投稿者: tomoyasu

1. China has lowered its economic growth target to about 6.5 percent for 2017 from last year’s range of 6.5 to 7 percent.
2. Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry is expelling North Korean ambassador Kang Chol over the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of the North’s leader Kim Jong Un.
3. Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are flying to Thailand on Sunday to pay tribute to the late Thai king.

1. Malaysia’s government has suggested it may be difficult to detain a North Korean suspect who is believed to be at the North’s embassy. Malaysian police have obtained a warrant in connection with the killing of the half-brother of the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un.
2. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is arranging his first official visit to Japan. The visit may be set for March 17th and 18th.

1. Malaysian police have released the only North Korean suspect held in connection with the killing of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, citing insufficient evidence.
2. Japan’s public pension fund is set to report a record quarterly profit on Friday.
3. Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force has scrambled jets to intercept 13 Chinese military aircraft that flew near Okinawa Prefecture.

1. Japan’s opposition parties are demanding a probe into whether lawmakers were involved in a controversial land deal in Osaka.
2. A diplomatic rift between the governments of Malaysia and North Korea has deepened over the handover of the body believed to be that of Kim Jong Nam.
3. Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have attended a welcome banquet in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time. He laid out his vision for the country, promising a renewal of the American spirit.
2. Two women detained by Malaysian police have been charged with murder over the death of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.
3. Major businesses across japan are kicking off their seasonal recruitment drives.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to propose a massive increase in defense spending in his first budget plan for fiscal 2018.
2. Senior diplomats from Japan, the U.S. and South Korea have worked together to combat rising threat from North Korea.
3. Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have left for Vietnam for their first visit to the Southeast Asian country.

1. Malaysia’s health minister has said the dose of VX nerve agent given to Kim Jong Nam was so large that it affected his entire body.
2. The head of a Japanese school operator at the center of a controversial land deal has denied receiving any special treatment from politicians.
3. The Asian Winter Games have finished 8 days of events in Japan’s northern prefecture of Hokkaido.

1. U.S. lawmakers and news media are calling for North Korea to be redesignated a state sponsor of terrorism after the launch of a missile by Pyongyang and the death of Kim Jong Nam.
2. Myanmar’s police have arrested 2 former military officers in connection with the killing of a lawyer.
3. Dozens were killed by bomb attacks at two government security offices in the western Syrian city of Homs on Saturday.

1. Malaysian police are looking into how the highly toxic VX nerve agent was acquired to murder Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
2. A U.S. research group says recent activities by North Korea suggest on-going preparations for a new nuclear test.
3. The White House has banned CNN, The New York Times and some other media organizations from attending a briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer.

1. Police in Malaysia say they have detected highly toxic VX nerve agent on the body of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
2. U.N.-brokered peace talks on ending the Syrian war have resumed with delegations from opposing sides taking part.
3. Nissan Motor Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn says his company will decide its investment strategy after the U.S. administration announces its new policies.