Japan's Prime Minister says he hopes to hold talks with Russia's President on the sidelines of the uocoming G20 summit.
Senior executives of Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, and Renault have expressed the commitment to the unity of their alliance.
South Korea's Supreme Court has ordered the Japanese firm to pay compensation to South Koreans who said they were forced to work in Japan during World War Two.
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Key words : Abe hopes to talk
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left for Argentina to attend the Group of 20 summit, which opens Friday.
Abe told reporters before departing on Thursday that he hopes to have in-depth talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit to move toward peace treaty negotiations.
Abe is also scheduled to hold separate talks with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The G20 talks come at a time of an ongoing trade war between the US and China.
Abe noted that as host country of next year's G20 summit, Japan hopes to make the case for a stronger free and fair trading system, and for ways to ensure sustained growth of the global economy.
Abe said he hopes to lead the discussions from the vantage of high expectations for Japan.
Following the G20 summit, Abe is set to visit Uruguay and Paraguay. He would be the first Japanese prime minister to visit the South American countries.
He returns to Japan on Tuesday.
Key words : US trade representative
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The US Trade Representative is threatening to take action against China's tariffs on US automobiles. The USTR released a statement days before President Donald Trump meets Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Group of 20 Summit in Argentina.
Robert Lighthizer says China's 40-percent tariff on US automobiles is about one-and-a-half times higher than the US duty on Chinese vehicles.
He describes the country's industrial policies as "aggressive" and "state-directed," and claims they are severely harming US workers and manufacturers. Lighthizer says Washington is continuing to raise these issues with Beijing, but it has yet to offer reforms.
Trump plans to raise tariffs from 10 to 25 percent on 200 billion dollars' worth of Chinese imports in January or later, if his meeting with Xi fails to produce results.
Key words : executive for the first time COO
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Executives from Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi Motors have held talks for the first time since the arrest of Carlos Ghosn. They released a statement to say they are 100 percent committed to keeping their alliance intact.
The discussions took place via video conference on Thursday, coinciding with a regular meeting between representatives from the firms in the Netherlands capital, Amsterdam.
Nissan President Hiroto Saikawa, Mitsubishi Motors CEO Osamu Masuko, and Renault COO Thierry Bollore took part.
They released a statement to say the alliance has "achieved unparalleled success in the past 2 decades" and they "remain fully committed" to the tie-up.
At Nissan, there have been growing calls to push for greater autonomy in the firm's relationship with Renault.
One suggestion is to review Renault's 43 percent stake in Nissan. Another is to scrap the rule that reserves at least one of Nissan's top managerial posts for a Renault representative. Both ideas are likely to generate friction between the companies.
Key words : former apparently told
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Former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn has apparently told prosecutors that he arranged a post-retirement payment plan because he worried Nissan workers would be demotivated if they knew about his massive pay.
Ghosn was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of understating his remuneration in the company's securities reports.
Ghosn received annual pay of about 2 billion yen, or about 18 million dollars, before 2010, the year in which Japanese law began requiring disclosure of annual executive remuneration of 100 million yen or more.
Ghosn and Nissan allegedly agreed, starting in 2010, to declare roughly 9 million dollars, or about half his pay, in the firm's yearly report, and Ghosn would receive the undeclared portion after his retirement.
Sources say Ghosn has explained to prosecutors that when Nissan's business was negatively hit by the 2008 global financial crisis, he thought making public his high pay would make Nissan workers lose their enthusiasm for work. Ghosn also said that stance led to the post-retirement package plan.
Ghosn has reportedly acknowledged the existence of the post-retirement payment plan but is saying the arrangement had not been formally decided.
Former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly, who was also arrested, is reportedly saying he handled the post-retirement payment properly in consultation with Japan's Financial Services Agency and outside lawyers.
Key words : no pay
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South Korea's Supreme Court has ordered one of Japan's biggest manufacturers to compensate former Korean workers up to 130,000 dollars each. They said they were forced to work at the factories of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries during World War Two.
Ties between Japan and South Korea have soured since the court handed down a similar ruling last month.
Five Korean men who worked at plants in Hiroshima also alleged they did not receive any medical aid from the company following the 1945 atomic bombing.
They launched their lawsuit nearly 2 decades ago.
The men have all died since that time.
Their families kept pursuing compensation, and would likely receive the 70,000 dollars awarded to each man.
Another set of 5 plaintiffs, including 4 Korean women, launched a lawsuit in 2012.
