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スーチーさんの最新の書き込みです。
中国の胡錦濤国家主席がスーチーさんに書き込みを寄せています。
（スラチャイ記）

Plaid_SuuKyi The new flag has a white star in the middle with 3 columns of color - yellow, green and red. http://bit.ly/d3BQfl
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（アウンサンスーチー女史）
新しい国旗は白い星印が三色旗の上に表示されている。三色は黄色、緑、赤。

Plaid_SuuKyi Yesterday the junta reveiled our new national flag, its suppose to stand for solidarity, peace & tranquility, & courage & decisiveness.
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昨日ジャンタ（軍事政権）はビルマの新しい国旗を発表した。団結、平和平穏、勇気と決意を表すモチーフとなっている。

Plaid_SuuKyi My house arrest is due to expire on Nov 13 a week after the election.
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（アウンサンスーチー女史）
私の自宅軟禁は総選挙の実施日より一週間後の１１月１３日になる見込み。

Plaid_SuuKyi Burma's highest court has agreed to hear my final appeal for release from house arrest. I want to be out before the election.
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（アウンサンスーチー女史）
ビルマ最高裁には私の自宅軟禁解除の願いを聞いてもらった。総選挙の前に解放されることを願う。

Plaid_Hu Surprised the Myanmar Government allows @plaid_suukyi to use Twitter and have access to the Internet #imjustsayin
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（胡錦濤国家主席）
ビルマ政府がスーチーさんのtwitterをよく許したものだ。インターネットにもアクセスできている。驚いた。
（今までジャンタにより制限されていたのは間違いないと思う　ｂｙスラチャイ）

The Yomiuri Shimbun (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 19, 2010)
Chinese leaders must calm anti-Japan rallies
反日デモ拡大　中国指導部は沈静化を急げ（10月19日付・読売社説）

Even as official Japan-China relations have been improving, a string of large anti-Japan demonstrations have been taking place in inland Chinese cities such as Chengdu, Xian and Wuhan.
　日中関係が改善に向かう中で、中国の成都、西安、武漢など内陸部の都市で大規模な反日デモが相次いで発生した。

Involving thousands to tens of thousands of people, the demonstrations began at the end of last week over the September incident involving the collision of a Chinese fishing boat and Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels off the Senkaku Islands.
　数千から数万人規模の反日デモは、尖閣諸島沖の漁船衝突事件に抗議して、先週末から発生した。

University students joined the demonstrations, responding to cell-phone text messages urging them to protest, and some ordinary citizens followed them.
携帯電話のショートメールの呼びかけに応じて大学生を中心に一般住民も加わった。

Some demonstrators became violent and attacked Japanese supermarkets and restaurants, breaking their windows. Rioters also burned Japanese national flags, turned over Japanese automobiles and left streets in shambles.
　暴徒化した一部は、日系のスーパーや飲食店を襲撃し、ガラスを割るなどした。日本国旗を焼き払い、日本製自動車を横転させるなどの乱暴狼藉(ろうぜき)ぶりだった。

Similar demonstrations seem to be spreading to other cities in China. They are a serious concern for Japan-China relations.
　デモは、さらに他の都市にも拡大する様相を見せている。日中関係にとって憂慮すべき事態だ。

Chinese authorities must use every means at their disposal to stop demonstrations from turning into riots, protect the safety of Japanese residents and avoid any disruption to the operations of Japanese companies in the country.
　中国当局は、デモの暴徒化を防ぎ、邦人の安全確保や、日系企業の事業に支障が出ないよう、万全の措置を講じるべきだ。

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Chinese youth frustrated

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said, "It is understandable that some people expressed their outrage against the recent erroneous words and deeds on the Japanese side." This stance sounds as if Beijing is encouraging illegal acts.
　中国外務省の報道局長が「一部の群衆が日本の誤った言動に対して憤りを表明することは理解できる」と発言した。不法行為を助長するような政府の姿勢である。

University students living in inland regions of China have been suffering from a serious hiring slump. Economic disparities are also spreading between urban and rural regions of the country.
　内陸部に住む大学生の就職難は深刻だ。都市と地方との経済格差も広がっている。

