投稿者: tomoyasu

1. People in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto have held a ceremony to commemorate those killed in the earthquake there one year ago.
2. NHK has learned that IT giant Apple is moving to buy struggling Japanese conglomerate Toshiba’s chip business.
3. The U.S. military says it struck a stronghold of the Islamic State militant group in Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat.

1. Russia has vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resolution condemning the suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria.
2. Top diplomats of the United States and Russia have failed to narrow differences over Syria. But they have agreed to improve bilateral ties, which are described as being the worst since the Cold War.
3. China has been edged out by the U.S. as the world’s top trader of goods.

1. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are to hold talks on Wednesday. This will be their first meeting since the U.S. missile strike on Syria.
2. German police say they’re working on the assumption that explosions set off near a bus carrying soccer squad Borussia Dortmund were deliberately targeting the vehicle.
3. Japanese figure skating star Mao Asada has spoken to reporters about her decision to retire from competitive skating.

1. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the U.S. missile strike on a Syrian air base was a measured response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack.
2. Middle Eastern foreign ministers are expectd to join the G7 meeting on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Syria.
3. Japanese figure skating star Mao Asada is retiring from competition.

1. Foreign ministers from the Group of 7 nations will hold a meeting in Italy shortly, and the situation in Syria is likely to be high on the agenda.
2. The Islamic State militant group is claiming responsibility for explosions at two Coptic Christian churches in Egypt.
3. The International Monetary Fund plans to upgrade Japan’s economic growth outlook.

1. The leaders of the United States and China have failed to narrow their differences over North Korea.
2. U.S. department of defense officials claim the attack on a Syrian military base was a success, with all 59 missiles hitting targets.
3. Swedish police have detained a 39-year-old Uzbek man on suspicion of ramming a truck into crowds in central Stockholm.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to pursue a “100-day plan” aimed at reducing the U.S. trade deficit with China.
2. The U.S. government is poised to take further military action against Syria, depending on future developments.
3. A U.S. regulator says it has voted to launch an investigation of flash memory devices by Japanese electronics firm Toshiba for possible infringement of a Taiwanese company’s patents.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a major military strike on Syria in response to a suspected chemical attack on an opposition-held town.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump is holding his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at his retreat in Florida.
3. The U.N. Security Council has issued a press statement condemning the latest ballistic missile launch by North Korea.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told U.S. President Donald Trump he appreciates the U.S. position of keeping all options on the table in dealing with North Korea.
2. U.S. President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are to hold their summit meeting in the southern U.S. state of Florida.
3. Japanese government officials are getting closer to approving a plan for Osaka to host a world expo in 2025.

1. U.S. and South Korean military officials say the missile fired by North Korea on Wednesday appears to be the same type as the medium-range ballistic missile the North test-fired in February.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has condemned North Korea’s firing of a ballistic missile earlier on Wednesday.
3. A non-governmental organization working in war-ravaged Syria says a deadly nerve agent such as sarin was likely used in a recent air strike.