Japan's Foreign Minister has called on the international community to continue exerting pressure on North Korea until it abandons all weapons of mass destruction.
The US President is urging China to lessen its border with the North Korea until a deal is reached on denuclearization.
Japan's Prime Minister has again denied that he has ever spoken about plans to open a veterinary school with the head of the school's operator, who is a close friend.
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Key words : foreign called on
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has called on the international community to continue exerting pressure on North Korea until it abandons all weapons of mass destruction.
Kono made the appeal during a Group of 20 meeting of foreign ministers in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires on Monday.
Kono said it is indispensable for the North to scrap its weapons of mass destruction, including its nuclear weapons, in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.
He stressed that the international community should keep pressuring Pyongyang until it abandons these weapons using the expertise of the International Atomic Energy Agency and other bodies.
Kono also referred to suspected chemical weapons attacks in Syria, stressing the need for an official international framework to deal with such incidents.
The Japanese foreign minister also proposed that nations discuss how to implement high-quality infrastructure projects in line with international standards at the next G20 gathering.
Later at a joint news conference, Kono said that the next G20 meeting for foreign ministers will take place in Nagoya, central Japan, on 22nd and 23rd November next year.
Key words : US urging border
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The unprecedented summit in Singapore would see the 2 countries' leaders meet for the first time. In advance of that, Donald Trump is urging China to tighten its border with the North until a deal is reached on denuclearization.
Trump tweeted the comments on Monday, suggesting the North Korea-China border has become loosely monitored.
He added he wants North Korea to prosper, but only after an agreement on denuclearization.
There have been reports the flow of people and goods across the border has been increasing.
Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with a group of North Korean delegates visiting to study the economy. He told them that his country supports North Korea's plans to improve its economy and the livelihood of its people.
But earlier this month, members of the US Congress sent a bipartisan letter to the Trump administration. They demanded additional sanctions against Chinese banks that continue to do business with North Korea.
Heavy international sanctions were meant to stop many financial transactions with the North.
Key words : Pence
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US Vice President Mike Pence says he is hopeful that dialogue can lead to the denuclearization of North Korea, but warned that if talks fail, the United States still has military options at its disposal.
Pence spoke about North Korea in an interview with Fox News on Monday.
On North Korea's recent threat to cancel the summit with US President Donald Trump, Pence said the US hopes for a peaceful solution and the President remains open to a summit.
But Pence did not rule out the possibility of Trump cancelling the summit himself.
He said the US is not going to tolerate the regime in North Korea possessing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that threaten the United States and its allies.
He indicated that there was no guarantee Kim's regime would stay in place if it did not get rid of all nuclear weapons.
Pence also said that past administrations had been 'played' by the North. He said those administrations offered concessions to the North Korean regime in exchange for promises to end its nuclear weapons program, only to see the regime break the promises.
Pence warned that it would be a great mistake for Kim Jong Un to think he could play Donald Trump.
Key words : international group
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An international group of journalists has arrived in North Korea to cover the shutdown of the country's nuclear test site.
Pyongyang says it will dismantle the Punggye-ri site in the northeast between Wednesday and Friday.
About 20 journalists from the US, Britain, China and Russia flew into Wonsan in the east from Beijing, China, on Tuesday.
They are due to travel to the test site on a special train, which they will also use as their lodging.
North Korea has set up a press center at Wonsan to show foreign media its efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
Pyongyang had initially invited reporters from South Korea to cover the event.
But it subsequently refused to accept a list of the reporters' names.
The move comes as South Korea is trying to serve as a bridge between North Korea and the US ahead of their planned summit in June.
Key words : south disappointed
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South Korea says it is disappointed that its journalists have been left out of an international media delegation that will cover the dismantling of a nuclear test site in the North.
Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon released a statement on Tuesday after North Korea refused to accept a list of South Korean journalists who were to witness the dismantlement.
