日: 2024年6月4日

1. Tuesday marks the 35th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops opened fire on thousands of student-led protestors who had gathered in and around the square calling for democracy. The government says 319 people were killed, but some say the figure was actually much higher. 2. Japanese Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi says the country’s recent intervention in the currency market had some effect in stabilizing the yen. Suzuki was speaking on Tuesday after his ministry admitted on Friday that the government and the Bank of Japan had funneled nearly 9.8 trillion yen, or about 62 billion dollars, into the market over the past month. 3. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has suggested that the rank of the commander of the US forces deployed in Japan may be upgraded. This comes at a time when Japan is setting up a joint operations command to coordinate its Self-Defense Forces.

1. Japan is changing the design of its paper currency for the first time in 20 years. Three new banknotes will go into circulation on July 3, and industries are busy installing systems to accept the bills. A survey by the finance ministry found that more than 90 percent of bank ATMs will be alle to handle the notes when they appear.
2. Multiple media reports say Claudia Sheibaum is on course to become Mexico’s first female president. A preliminary vote count shows that she secured more than 50 percent of the ballots in Sunday’s election. Sheibaum, a former Mexico City mayor from the ruling leftist party Morena, had about 58 percent of the vote in the preliminary results released by Mexico’s National Electoral Institute.
3. Japan’s Imperial Household Agency says Empress Emerita Michiko has been infected wit the coronavirus. The agency says the Empress Emerita has had coughs since early Sunday morning and discomfort in her throat from Monday morning.