In addition to these factors of social instability, young people born from 1980 on have been taught anti-Japanese propaganda to stir their patriotic and nationalistic sentiment, education that was strengthened under the government of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
Any little catalyst can prompt them to anti-Japan action.
　こうした社会不安に加えて、１９８０年以降に生まれた若者たちは、江沢民・前政権時代に強化された反日＝愛国・民族主義教育を受けており、わずかなきっかけで「反日」に走りやすい。

The international community is paying even more attention to the democratization of China, especially since imprisoned activist Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Leaders of the Chinese Communist Party are apparently most afraid that young people's frustrations, which are now taking the form of anti-Japan protests, could transform into antigovernment movements demanding democracy.
　民主活動家、劉暁波氏にノーベル平和賞の授与が決まり、世界も中国の民主化の動きを注視している。こうした中で、若者たちの不満が、反日から民主化を求める反政府デモに転化する事態を、共産党指導部は最も恐れている。

That is why some observers suspect Chinese security authorities are maneuvering anti-Japan demonstrations to alleviate young people's discontent.
　治安当局が若者たちの不満を和らげるため反日デモを誘導しているのではないか、との見方すら出ているのもこのためだ。

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Chinese leaders tested

The latest demonstrations happened during the plenary meeting of the party's Central Committee. Some observers have even said that it is difficult to rule out the possibility that the military and the conservative wing of the party, which are profoundly wary of Japan, have staged the demonstrations to pressure party leaders so they will not readily make concessions to Tokyo over the Senkaku incident.
　今回のデモは、党中央委員会総会の期間と重なって起きた。対日警戒感が根強い軍・党内保守派から党指導部に対して、安易に日本に妥協しないよう、圧力を加えるために仕組まれた可能性も排除できないだろう。

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping was elected vice chairman of the party's Central Military Commission at the committee's plenary meeting. This makes Xi certain to succeed party General Secretary Hu Jintao at the party's congress in autumn of 2012. We believe Xi needs to realize the significance of China's relations with Japan.
　党中央委総会では、習近平国家副主席が、中央軍事委員会副主席に選出された。習氏が２０１２年秋の次期党大会で、胡錦濤総書記の後継者となることが確実になった。習氏は対日関係の重要性を理解する必要があるだろう。

Early this month, Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao confirmed in Brussels that they would promote a strategic, mutually beneficial relationship between their countries. However, if anti-Japan demonstrations continue to happen frequently in China, efforts to mend bilateral relations might fail. Chinese leaders' stance on the matter is being tested.
　日中両首脳は今月上旬のブリュッセルでの会談で、戦略的互恵関係の推進を確認したばかりだ。だが、反日デモが頻発するようでは関係修復は頓挫しかねない。中国指導部の姿勢が問われている。

(From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 19, 2010)
（2010年10月19日01時30分 読売新聞）

The Yomiuri Shimbun (Oct. 19, 2010)
Low-cost carriers will ignite airfare war
格安航空参入　本格化する「空」の価格競争（10月18日付・読売社説）

Foreign low-cost carriers (LCCs) are lining up to enter the Japanese market. They are catching the eyes of customers by offering ultralow fares--for example, 5,000 yen for Haneda-Kuala Lumpur flights and 4,000 yen on the Ibaraki-Shanghai route.
　羽田―クアラルンプール５０００円、茨城―上海４０００円――。
　こうした超割安運賃を売り物に、海外の格安航空会社が相次いで日本市場に進出している。

Airfares in Japan are said to be the highest in the world. Intensified price competition will be ringing alarm bells at major domestic airlines, which have provided service to passengers calculated on the premise of charging high airfares.
　航空料金が世界で最も高いと言われる日本に価格競争の波が押し寄せれば、高額運賃を前提に手厚いサービスを競ってきた国内航空大手にとって脅威となろう。

The advance into Japan by these carriers is expected to stimulate demand for air travel among passengers--especially young people--who are sensitive to fares, thereby attracting visitors from Asia and elsewhere. We hope these carriers' full entry into the Japanese market will help revitalize the national economy.
　だが、価格に敏感な若者層など新たな航空需要を開拓し、アジアなどからの訪日客を誘致する呼び水ともなる。本格参入を日本経済の活性化につなげたい。

