日: 2024年5月3日

1. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has arrived in Brazil. He will hold summit talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Kishida arrived in the capital Brasilia on Thursday night, on the second leg of his tour to France and South African countries. It is the first time in eight years that a Japanese prime minister has visited Brazil. 2. Nippon Steel says it will postpone its plan to acquire United Sates Steel until the end of this year. The Japanese firm initially planned the takeover of the American steel producer by September. The Japanese steelmaker said it revised the estimated closing date after carefully deliberating on the timeframe for obtaining approval from US authorities. 3. US President Joe Biden has come under criticism for not addressing university protests against the situation in the Middle East. He spoke out on Thursday about the clashes and said “order must prevail.” Biden made the comments after hundreds of officers muscled their way through demonstrators at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the early hours of Thursday morning. They used stun grenades and dismantled an encampment that had been there for a week.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has stressed the importance of maintaining a free and fair rules-based economic order amid a diversifying international community. Kishida delivered a speech on Thursday at a meeting in Paris of the Ministerial Council of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
2. Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko has visited three African nations to promote economic cooperation and to confirm the importance of building an international order based on the rule of law. Kamikawa visited Madagascar, Cote d’lvoire, and Nigeria on a five-day tour of emerging economies in Africa, which ended on Wednesday. 3. Fujiko Hemming, a classical pianist who released her best-selling debut album in her late 60s, has died at the age of 92. She won many fans with her struggle to overcome adversity and performances that reflected her warm personality. The Fujiko Hemming Foundation announced on Thursday that she died on April 21 after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March.