主な出来事　　5月3日−9日

Politics

With the support of Prime Minister Abe’s intention of constitutional revision, the LDP aims  parliament initiative and referendum after next year's House of Councillors election.

Liberal Democratic Party Deputy Governor, Masahiko Komura talked with Tokue Zhang, the 3rd position of the Chinese Communist Party  in Beijing. Mr. Zhang relates to a post-war '70 discourse and asks to make it convincing the people of China and the world.

At the House of Representatives Constitution Committee, the Liberal Democratic Party proposed to discuss three agenda towards the constitutional amendment; emergency provisions to prepare for the catastrophe, environmental rights, and fiscal discipline provisions.

Business

Takehiko Nakao, the president of Asian Development Bank requests the member states the support of the capital increase in the near future.

Yamada Denki announced that it has signed an partner capital business agreement with Softbank  and  assigned a 5% of the outstanding shares to Softbank.

The TPP negotiator, Mr. Yasunoru Nishimura, Vice Minister of Cabinet Office showed its intention to withdraw the policy to disclose the draft of confidential agreement to parliamentarians.

Operating income of Toyota Motor Corporation is updating the record high for the second consecutive year. 2 trillion 750.5 billion yen is the 20% increase from the previous fiscal year.

World

General secretary of Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping talks with the chairman of the Kuomintang Taiwan, Zhu Tatsurin. China and Taiwan agreed recognition of the common destiny. Xi announced five proposals that incorporates such as opposition against Taiwan independence.

In exhibition hall attack incident of Muslim prophet caricature that occurred in Dallas, Texas, the Islamic countries opened their crime.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summarizes the coalition negotiations with such far-right political party for the next Cabinet inauguration.

In the UK general election, the ruling Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Cameron secured a single majority. Regional political party of Scotland ethnic breakthroughs to the third party.

Japan

An advisory body of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, they recommended Japan to register all 23 facilities of Meiji Japan's industrial revolution heritage to the world cultural heritage. It will been determined officially in July.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere in the world  had exceeded 400ppm that are dangerous levels of global warming.  

Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) raised the eruption alert level in the crater around Owakudani of Hakone regulation for the fear of possibility of small-scale eruption by steam explosion