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場所: 町田市, 東京都, Japan

50代を目前に控えた中年サラリーマンです。中学・高校の英語教師の資格を取りましたが、バブル景気もあって一般企業に就職。ところが、なんと海外部門に配属され、本気で使える英語を身につけなければならなくなりました。その後、NY駐在も経験させてもらい、英語がライフワークの一つになりました。年男の年頭を機に、ブログを使って毎週の出来事を簡単な英語で紹介することにしました。自分の勉強にもなりますし、ブログをご覧の皆様のお役に立てれば幸いです。

2015年10月13日火曜日

主な出来事  10月4日-10月10日


Politics

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe remodeled his cabinet and the third Abe Cabinet was inaugurated. Regarding 2015 supplementary budget for domestic measures related to TPP, he expressed to proceed with further study.

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that the total amount of medical expenses for fiscal 2013 has become 40 trillion 61 billion yen.

According to the national emergency poll, it is announced answers  that do not expect anything to the establishment of 100 million total active minister and the policy to tackle with the aging problem have exceeded 48%.

Business

As for TPP negotiations, countries agreed in rough scheme. If the treaty enters into force, economic zone, which occupies 40% of world GDP, is born. Japan plans to establish a tariff-free import quota of rice.

Volkswagen plans to restructure itself mainly with the investment reduction.

20 countries finance ministers and central bank governors meeting was held and they shared the concerns that the growth of the world might slowed down due to the economic deceleration in emerging countries including China.

The government opens the first meeting of TPP comprehensive measures and showed the three basic policies; new market development, promotion of innovation, the wiping of public anxiety, with another basic policy of promoting workers for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries fields.

World

Regarding the problem that the US military mistakenly bombed the hospital, President Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders and committed to thorough investigation of the cause.

Russian missile fleet deployed in the Caspian Sea has attacked 11 bases of Islamic countries in Syria with cruise missiles 28 shots. In response to the expansion of Russian military activity, NATO decided to strengthen the readiness troops to be dispatched in case of emergency.

EU Interior Minister Council agreed that the economic immigrants whose asylum had been rejected should be deported.
There were two explosions by suicide bombing during the peace rally in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, and 95 people were killed.

Japan

Condemned Okunishi who had complained his innocence about Nabari poisonous wine incident died of pneumonia.

Mr. Omura was determined the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and Mr. Kajita was determined the Nobel Prize in Physics.


The secretary who worked for the former Economy, Trade and Industry Minister, Obuchi, was convicted on charges of Political Funds Control Law.