2017年11月20日月曜日

at 20:00 (JST), November 20

Japan's Foreign Minister has visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh.

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The mayor of the atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki in western Japan will attend the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, next month.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/upld/medias/en/radio/news/20171120200000_english_1.mp3

Key words : foreign minister visited refugee
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171120_04/
Japan's Foreign Minister has visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh.
Taro Kono inspected the camp, which is near the Myanmar border, on Sunday.
Many minority Rohingya Muslims are staying in the camp, after fleeing the fighting that broke out between government forces and Rohingya militants in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine.
Later in the day, Kono returned to the capital, Dhaka, and held talks with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
They exchanged views on how to provide aid to the Rohingya refugees.
At a news conference after the meeting, Kono said Japan intends to support the talks between the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar, so that the Rohingya can return to their home villages soon.
Explaining the situation at the camp, he reported that 60 percent of the refugees there are children, and that nearly 3 percent of the women are pregnant.
Kono noted that there are acute shortages of water, food and medical aid. He added that educational opportunities need to be made available to the children.
The Foreign Minister said that the international community must work together to improve the situation as soon as possible.
He said Japan is aware that as a nation in the same Asian region, the country needs to exercise leadership in bringing about an early resolution of the problem.

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https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171120_23/
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says the crisis of minority Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar is one of the worst in the world since the 1990s.
Filippo Grandi was speaking in an interview with NHK in Tokyo on Sunday. He talked about difficulties facing more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees in neighboring Bangladesh.
Grandi said that given the size, speed and gravity of the crisis, the world has not seen anything like this since the 1990s. He cited the genocide in the African nation of Rwanda and conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.
He welcomed the Myanmar government's plan to repatriate the refugees.
But he stressed that the international community must help the return process.
For Japan, Grandi expressed hope that the country will play an important role in solving the problem.
He said the UN agency is counting on Japan to be a key messenger relaying to the Myanmar authorities the importance of respecting the Rohingya people's rights.
He suggested Japan can make a political approach as well as offer economic support.

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Key words : nagasaki
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171120_25/
The mayor of the atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki in western Japan will attend the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, next month.
This year's prize goes to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN.
The Nobel Committee invited Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui to the ceremony scheduled for December 10th. Survivors of the 1945 bombings of the 2 cities have also been invited to the ceremony.
Taue has accepted the invitation, while Matsui is arranging his schedule so he can attend.
The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo will hold an exhibition introducing ICAN's activities.
Five items that belonged to atomic bomb victims will be displayed at the exhibition.

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Key words : Japan trade balance
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171120_21/
Japan's trade balance was in the black in October for a 5th consecutive month.
The Finance Ministry released the trade data for last month on Monday. They say the surplus stood at about 2.5 billion dollars.
Exports were up 14 percent in yen terms from a year earlier. This was mainly due to robust exports of cars to Australia and semiconductor-making equipment to China.
Imports rose nearly 19 percent, mostly due to soaring prices of crude oil and oil products.
Japan's trade surplus with the US expanded for a 4th month in a row to 5.7 billion dollars. Japanese manufacturers shipped more excavating machines and parts for aircraft engines.
US President Donald Trump has voiced dissatisfaction over Japan's surplus in trade with the US.
Exports to China surged 26 percent, to 12 billion dollars. That's the highest since January of 1979, when record-keeping began.
Finance Ministry officials cite growing exports of organic EL and liquid-crystal displays for TVs, smartphones, and computers, as well as semiconductor machinery, for the increased figures.

Key words : Tokyo police
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171120_27/
Tokyo police have served a fresh arrest warrant to a man already being detained in connection with 9 dismembered bodies found in his apartment near Tokyo.
Police on Monday served the warrant to Takahiro Shiraishi for the alleged murder of 23-year-old Aiko Tamura in the apartment in Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, on October 23rd.
Investigators say the suspect has admitted to the charge. They quote him as saying that he assaulted Tamura after they had a little chat. But they say Shiraishi refuses to disclose his motive.
Police have learned the victim posted suicidal messages on Twitter and came in contact with the suspect about a month before she was allegedly killed. He reportedly told her they could die together.
On the day of the alleged murder, security cameras at train stations close to the suspect's apartment and the victim's home captured the 2 walking together.
Shiraishi was initially arrested on suspicion of abandoning one of the bodies.
He has admitted to killing all 9 people after he moved in to the apartment in August.
Police are continuing to seek evidence in the deaths of the other 8 victims.

Key words : US military has banned on and off
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171120_28/
The US military in Japan has banned all its service members from drinking both on and off base following a fatal car accident in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.
The military also said on Sunday that its service members in Okinawa are restricted to base and to their residences.
The bans will remain in place until further notice.
The move follows the arrest of US Marine Private First Class Nicholas James MacLean. He is suspected of ramming a vehicle into a small truck on a street in the city of Naha, killing its 61-year-old Japanese driver.
Police say a breathalyzer test showed the Marine's alcohol level was 3 times the legal limit.
Similar measures were taken after a US civilian base worker was arrested on suspicion of killing a woman in Okinawa in May of last year.
The nephew of the deceased man told NHK on Monday that his uncle was very gentle and that he's full of grief over the accident.
The nephew said every time such incidents occur, the US military vows to tighten discipline among its members, but similar accidents happened again.
He said that unless effective measures are taken, there will be no relationship of trust between people in Okinawa and the US military.







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