投稿者: tomoyasu

1. U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has arrived in Japan from South Korea. He will pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later on Friday.
2. At least 2 passengers have been found to have given up boarding Japanese flights bound for the United States earlier this week, due to a temporary U.S. entry ban.
3. The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is examining if it can go ahead with a plan to deploy a robot into one of the damaged reactors at the facility.

１．U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis is set to start a tour toward South Korea and Japan on Thursday.
2. Japan and Russia have agreed to hold the first round of bilateral talks on joint economic activities on 4 Russian-held islands in Tokyo in March.
3. A Japanese engineer has been chosen as one of the winners for this year’s Queen Elizabeth Prize for engineering. The recipient has been recognized for the development of digital technology.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has lashed out at Japan and China, saying they devalue their currencies. It was his first direct criticism of Japan’s currency policy since his inauguration.
2. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has described President Donald Trump’s order to bar people from 7 Middle Eastern and African countries from entering the United States is a “temporary pause” to allow a review of the existing immigration system.
3. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has requested that Pope Francis visit the country to help realize a world without nuclear weapons.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed protesters for the growing chaos at U.S. airports after he signed an executive order to tighten anti-terrorism measures.
2. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he plans to tell U.S. President Donald Trump at their upcoming summit that Japanese firms are contributing to the U.S. economy.
3. Honda Motor and General Motors will jointly fuel cell power systems for next-generation eco-friendly vehicles.

1. Protests have spread to many cities across the United States against President Donald Trump’s order to ban the entry of citizens of 7 countries in the Middle East and Africa .
2. Reouters news agency says gunmen have opened fire at a mosque in Quebec City, eastern Canada.
3. France’s major leftwing group led by the ruling Socialist party has chosen former education minister Banoit Hamon as their candidate for the coming presidential election.

1. The governments of Japan and the United States have agreed that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Donald Trump will hold their first summit in Washington on February 10th.
2. The U.S. and Russian leaders have agreed to cooperate in fighting terrorism and defeating the Islamic State group in Syria.
3. Protests have erupted at airports across the United States after local media reported at least 30 people were denied entry, following President Donald Trump’s order to suspend refugees’ admission.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to temporarily suspend the admission of all refugees in a bid to better protect against terrorism.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump and his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto have agreed to resolve their differences on the proposed construction of a wall on their border through discussion.
3. A U.S. research group says satellite imagery indicates North Korea has restarted operation at a reactor that produces plutonium for use in nuclear weapons.

1. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has scrapped a planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
2. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry says the country will keep beefing up its nuclear force as long as the United States and its followers maintain their nuclear threat.
3. The governments of Japan and Britain have signed an agreement that enables mutual provision of goods and services during joint drills and rescue operations by defense forces.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a wall along the border with Mexico to block illegal immigrants.
2. The Dow Jones industrial average on the New York Stock Exchange topped 20,000 on Wednesday for the first time on expectations for stimulus measures to be taken by U.S. President Trump.
3. The International Olympic Committee says it is stripping the Jamaican men’s relay team of its win in the Beijing Games after one member tested positive for a banned substance.

1. A U.S. defense official says Defense Secretary James Mattis is considering visiting Japan and South Korea in early February.
2. The Japanese government will continue to seek the United States’ understanding of the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.
3. Toyota Motor says it will invest about 600 million dollars to improve its plant in the U.S. state of Indiana and hire 400 local workers.