投稿者: tomoyasu

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.

1. Russian authorities are trying to identify the people responsible for a deadly explosion on a subway train in St. Petersburg.
2. Japan is sending its ambassador back to South Korea after an almost 3-month absence due to a diplomatic row.
3. The Bank of Japan’s Tankan survey shows a growing number of Japanese employers feel their companies are understaffed.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has stressed that China should work with the United States to put pressure on North Korea.
2. Frantic searches continue in a southwestern city in Columbia, which was hit by massive flooding early Saturday morning.
3. The Bank of Japan’s latest Tankan survey shows more corporate managers feel their business conditions are good.

1. The Chinese government has introduced a new ranking system for foreign nationals applying for working permits.
2. The prime ministers of India and Malaysia have decided to cooperate to strengthen economic ties, including investment in IT industry and infrastructure construction.
3. Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu has broken his own free skate world record, winning his second men’s world championship.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed 2 executive orders that target unfair practices employed by U.S. trading partners.
2. Delegates from 115 countries have wrapped up the first round of talks on a proposed international treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
3. The Japanese government has lifted the evacuation order for most parts of a town in Fukushima Prefecture that was hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster.

1. South Korean prosecutors have arrested former president Park Geun-hye after receiving court approval for an arrest warrant.
2. The governments of Malaysia and North Korea have announced an agreement relating to the body of Kim Jong Nam.
3. Iraqi authorities suspect the Islamic State militant group carried out a suicide truck bombing in Baghdad that killed at least 17 people.

1. South Korea’s ousted president is at a court hearing that will decide whether she should be arrested. Park Geun-hye is facing a number of changes in connection to a corruption scandal.
2. The Japanese government is to extend for 2 more years the unilateral sanctions against North Korea that are set to expire next month.
3. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Izumi Nakamitsu of Japan as the next Undersecretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to overhaul the measures for tackling climate change that were introduced by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
2. Britain will give notice on Wednesday of its intention to leave the European Union.
3. Groups of Japanese researchers say they have successfully transplanted iPS cells derived from a donor into a patient suffering from a senior eye disease.