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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.
アメリカとその同盟国がシリアを攻撃【US and its allies strike Syria】
The United States, Britain and France struck chemical weapons facilities in Syria on Friday following its alleged poison gas attack on civilians. President Donald Trump hailed the intervention by tweeting “Mission Accomplished.”
二刀流の大谷選手がア・リーグの週間ＭＶＰ【Two-way player Ohtani wins American League weekly MVP】
The Los Angeles Angels rookie phenom Shohei Ohtani was named on Monday the American League player of the week. The modern-day Babe Ruth has excelled as both a starting pitcher and designated hitter for the first 11 days of the season.
中国が習近平氏を任期制限なしの国家主席に再選【China reelects Xi Jinping as president with no term limits】
China’s legislature unanimously reappointed Xi Jinping on Saturday, as president with no limits on how many terms he can serve. The 64-year-old president could now remain in power for life.