LCCs now fly about 40 percent of all passengers in the United States and Europe and nearly 20 percent in Asia. Their trademark management strategy is to offer rock-bottom airfares by slashing operating costs.
　格安航空は、欧米で利用客の約４割、アジアで約２割を占めるまでに成長している。特徴は、低料金を実現するために、運航費用を徹底的に削減する手法にある。

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Cost-cutting efforts

These airlines keep a lid on maintenance costs by using a limited number of aircraft models and maximizing flight numbers by shuttling between destinations with a short turnaround time. They crimp on personnel costs by making cabin crew clean the aircraft. Seats are squeezed close together and passengers must pay for in-flight meals and movies.
　機種を統一して整備費を抑え、短時間の折り返し運航で便数を増やす。客室乗務員に清掃も担わせるなどして人件費を減らす。座席の間隔は狭く、機内食や映画鑑賞などは有料だ。

Australia's Jetstar Airways, South Korea's Jeju Air and China's Spring Airlines are already here, and Malaysia's AirAsia--the largest low-cost carrier in Asia--will start operating in Japan in December. This is expected to crank up competition among LCCs.
　日本には、豪ジェットスター、韓国チェジュ、中国・春秋などに続き、アジア最大手マレーシア・エアアジアが１２月に就航し、競争は一気に激化するとみられる。

Regular international flights will resume at Haneda Airport late this month for the first time in 32 years with the completion of a new runway. The number of departure and arrival slots at Haneda and Narita airports will expand to 750,000 a year--1.5 times the current figure--in three to four years.
　１０月末から３２年ぶりに羽田の国際定期便が復活する。新滑走路が完成するためで、成田を含めた発着枠は３～４年後に年間７５万回と現在の１・５倍に拡大する。

The planned increase in slots will have the LCCs rubbing their hands with glee. Their entry into Japan had been hampered by the restricted number of available slots.
　格安航空にとっては、参入を阻んでいた発着枠に余裕ができることが追い風だ。

To counter the arrival of foreign LCCs, All Nippon Airways will establish Japan's first full-scale LCC this year and start service next fiscal year. Japan Airlines, which is struggling to reconstruct itself after filing for court-administered bankruptcy early this year, also is contemplating launching an LCC.
　こうした動きに対抗し、全日本空輸は日本初の本格的な格安航空を年内に設立し、来年度から運航を始める。再建中の日本航空も検討に入っている。

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Change concept

Some observers have suggested the Japanese LCCs will steal passengers away from their parent airlines. But domestic airlines will fall behind foreign LCCs in attracting Asian passengers and also lose Japanese passengers to them if they sit idly by. ANA and JAL must overhaul their deep-seated, high-cost management mind-set and promote their low-cost business in earnest.
　本体と顧客を奪い合う懸念もあるが、このままではアジア客の取り込みで後れを取るだけでなく、日本人客も奪われかねない。高コスト経営に慣れきった発想を改め、積極的に取り組むべきだ。

LLCs have not found a foothold in the Japanese market because this nation's civil aviation policy paid more heed to the intentions of domestic airlines sticking with high fares than to passengers.
　格安航空がこれまで日本に浸透しなかったのは、航空政策が、利用者より、高額料金にこだわる国内航空会社の意向を優先してきたからだろう。

We think the government should reinforce its policy support of LCCs as this will enhance the international competitiveness of domestic airlines and promote Japan as a tourism-oriented country.
　政府はこの際、国際競争力の向上と観光立国を推進する観点からも、格安航空に対する政策支援を充実させる必要がある。

The government must consider lowering the expensive landing fees that have rankled foreign airlines, build terminals exclusively for LCCs and deregulate the fare system so fares can be set flexibly. Needless to say, the industry must be closely supervised to ensure that passenger safety is never compromised.
　各国の航空会社から批判が強い高額な着陸料の引き下げ、専用ターミナルの建設、価格設定を弾力化できる運賃制度の規制緩和などが検討課題となろう。安全が確保されているかどうか、監視の徹底は言うまでもない。

