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日本がEUとの経済連携協定に署名【Japan signs economic partnership agreement with EU】
Japan and the European Union on Tuesday signed an economic partnership agreement that will eliminate nearly all tariffs. Japan’s dairy industry is voicing concerns over losing market share, while its consumers are expected to enjoy lower prices for various products.
少年たちとコーチがタイの洞窟で生存しているのを発見【Boys and their coach found alive in Thai cave】
Twelve boys and their soccer coach were found alive inside a flooded cave in Thailand on Monday after they spent nine days trapped there. But experts say it may take months before they can be rescued.
ワールドカップ：日本が巧妙な手法で決勝トーナメントに進出【World Cup: Japan advances to knockout stage with tactical approach】
Soccer fans were split over Japan’s strategy in the game against Poland on Thursday. Its head coach instructed players to pass the ball around towards the end and settle for a 1-0 defeat, knowing it was enough to advance to the knockout stage.
米朝首脳会談の合意は具体性に乏しい【US-North Korea summit agreement lacks details】
Critics say the first-ever summit between sitting US and North Korean leaders in Singapore on Tuesday lacks details on the North’s nuclear development as their joint statement did not include the words “complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization.”
指が1本の登山家が8度目のエベレスト挑戦で死亡【One-fingered Japanese climber dies on eighth Everest attempt】
An accomplished Japanese climber, who lost nine fingers to frostbite in a previous expedition, died on Monday during his eighth attempt to scale Mount Everest. The 35-year-old alpinist was found dead in a tent by Sherpas, a Nepalese government official said.
日本映画「万引き家族」がカンヌで最高賞を受賞【Japanese movie “Shoplifters” wins top prize at Cannes】
A Japanese director’s “Shoplifters”, a story of an impoverished family, won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. The film portrays human connections through a Tokyo family that lives in poverty.
北朝鮮が拉致問題を持ち出していると日本を糾弾【North Korea accuses Japan of bringing up abduction issue】
North Korea’s state-run media said on Saturday that the abduction issue has already been settled ahead of a summit with the United States. It accused Japan of trying to disrupt the trend of peace on the Korean peninsula.
イチローがマリナーズのフロントに異動【Ichiro moves to Mariners front office】
The Seattle Mariners announced on Thursday that 44-year-old outfielder Ichiro Suzuki has become a special assistant to the chairman and will not play for the rest of the season. He told reporters that he is not retiring as a baseball player.
南北朝鮮が歴史的な首脳会談を開催【North and South Korea hold historic summit】
The leaders of North and South Korea pledged to pursue denuclearization and a permanent peace at a historic summit on Friday. With a warm handshake, the two men briefly stepped over the military demarcation line to the northern side.
トランプ氏が金正恩氏との首脳会談で拉致を取り上げると約束【Trump promises to raise abduction in summit with Kim Jong Un】
In a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump pledged to raise the abduction issue during a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expected by early June.