He said it is disappointing and regrettable that the South Korean media team is not being included in the visit, even though the North had initially extended an invitation.
Cho emphasized that the recent joint declaration between the 2 Koreas calls for honoring all inter-Korean agreements, ending past conflicts and heading toward a new era of conciliation, peace and prosperity.
Cho said he hopes North Korea will take concrete measures to completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and establish peace.
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Key words : prime again denied
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has again denied that he has ever spoken about plans to open a veterinary school in western Japan with the head of the school's operator, who is a close friend.
On Monday, the governor of Ehime Prefecture submitted to the Diet newly found internal documents about the school that opened in April in Imabari city. The school is operated by Kake Educational Institution, which is headed by Kotaro Kake, a close friend of Abe's. This has led to allegations of favoritism.
The new documents detail a report from the school operator to the prefectural government. They say Kake met with Abe in February of 2015, and explained his plans for the veterinary school.
This was before Imabari city applied to open the school under a special deregulation program.
In Tuesday's Lower House plenary session, an opposition lawmaker pointed out that the documents have damaged the credibility of what Abe has been saying in the Diet.
She asked whether Abe is suggesting that officials in Ehime Prefecture were lying.
Abe said he did not meet with Kake on that date. He said he checked records at the prime minister's office and could not confirm a visit by Kake.
Abe added that he has met with Kake on numerous occasions, but they never discussed the veterinary school project.
The opposition is demanding that Kake and Abe's former secretary, Tadao Yanase, testify under oath in the Diet.
Abe refrained from commenting on the matter, saying it is up to the Diet to decide.
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Key words : football player ordered by 3 weeks to heal
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A college American football player who injured an opposing team's quarterback during a game in Tokyo says he was ordered by his coaches to make a controversial late tackle.
On May 6th, the Nihon University defender barreled at the Kwansei Gakuin University quarterback from behind a few seconds after he passed the ball. The quarterback suffered a knee injury that was expected to take 3 weeks to heal.
At a news conference on Tuesday, the player detailed his coaches' instructions. He said that on the day of the game, he asked the head coach to put him in, as he was ready to seriously hurt the quarterback. He added that he did so on instructions he'd gotten from another coach the day before.
The player said the head coach told him his words would be meaningless if he didn't follow through on them. He added that later, when the players were lined up before the game, the coach reminded him that failure was unacceptable.
The player said his mind was blank immediately after the game, and that he did not even realize that the quarterback had been replaced due to his injury. The player said he had never been in such a state.
The quarterback filed a complaint with police on Monday. His father told reporters that he wants to know why the defender did such a dangerous thing.
Nihon University plans to submit the results of its in-house investigation to Kwansei Gakuin by Thursday.
Key words : electric power
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Chugoku Electric Power is seeking the consent of local governments to start the screening process to switch on a new nuclear reactor in western Japan.
The power company's No. 3 reactor at the Shimane Nuclear Power Plant was almost completed before the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. It's in the city of Matsue in Shimane Prefecture.
Under new regulations introduced after the Fukushima accident, the facility must pass a stringent screening process. Local governments must give their consent for the process to go ahead.
Chugoku Electric President Mareshige Shimizu visited the city and the prefectural offices on Tuesday.
Shimizu told Governor Zembee Mizoguchi that the reactor is essential for establishing a stable supply of power, reducing carbon dioxide emissions and stabilizing electricity rates.
The president handed the governor a consent request.
Mizoguchi replied that he will give the prefecture's response after consulting a safety committee whose members include local residents, as well as the prefectural assembly and neighboring municipalities.
This is the second time an operator has begun to start procedures to operate a new reactor since the Fukushima accident.
Meiji University professor Tadahiro Katsuta, who specializes in nuclear power policy, says he believes technological advances have made reactors safer.
But he says other aspects should be considered, including the social circumstances, such as the demand for power and the effectiveness of evacuation plans.
He said residents should be allowed to express their views and time should be given for discussion.
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