投稿者: tomoyasu

1. Finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20 economies met on the first day of talks in Germany. Sources say some members expressed concern over protectionism.
2. Officials from Tokyo and Moscow have begun talks on shared economic activites on 4 Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.

1. Japan and the United States intend to increase pressure on China to play a greater role in solving issues concerning North Korea.
2. Japan has successfully placed a new government information-gathering satellite into orbit.
3. Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 economies will start a meeting in southwestern Germany on Friday.

1. Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are meeting in Tokyo to discuss North Korea and other diplomatic issues.
2. A federal district court of the U.S. state of Hawaii has issued a temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
3. A suicide bomber has set off explosives in Syria’s capital. Local media report at least 31 people were killed, and many others were wounded.

1. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will arrive in Japan on Wednesday to start his first Asian tour since he assumed his post. North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda.
2. Struggling Japanese electronics company Toshiba is looking to pull out the nuclear power plant business in a bid to turn around the finances.
3. South Korean prosecutors say they have summoned deposed President Park Geun-hye next Tuesday for questioning on bribery charges.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has met with Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz. The 2 leaders agreed that Japan should support Saudi Arabia’s economic reforms.
2. The Japanese government plans to offer 6 million dollars in emergency aid to South Sudan to help it fight famine.
3. Political parties in South Korea are criticizing former President Park Geun-hye for her defiance over the court ruling that removed her from office.

1. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has paid a courtesy call on the visiting king of Saudi Arabia.
2. Japanese government officials say North Korea’s most recent missile launch has underlined the need to issue a speedier alert.
3. Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye has expressed confidence that the truth about the recent political scandal will be revealed in time.

1. NHK has learned Indonesia’s intelligence agency believes one of 4 North Korean suspects in the killing of Kim Jong Nam was previously a diplomat at the embassy in Jakarta.
2. The Dutch government has prevented Turkey’s foreign minister from visiting the Netherlands to address Turkish voters there.
3. Twin bombs believed to be targeted at Shia Muslim pilgrims have exploded in the Syrian capital. The nation’s state-run news agency quotes police as saying 33 people were killed.

1. Saturday marks 6 years since the massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. Reconstruction efforts in disaster-hit areas have been delayed, and many people are still living in temporary and other housing as evacuees.
2. Japanese government officials say a Japanese peacekeeping operation in South Sudan will be replaced by humanitarian aid and other assistance.

1. South Korea’s president is being officially removed from office.
2. North Korea’s military says Monday’s simultaneous ballistic missile launches simulated attacking U.S. bases in Japan.
3. Russia’s presidential spokesperson has rejected U.S. accusations that Moscow violated a bilateral nuclear arms treaty.

1. The U.N. Security Council has reached an agreement to ensure a steady implementation of its sanctions against North Korea, and to take fresh action pending further developments.
2. Japan’s government says one of the ballistic missiles launched by North Korea on Wednesday came the closest ever to the country’s coast.
3. An NHK survey of former residents of Fukushima who fled the 2011 nuclear disaster has found that dozens of children were bullied at their new schools.