(From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 18, 2010)
（2010年10月18日01時28分 読売新聞）

The Yomiuri Shimbun (Oct. 18, 2010)
Formulate rules to protect gift of nature
生物多様性会議　自然の恵み守るルール作りを（10月17日付・読売社説）

International cooperation is indispensable to protect the Earth's natural environment, which is inhabited by a vast array of organisms.
　様々な生き物が生息する地球の自然環境を守っていくためには、国際的協調が欠かせない。

The 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) kicks off in Nagoya on Monday to discuss related measures. About 190 countries and regions will participate.
　その方策を話し合う生物多様性条約の第１０回締約国会議（ＣＯＰ１０）が１８日から名古屋市で開幕し、約１９０の国・地域が参加する。

It is an urgent task to head off the ecosystem destruction currently under way across the globe. We hope COP10 will serve as a catalyst toward this end.
　緊急の課題は、世界的に進む生態系の破壊を食い止めることだ。ＣＯＰ１０が、そのきっかけとなることを期待したい。

Biodiversity is a keyword of the conference, but it is unfamiliar to most people.
　生物多様性――。これが会議のキーワードだが、一般にはなじみが薄いのが現状だろう。

The Earth's organisms are interconnected and interdependent. Microbes fertilize soil on which trees grow. Berries and fruits on the trees are precious food for animals.
　地球上の生き物は、それぞれにつながりを持ち、依存し合って生きている。微生物が土壌を豊かにし、そこに樹木が育つ。その樹木の実は、動物の貴重な餌になる、というわけだ。

Of course, seafood and grains on our table also are a gift of nature.
　もちろん、我々の食卓に上る魚介類や穀物なども、自然の恵みそのものだ。

This natural cycle is predicated on the continued existence of a wide variety of organisms, believed to number in the tens of millions. We must protect this biodiversity and maintain the environment for its sustainable future use.
　こうした自然のサイクルは、数千万種とされる多種多様な生き物がいるからこそ成り立つ。この生物多様性を守り、将来も我々が持続的に利用できる環境を保持していかねばならない。

Halting biodiversity loss

However, it is said that as many as 40,000 kinds of organisms go extinct on Earth each year. This is partly due to a decline in tropical forests, host to a plethora of life forms, because of development by humans.
　だが、地球上では毎年、４万種もの生物が絶滅していると言われている。生物の宝庫である熱帯林が開発により減少していることなどが原因とされる。

Therefore, setting a concrete target to stop this biodiversity loss likely will be the focus of attention at the Nagoya conference.
　このため、名古屋会議では多様性の損失を食い止めるための具体的な目標設定が焦点となろう。

The European Union is calling for a target of halting biodiversity loss by 2020, but developing countries that want to place priority on development insist on a more moderate goal.
　欧州連合（ＥＵ）は「２０２０年までに損失を止める」との目標を求めているが、開発を優先したい途上国側は、より緩やかな目標設定を主張している。

We hope countries will cooperate to reach a realistic agreement to tackle the problem.
　各国が協力して取り組める現実的な着地点を見いだしたい。

Another contentious issue on the COP10 agenda is formulating rules on how profits should be apportioned to developing countries if companies in advanced countries make pharmaceuticals using animals, plants or microbes taken from developing countries.
　先進国の企業が、途上国原産の動植物や微生物を利用して医薬品などを製造した際、その利益を原産国にどう配分するか。このルール作りも大きな論点だ。

Biological resources help our life in a variety of ways. For example, Madagascar periwinkle originally from Madagascar is used as a compound in making anticancer agents.
　マダガスカル原産のニチニチソウが抗がん剤の原料に使われるなど、生物資源は我々の生活の様々な面で役に立っている。

Bridging the divide

However, a wide gap exists between developing countries, which demand a larger share of the lucrative profits from their biological resources, and advanced nations, which want to reduce profit-sharing out of concern over an increased burden on drugmakers.
　しかし、ここでも、より多くの利益配分を求める途上国と、企業の負担増を懸念し、配分を抑えたい先進国の溝は深い。

