Izyum. However, a Ukrainian military expert indicated that the country needs a long-term strategy and more military assistance from the West to take back control of more territories.
2.The hearse carrying the coffin of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has arrived in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. The convoy left Balmoral Castle on Sunday, the Queen’s summer home in Scotland, after she died there on Thursday at age 96. Her coffin was draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland with a wreath of flowers, including her favorite, placed on top of the flag. Mourners lined the route of the convoy to pay tribute to the Queen for her 70 years on the throne.
3.Japan’s National Center for Global Health and Medicine says an increasing percentage of people are dying after developing moderate symptoms of COVID-19. It also says many of them had pre-existing conditions that worsened after they became infected. The center analyzed the data of 2,861 COVID-19 patients who died after being admitted to hospitals across the country through late August.

1.Canadian media reports say the final suspect in a mass stabbing rampage is dead. The reports say the man died of self-inflicted injuries after police located him and drove his vehicle off the road. The stabbing spree on Sunday killed 10 people and rattled the country.
2.Japan’s current account balance has gone into the black for the first time in two months, but surging energy prices made it the smallest surplus for July on record.
3.Researchers in Japan say their 20-year-long study shows that people who east lots of fruit and vegetables are at lower risk of death compared to those who eat little of such food.

1.Japan’s ruling and opposition camps have agreed to hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss the state funeral of later former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.
2.The UN Security Council has met to discuss security at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. This comes amid mounting concerns that continued shelling in the area could trigger a catastrophe.
3.Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss has reiterated her country’s support for Ukraine’s freedom and democracy in her first phone call with a foreign leader since taking office. Truss spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday, and the leaders discussed measures needed to cut off the funds Russia is using to pay for the war.

1.The Japanese government says the total cost of the state funeral for later former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is estimated at about one billion 660 million yen, or around 11.8 million dollars. The funeral for Abe, who was fatally shot during an election campaign speech in July, is scheduled for September 27 in Tokyo. The government will foot the entire bill.
2.Tokyo prosecutors have arrested two former senior officials of major Japanese publisher Kadokawa on suspicion of bribing a former executive of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee. Former Kadokawa executive Yoshihara Toshiyuki and former senior official Maniwa Kyoji were arrested on Tuesday.
3.A pro-Russian hacker group says it has attacked a Japanese government website. The Killnet group posted a message on social media shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Japan time, saying it attacked the “e-Gov” portal site run by the government. NHK tried to access the site, and found part of it temporarily inaccessible.

1.Liz Truss has been elected as the next leader of Britain’s Conservative Party. She will become prime minister on Tuesday, succeeding Boris Johnson.
2.Russia’s president is taking part in an international economic forum in the country’s Far East. Vladimir Putin says the event will focus on moving away from what he calls an “obsolete unipolar model.” Top officials from China’s Communist Party, and the military junta in Myanmar, will also attend.
3.The Canadian police say a series of stabbing attacks in the central province of Saskatchewan have left at least 10 people dead and 15 more wounded. The police have identified two suspects, age 30 and 31, who remain at large. They are calling on residents to remain alert.

1.Russia’s presidential office says President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of Mikhail Gorvachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union. Gorvachev, who brought the Cold War to an end, died on Tuesday at the age of 91. His funeral is scheduled to take place on Saturday in Moscow.
2.A survey by an independent Russian polling organization shows that the public in the country is divided over whether Moscow should continue its military actions in Ukraine or engage in peace negotiations. The Levada-Center has been conducting face-to-face interviews with more than 1,600 people in Russia toward the end of every month since the invasion of Ukraine began.
3.Students in Ukraine and Russia have received special visitors to start their school terms. They welcomed in the leaders of their countries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a school in Irpin on Thursday that, like thousands of others, was damaged in the fighting. In Kaliningrad on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin had his own message for students. He used a back-to-school ceremony to talk about the invasion of Ukraine, which he calls the “special military operation.” He said people in “the territory of Ukraine” have begun to create an “anti-Russian enclave that threatens our country.”