月: 2023年5月

1. British police have arrested a man for throwing suspected shotgun cartridges onto the ground of Buckingham Palace. The incident happened just four days before the coronation of King Charles III. 2. A senior US official says the United States is on track to open an embassy in the Pacific island nation of Tonga this month. The move comes as the administration of President Joe Biden is seen as increasing its involvement in the region to counter China’s growing influence there. 3. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pledged to continue to provide assistance to Afghanistan, despite the Taliban’s ban on UN Afghan female staff.

1. The Asian Development Bank has unveiled a new loan program to help emerging and developing economies fight climate change. ADB President Asakawa Masatsugu spoke to reporters in the South Korean city of Incheon on Tuesday, as the bank opened its four-day annual meeting. Asakawa said, “The global battle against climate change will be won or lost in Asia and the Pacific.”
2. US President Joe Biden and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. have agreed to adopt new defense guidelines amid China’s increasing maritime activities. Biden and Marcos held a summit at the White House on Monday. The joint statement released after the talks said, “They affirm the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait as an indispensable element of global security and prosperity.”
3. A crashed Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter was recovered from waters in the southern prefecture of Okinawa before noon on Tuesday. The helicopter disappeared from radar near Miyakojima Island on April 6. It was carrying a crew of 10. The debris of the helicopter, found at the depth of 106 meters, was raised onto the deck of one of the two private salvage ships involved in the work at about 11:45 a.m. A large net was used to lift the wreckage.

1. Final arrangements are being made for Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to make a two-day visit to South Korea from Sunday, where he will meet President Yoon Suk-yeol following their summit in Japan earlier this year. It would be the first trip to South Korea by a Japanese prime minister since Abe Shinzo visited the country in 2018.
2. Japanese three-time Olympic table tennis medalist Ishikawa Kasumi says she has decided to retire. Ishikawa made the announcement on her official website and social media accounts on Monday. She wrote that the decision comes as she feels that she has given everything she has. 3. Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Takahashi Daisuke and Muramoto kana say they will retire after the current season. Takahashi said they decided to retire from completion after this season. Muramoto said they talked a lot before reaching the decision.