Japan plans to urge South Korea to respond appropriately to the ruling by its Supreme Court on wartime compensation.
The New Zealand government says the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement will go into effect on December 30th.
Japan's ruling coalition has agreed to have the Diet pass at its current session a bill to allow more foreign workers in Japan.
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Key words : Japan plans to urge
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Japan plans to urge South Korea to respond appropriately to the ruling by its Supreme Court on wartime compensation. But it may ask for international arbitration if bilateral negotiations do not bear fruit.
The South Korean court ordered a Japanese firm on Tuesday to compensate 4 Korean men who say they were forced to work at steel mills during World War Two.
Japan takes the position that the issue of compensation was resolved in an agreement attached to the 1965 treaty that normalized bilateral ties.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the ruling impossible under international law.
Foreign Minister Taro Kono summoned South Korean Ambassador to Japan Lee Su-hoon and said the ruling fundamentally overturns the legal foundation of the friendly bilateral relations.
The Japanese government says it will first examine how the South Korean government responds to the ruling, and enter negotiations so Japanese businesses will not suffer undue disadvantages.
If it appears difficult to settle the issue directly between the 2 countries, the government will consider setting up an arbitration board including a third country, or to take the matter to an international court.
Key words : Kono has urged take a resolute
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has urged South Korea to take a resolute response to the country's Supreme Court ruling regarding wartime compensation.
Kono had a telephone conversation with his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha on Wednesday morning. This comes a day after the South Korean top court ordered a Japanese firm to pay compensation to 4 Korean men.
Kono told Kang that the requisition issue or the right to seek compensation was resolved at the time of normalization of bilateral relations in 1965.
Kono also said that he takes the ruling very gravely, as it fundamentally undermines the legal foundation for a treaty and an agreement, upon which bilateral relations have been based, since the 1965 normalization.
The 2 documents are the treaty on basic relations between Japan and South Korea and the agreement on the right to make claims between the 2 countries.
Kono added that based on the treaty and accord, the South Korean government should take a resolute response, which would not inflict unfair disadvantages to Japanese people and businesses.
After the telephone call, Kono told reporters that if the legal bases were damaged, there could be an impact on bilateral relations.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Seoul said that because the 4 Korean men were forced to work for Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal during Japan's colonial rule decades ago, they have the right to seek compensation. The court ordered the company to pay the men 88,000 dollars each.
Meanwhile, South Korea's Foreign Ministry says the country's foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha has told her Japanese counterpart that the government will study various factors before responding to the Supreme Court ruling regarding wartime compensation.
The ministry said Kang told Kono that the South Korean government will take the next step, after meticulously reviewing matters related to the ruling and considering the full range of relevant factors. She said the government will do so while respecting the decision made by the country's judiciary.
The ministry also said Kang and Kono underscored the need for the 2 countries to continue working together to advance bilateral relations.
Key words : south korea media reacted
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South Korean media outlets have reacted to a Supreme Court ruling regarding compensation for men who worked for a Japanese company during World War Two.
Some have praised the ruling. Others have expressed concerns about future relations between Japan and South Korea.
On Tuesday, South Korea's Supreme Court ordered what is now Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal to compensate 4 South Korean laborers. It says the men were forced to work in Japanese factories during the war.
The court ruled that the plaintiffs' rights to reparation were not terminated by a bilateral treaty signed in 1965.
The Wednesday edition of the conservative Chosunilbo newspaper reported that this is the first Supreme Court ruling, which requires a Japanese firm to compensate wartime laborers. The paper quoted an expert who called it a landmark ruling.
Based on a government survey, the newspaper said there are at least 140,000 South Koreans who may be eligible for the same kind of compensation.
The reformist Hankyoreh newspaper urged both the South Korean and Japanese governments to quickly respond to the ruling. It noted that the wartime laborers are elderly people.
Another conservative newspaper, Korea JoongAng Daily, reported that 2 of the 13 judges on the bench expressed the view that the South Korean government should compensate the laborers.
The paper expressed the concern that the decision could harm relations between Seoul and Tokyo. A former ambassador to Japan, quoted by the paper, warned that the ruling could have a negative impact on bilateral ties.
Key words : new zealand will go into effect 60 days
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The New Zealand government says the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement will go into effect on December 30th.
The announcement comes after ratification by a majority of member countries, 6 of the total 11. Australia was the latest to do so, enabling the pact to come into effect after 60 days.
The others who have already officially joined the TPP are Japan, Mexico, Singapore, New Zealand and Canada.