The Convention on Biological Diversity, together with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, are called "twin treaties."
　生物多様性条約と、温室効果ガスの排出を削減させる気候変動枠組み条約は「双子の条約」と呼ばれる。

Yet the reality is that in either case, the tug-of-war between advanced countries and developing countries keep discussions from progressing.
そのどちらも、先進国と途上国の対立が議論の進展を阻んでいるのが現状だ。

The diplomatic and organizational abilities of COP10 chair Japan will be put to the test in Nagoya, as attention focuses on whether the conference will be able to draw up fair and equitable rules.
　名古屋会議で公平なルールを策定できるのか。議長国である日本の手腕が問われる。

(From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 17, 2010)
（2010年10月17日01時06分 読売新聞）

2010/10/16
--The Asahi Shimbun, Oct. 15
EDITORIAL: Lessons from Chile
チリ落盤の教訓―資源得るリスク直視を

People all over the world held their breath as they watched the dramatic rescue of the Chilean miners and then breathed a collective sigh of relief as they were reunited with their families.
　家族との対面に至る救出の一部始終を世界中が息をのんで見つめ、胸をなで下ろした。

All of the 33 miners were trapped 700 meters underground when the copper mine in northern Chile collapsed in early August. They were lifted safely to the surface after being stuck in a tunnel for 69 days.
南米チリ北部の鉱山で、地下約７００メートルに閉じこめられていた作業員３３人が全員、６９日ぶりに無事地上に戻ってきた。

It was a rescue drama that will be remembered by posterity. It was made possible by good judgment and effective leadership from a veteran miner, fine teamwork among the miners, the family love that supported them throughout the ordeal, aid offers from around the world, and the tenacious efforts and technological prowess of the rescue team that accomplished a dangerous mission.
　地下のリーダーの的確な判断と指導力、作業員のチームワーク、それを支えた家族愛、世界中から差し伸べられた支援の手。危険を伴う作業を成し遂げた救出チームの努力と技術力、まさに歴史に残る救出劇だった。

Behind the accident, however, lies a daunting challenge for today's world: soaring global demand for resources driven by the robust economic growth of China and other emerging countries, as well as the decreasing availability of those resources.
　だが、今回の事故の背景を見れば、世界が直面している課題が浮かび上がってくることも無視できない。
　中国など新興国の経済成長を背景とした資源需要の世界的な急増と、そうした資源がますます手に入れにくくなっているという現実である。

Chile has the world's largest copper reserves and is the largest producer of the metal. It has the world's largest open-pit copper mine, which stretches more than 4 kilometers and attracts droves of tourists, as well as many smaller mines.
　チリは、世界一の銅の埋蔵国、そして生産国だ。世界最大の露天掘りの銅山が４キロ以上にわたって広がり、観光名所となっている所があれば、規模の小さいものも少なくない。

The San Jose mine, where the accident occurred, is one of those medium- to small-sized mines. Its safety has been repeatedly called into question, and it was shut down following a fatal explosion in 2007. The mine was reopened in summer 2008 as copper prices shot up.
　事故のあったサンホセ鉱山は、そんな中小の銅鉱山の一つで、安全面での問題がしばしば指摘され、２００７年に爆発事故で死者を出し、閉鎖されていた。ところが、銅価格の急騰で、０８年夏に操業を再開した。

It is hard to deny that the mining was resumed hastily without enough effort to deal with safety concerns. In the August accident, as much as 700,000 tons of rock collapsed. After years of serious effort to improve safety at large mines across the globe, the rock fall surprised many industry observers, who say such a large-scale mine cave-in is now almost unthinkable.
　安全面で問題を抱えたまま操業を急いだ面が否めない。今回の事故では約７０万トンもの岩石が崩れ落ちた。大規模な鉱山では安全対策が進み、近年ではこうした大規模な落盤事故はまず考えられないと驚く関係者も多い。