They say they were forced to work for no pay in Nagoya under harsh conditions.
South Korea's top court awarded them about 100,000 dollars each.
One plaintiff, Kim Sung-joo, said, "I was told I could study at a junior or high school in Japan while working and earning money. I want people in Japan to know the truth."
Last month, South Korea's Supreme Court ordered a Japanese steel maker to pay 4 Korean men nearly 90,000 dollars each.
Japan's government has pushed back against that ruling.
Tokyo says any right to claims was settled completely and finally in 1965, when Japan and South Korea normalized ties.
Seoul has previously said it respects decisions from the country's judiciary. Its government is currently weighing how to deal with the matter alongside experts.
South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that individual workers have the right to seek compensation from Japanese companies for wartime labor.
More than 10 other lawsuits are working their way through lower courts.
Key words : Kono
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has called the South Korean Supreme Court ruling extremely regrettable and totally unacceptable.
South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to compensate Korean men who say they were forced to work in factories in Japan during World War Two.
Kono said in his statement on Thursday that the ruling obviously violates a 1965 agreement between Japan and South Korea that settled the issue of the right to seek compensation. He said the ruling inflicts unjustifiable damages and costs on the Japanese company and overturns the legal foundation of the friendly and cooperative relations the 2 countries have developed since they normalized diplomatic ties in 1965.
Kono reiterated his demand that South Korea take appropriate measures, including immediate actions to remedy such breach of international law.
He said if such measures are not taken, Japan will examine all possible options, including filing a complaint with an international court, and take resolute actions to protect legitimate business activities by Japanese companies.
The Foreign Ministry has summoned the South Korean Ambassador to Japan to protest the ruling.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries issued a statement calling the ruling extremely regrettable and a violation of the bilateral agreement.
Key words : UN nuclear agency
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The UN nuclear agency is holding a ministerial conference in Vienna to discuss ways to promote the peaceful use of nuclear power.
The International Atomic Energy Agency opened the 3-day meeting in the Austrian capital on Wednesday. Ministers and other top officials from 60 of the agency's 170 member states are attending the conference.
In his opening speech, the IAEA Director General, Yukiya Amano, stressed the importance of using nuclear science and technology for peaceful purposes.
Amano said developing countries are especially interested in how the IAEA can help them to grow more food, treat cancer, manage water supplies, protect the oceans and monitor climate change.
The ministerial conference, the first of its kind, is being co-chaired by Japan's Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister, Kiyoto Tsuji, and Costa Rica's Foreign Minister, Epsy Campbell Barr.
The participants adopted a declaration in which they acknowledged the role of the IAEA in facilitating free access to the peaceful uses of atomic energy and the transfer of nuclear technology.
Tsuji disclosed the Japanese government's plan to contribute about 1.4 million dollars to the IAEA.
Key words : myanmar rights
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Rohingya Muslims in Japan say Myanmar's government must be urged to protect the rights of the minority group.
And they're hoping to get support from Japan's government and citizens.
The call came from a representative of a Burmese Rohingya Association in Japan during a speech in Tokyo.
Haroon Rashid left Myanmar more than 2 decades ago and is now a Japanese citizen.
He says his siblings are currently living in harsh conditions at a Bangladesh refugee camp.
He asked the audience to give pressure to the Myanmar government to protect their human rights.
More than 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar in the wake of a crackdown by security forces in Rakhine State last year.
UN investigators have concluded that Myanmar's military carried out genocide and crimes against humanity -- allegations rejected by the country's government.
A plan to begin repatriating refugees stalled earlier this month amid ongoing safety concerns.
Rashid said Myanmar's government must restore citizenship to the Rohingya and ensure their safety in order to resolve the issue.
Key words : ten Japanese traditional
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Ten Japanese traditional events involving costume-wearing deities will now be recognized as part of the world's cultural heritage.
A UNESCO committee decided to add the rituals to its list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The traditions are held in different parts of Japan. They feature people wearing masks and costumes depicting deities from Japanese folklore.
The supernatural beings are said to visit communities to usher in the New Year or new seasons by bringing happiness and good luck.
One of the best known is Namahage of the northern prefecture of Akita.
Scary-looking deities go house to house to drive away bad luck and warn children not to be lazy.
The rituals join a growing list of traditional Japanese cultural practices recognized by UNESCO, including Kabuki theatre and handmade washi paper.
Key words : news key word for today ritual practices as world heritage
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