The 11 countries as a whole account for 13 percent of global GDP. Their pact will lower or eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barriers and create intellectual-property rules.
US President Donald Trump pulled out of the TPP in January 2017.
Since then, the 11 members have been working to revive and finalize the agreement.
Key words : coalition partner have agreed
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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito have agreed to have the Diet pass at its current session a bill to allow more foreign workers in Japan.
Key officials of the LDP and Komeito met on Wednesday to discuss how to proceed with the bill to revise the immigration control law to raise the number of foreign workers from next April.
In the meeting, Komeito officials said they will speed up the procedure in their party so that the Cabinet can approve the bill on Friday.
The two parties confirmed their plan to submit the bill to the Diet soon and work closely so that it is passed in the session.
LDP Diet affairs chief Hiroshi Moriyama told reporters that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may attend the session if the opposition parties require his explanation.
Key words : Tamaki remark
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Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki says he has again called on the central government to hold talks about the relocation of a US military base within the prefecture.
Tamaki's remarks come a day after land minister Keiichi Ishii issued an injunction to allow reclamation work necessary for the relocation. The decision effectively suspended the Okinawa Prefecture's revocation of a landfill permit to construct a new base for the relocation.
Tamaki said he revoked the permit lawfully, as the central government had failed to take action on issues including the recent discovery of a relatively soft and weak seabed in part of the planned relocation site.
He said going ahead with the work without discussing measures to protect the environment would be totally unacceptable.
The governor said that the relocation issue would not be resolved at this rate. He added that he has renewed a proposal for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
Key words : Osaka malaysia
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Key words : major trading house
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Sources say a major Japanese trading house is feeling the effects of China's economic slowdown. Itochu Corporation will likely post about 900 million dollars in losses for a stake in a Chinese company.
The numbers are for the year through March 2019. The losses are despite Itochu's robust overall performance.
The stake is in Citic, China's largest government-affiliated conglomerate, acquired 3 years ago.
Chinese stock prices have been sluggish as the country's economy is losing steam. That has prompted Itochu to review the value of its asset, which is held as shares in Citic's core company.
Itochu has injected a total of about 5 billion dollars in Citic. The tie-up between major Japanese and Chinese companies has been drawing a lot of attention.
Despite the expected losses, Itochu is predicting a record net profit of 4.4 billion dollars for its entire operations in the same period.
The trading house is benefiting from high prices of natural resources, and growing earnings in a wide range of businesses, including textiles and construction.
Key words : driver derailed 18 passengers
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The driver of a high-speed train that derailed in Taiwan and left 18 passengers dead has apologized to their families at a joint memorial service.
The Puyuma Express jumped the tracks in the northeastern county of Yilan on October 21st. More than 200 people were injured in the accident.
On Wednesday, a memorial service was held for 16 of the victims in their home county of Taitung.
As participants were burning incense for the deceased, the train driver entered the funeral hall, knelt down in front of the altar and offered an apology.
The driver was questioned by investigators after the accident and later released.
He was discharged on Monday from the hospital where he had been receiving treatment.
A woman who lost 8 family members, including her parents, told the driver she is glad he survived to explain what happened. She wished him a speedy recovery and urged him to cooperate with the investigation. The driver wept as he promised to do so.
Taiwan's railway authorities are blaming the driver for exceeding the speed limit.
But Taiwanese media have cast doubt on the authorities' management of railways. They point out that trains of the same type as the derailed Puyuma Express are not equipped with remote-controlled safety devices.
A task force commissioned by Taiwan's Cabinet is looking into the cause of the accident.
Key words : Hawaii supreme court
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Hawaii's Supreme Court has approved construction of the world's largest telescope at a summit on the state's Big Island, overturning its decision of 3 years ago.
The ruling on Tuesday allows a resumption of building the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea. The court said astronomy and native Hawaiian uses of the mountain have coexisted for many years, and that the project will not restrict such uses.
The telescope is to have a primary mirror with a 30-meter diameter and a height of 56 meters. Scientists say the telescope could revolutionize the current understanding of the universe by allowing discoveries of stars supporting life outside the solar system or celestial phenomena with clues to how the universe was born.
Native Hawaiians who revere the mountain as sacred have opposed the project. Its construction has been suspended since the court revoked its permit, saying the approval process was flawed.
A motion can be filed within 10 days to review the latest court decision, but opponents appear unhopeful about taking further legal procedures.
The head of the project issued a statement saying the project will pay respect to the island's culture and native Hawaiians, and expressing hope that it will contribute to their future.
Universities and astronomical observatories from 5 countries, including the United States and Japan, are involved in the project.
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