Demand for copper and other metals is perking up as the world economy recovers from the global recession triggered by the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008. In particular, China, where demand for copper started growing sharply in the late 1990s, now accounts for about a third of global demand. As a result of the explosive growth of demand, copper prices have skyrocketed.
　銅などの金属の需要は、世界経済がリーマン・ショック後の落ち込みから回復するとともに急増している。とりわけ中国では、銅の需要は１９９０年代後半から急増し、世界の約３分の１を占める。その結果が価格の高騰だ。

Higher prices make even poor-quality mines economically viable. The trend in recent years has been toward deeper and poorer-quality mines.
　価格が上がれば、条件の悪い鉱山でも採算が合うようになる。より深く、より悪条件の場所へ。

The San Jose mine was reopened against this backdrop.
まさに今回のような鉱山が登場することになる。

The world's dependence on China for supplies of rare earth metals, which are indispensable for manufacturing a wide range of high-tech products, is attracting much international attention.
But there is also no room for optimism about the future outlook of such common metals as copper, aluminum and lead. There are few alternatives for copper, an essential material to produce electric wires, and many of the easy-to-operate copper mines have already been developed.
　中国頼みの希少資源としてレアアースが注目されているが、銅やアルミニウム、鉛などの金属についても決して将来を楽観できない。電線に欠かせない銅などは代替品も少なく、採取の容易な鉱山はかなりの部分がすでに開発済みである。

Mining-related accidents are, unfortunately, not a rarity. More effort should be made to expand international cooperation, not just in dealing with accidents once they occur, but also to prevent accidents by implementing proper safety measures.
　世界的には、資源採掘をめぐる事故は珍しくない。今回示されたような事故後の国際協力ばかりでなく、事故防止の安全策にも力を合わせたい。

It is also necessary to take steps to prepare for the eventual depletion of these natural resources. It will become increasingly important in the coming years to make more efficient use of limited resources and expand their reuse. Japan has a significant role to play in promoting such efforts.
　天然資源だから、いずれ枯渇することも考えておかなければならない。限られた資源を有効に使うこと、そして再利用がますます重要になる。日本の役割は決して小さくない。

The U.S. administration of President Barack Obama has approved the lifting of the moratorium on deepwater oil drilling imposed after the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also vital to minimize the environmental impact of underground mining and resource development projects.
　米オバマ政権は、流出事故を起こした海底油田の操業再開にゴーサインを出した。地下資源の採取は、環境への影響を最小限に抑えることも大切だ。

The Yomiuri Shimbun (Oct. 16, 2010)
Japan-S. Korea navy ties needed to contain North
海上阻止訓練　「北の核」包囲へ日韓協力深めよ（10月15日付・読売社説）

Our world would immediately be put at risk if ships carrying nuclear weapons and nuclear-related goods were free to sail wherever they wanted. Nations around the world must join hands to stop such unrestricted conduct.
　核兵器やその関連物資を積んだ船舶が自由気ままに航行するのを許しておけば、世界はたちまち危険きわまりない状況に陥ってしまう。国際社会は協力して、これを阻止しなければならない。

The latest maritime interdiction drill performed in waters off Busan, South Korea, was an example of the kind of cooperation that can be facilitated by the international community.
　昨日、韓国・釜山沖で実施された韓国主催の海上阻止訓練は、そうした国際協力の実例である。

The two-day exercise that ended Thursday was organized by South Korea in accordance with the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), a U.S.-led program involving 96 nations to prevent the further spread of weapons of mass destruction. Four nations took part in the training--Japan, South Korea, the United States and Australia.
　米国が主導して世界９６か国が参加・協力している大量破壊兵器拡散阻止構想（ＰＳＩ）に基づき、日韓米豪の４か国が参加した。

The exercise included a drill in which two destroyers from the Maritime Self-Defense Force played a leading role in halting and searching a vessel in cooperation with two South Korean Navy destroyers and a U.S. Navy aegis-equipped destroyer. The drill was based on a scenario in which the searched ship was carrying suspicious freight.
　訓練では、日本の海上自衛隊の護衛艦２隻が、韓国海軍の駆逐艦や米国海軍イージス艦とともに、疑わしい貨物を積んだ船舶を停止させ船内を捜索する演習で、主要な役割を担った。

Over the years, the MSDF and the South Korean Navy have joined a large U.S. Navy exercise off the coast of Hawaii, known as RIMPAC.
　海自と韓国海軍は、遠いハワイ沖での米海軍主催の環太平洋合同演習（リムパック）には、ともに参加してきた。

However, this latest event was the first of its kind in which Japan and South Korea sent ships for a multilateral drill in waters close to their shores.
　だが、近海での多国間訓練にそろって艦船を派遣したのは今回が初めてである。

Shared threat

The two nations have long adhered to their respective perceptions of history. This has probably been a factor behind the cautious attitude both nations have toward bilateral security cooperation.
　過去の歴史へのこだわりが、日韓両国が安全保障の協力に慎重だった一因でもある。

However, a deepening threat posed by North Korea has changed all this.
　それを変えたのは、深刻化する北朝鮮の脅威だ。

Immediately after the reclusive state conducted a second nuclear test in May 2009 despite condemnation by the international community, South Korea said it would fully join the PSI. Seoul's decision to take the lead in organizing this month's maritime drill came after it concluded the sinking of a South Korean Navy patrol boat in March was caused by a torpedo attack by the North.
　韓国は、昨年５月、北朝鮮が２度目の核実験を強行した直後にＰＳＩへの全面参加を表明した。今年３月の韓国海軍哨戒艦沈没事件では、北朝鮮の魚雷攻撃によると結論づけた後、今回の海上阻止訓練の主催に踏み切った。

North Korea--a country that has relentlessly pursued nuclear arms and ballistic missiles--is the greatest element of instability in East Asia.
　東アジア最大の不安定要因は、核兵器や弾道ミサイルの開発をやめようともしない北朝鮮だ。

Pyongyang has declared it will bolster its nuclear deterrent, despite an economy facing imminent collapse. The hermit nation has also entered a period of transition, in which Kim Jong Un is being positioned as the heir apparent to his father, supreme leader Kim Jong Il, in what would be the third generation of the Kim family to hold power.
　民生経済が破綻(はたん)する中、「核抑止力の強化」を宣言し、金正日総書記から正恩氏への特異な「３代世襲」の権力移行期に入った。

Keep up intl pressure

The international community should not drop its guard with respect to North Korea, which exports ballistic missiles to earn foreign cash, and imports materials and commodities needed to develop nuclear weapons and missiles.
　北朝鮮が外貨稼ぎのために弾道ミサイルを輸出したり、核やミサイル開発に必要な関連物資を輸入したりすることへの警戒を、国際社会は怠ってはなるまい。

The U.N. Security Council has adopted a resolution against North Korea imposing an embargo on WMDs and goods related to the production of such arms, while also requesting member states to inspect vessels connected to North Korea suspected of carrying such cargo.
　北朝鮮に対しては、大量破壊兵器とその関連物資などの禁輸と、それを積載した疑いのある船舶の検査を各国に要請した国連安全保障理事会の決議が存在する。

We believe it is essential to continue PSI-based maritime interdiction drills to ensure the U.N. resolution blocks Pyongyang's WMD ambitions.
　安保理決議の実効性をあげるためにも、ＰＳＩに基づく海上阻止訓練の積み重ねが大切だ。

There is a limit to what can be achieved through such exercises, given the need to obtain consent from the nation a ship belongs to when a cargo inspection is deemed necessary in international waters. North Korea cannot be expected to accept such inspections. Still, carrying out multilateral maritime interdiction drills can do much to strongly deter the unpredictable regime from proliferating WMDs.
　公海での貨物検査には船籍国の同意が必要で、北朝鮮が応じるはずがないという限界はあろう。だが、強い牽制(けんせい)効果はある。

Further progress in advancing cooperation between Japan and South Korea in this area will increase trust between the two nations, as well as improve collaboration between Tokyo, Seoul and Washington as they stand up to the challenge Pyongyang presents.
　日韓が協力を進めることで互いの信頼は深まる。それが日米韓の連携を一層強化し、北朝鮮の挑発を抑止することにつながる。

(From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 15, 2010)
（2010年10月15日01時21分 読売新聞）