The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee will likely announce on Tuesday his intention to resign when his current term expires in June.
New Zealand's police chief says he's certain only one attacker was responsible for last week's mass-shooting in Christchurch.
Investigative sources say an official of a company operating a ranch in China is suspected of asking a Japanese man to export fertilized eggs of premium wagyu beef cattle.
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Key words : president of the
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The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee will likely announce on Tuesday his intention to resign when his current term expires in June.
Sources told NHK that Tsunekazu Takeda is expected to make the announcement at a JOC board meeting.
Takeda has been facing corruption charges in France related to Tokyo's successful bid for the 2020 Olympics. He headed the bidding committee.
The sources say he is resigning out of consideration for the Games, which begin in 16 months' time.
Prosecutors in France say an investigative judge has been considering whether to indict Takeda since December last year.
Takeda has maintained his innocence throughout. However, calls for his resignation have grown in and outside Japan.
The International Olympic Committee has expressed deep concern about the scandal's potential to negatively impact the Games.
Takeda has refrained from attending IOC meetings since the allegations came to light.
The head of the government's Sports Agency, Daichi Suzuki, refrained from commenting on the situation to reporters on Monday.
Suzuki said Takeda's resignation could have repercussions, but he also stressed that it has not yet been announced. He said the government will cooperate with the JOC and other organizations to ensure a smooth Games.
Key words : New Zealand certain
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New Zealand's police chief says he's certain only one attacker was responsible for last week's mass-shooting in Christchurch. But, he says, the investigation is continuing and police are not ruling out that he had support.
Commissioner Mike Bush said, "This criminal investigation is the largest ever undertaken by the New Zealand police."
Following the attack on two mosques, which killed 50 people and left dozens wounded, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her government will announce tougher gun laws by next week.
She said: "I've already made clear that a number of New Zealanders question the availability of military-style semi-automatic weapons in New Zealand."
Earlier on Monday, Ardern and the country's governor general signed a book of condolences for the victims.
In Christchurch, high school students honored the victims by performing a Haka, a traditional Maori dance.
Schools and offices near the areas where the attacks happened have reopened.
Crowds gathered to pay their respects as the bodies of the victims are being returned to their families.
Many of them were immigrants, including people from Pakistan, Egypt and Jordan. The head of a support group based in Christchurch said one of those killed was a refugee from Syria.
Australian-born Brenton Tarrant has been charged with murder. He allegedly posted a racist manifesto online and live-streamed the killings.
Officials have said it's an offence under New Zealand law to possess or share the footage.
The owner of a gun shop in New Zealand said Tarrant bought four firearms from the store's website, but not the high-powered weapon used in the shootings.
Australian police have executed two search warrants as part of efforts to assist their New Zealand counterparts.
The grandmother of the suspect said she was shocked by the news of his arrest.
Marie Fitzgerald said: "We don't know what to think. You know the media are saying he's planned it for a long time, so he's obviously not of sound mind."
The 81-year-old said her grandson has completely changed since he travelled overseas.
Key words : united states senator
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United States Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat who is known as an active proponent of the "MeToo" movement against sexual harassment, has declared her candidacy for the 2020 presidential race.
The New York senator, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, made the announcement on Sunday, releasing a video entitled "Brave Wins."
She says in the video that "brave doesn't pit people against one another, brave doesn't put money over lives, brave doesn't spread hate, cloud truth, build a wall."
She urged people to "take back our democracy."
52-year-old Gillibrand has been a senator for the state of New York since 2009, taking up Hillary Clinton's seat when she was named Secretary of State.
Currently, more than 10 Democrats are seeking the party's nomination.
Opinion polls show former Vice President Joe Biden, who has not declared his candidacy, is favorite among the list of potential Democratic candidates.
At a Democratic gathering on Saturday, Biden almost admitted he is running for president, with a slip of tongue.
He is expected to make the decision soon to join the nomination race.
Key words : Trump criticism
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US President Donald Trump is ramping up his criticism of General Motors for its decision to shutter a manufacturing plant in Ohio.
He tweeted on Sunday that he had spoken with Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, about the plant in Lordstown, Ohio.
He wrote he is not happy that the plant is closed when everything else in the United States is booming.
Trump wrote that the CEO blamed the labor union, but that he doesn't care and just wants it open.
On Saturday, he praised Toyota Motor, tweeting that the Japanese carmaker is investing 13.5 billion dollars in the United States.
In the same tweet, he urged General Motors to get the Ohio plant open, whether in a different form or with a new owner. He added that the company must act quickly.
In the 2016 presidential election, Ohio was one of the key swing states in the Rust Belt that powered Trump's victory.
Trump's criticism of General Motors is taken as a gesture, with the 2020 presidential poll in mind, to underline his efforts to secure jobs in a region that has experienced manufacturing decline.
Key words : investigative sources
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Investigative sources say an official of a company operating a ranch in China is suspected of asking a Japanese man to export fertilized eggs of premium wagyu beef cattle.
Japanese police arrested Osaka-based restaurant owner Yusuke Maeda and his acquaintance Toshiki Ogura earlier this month.
Police suspect the two tried to export fertilized wagyu eggs and sperm to China last year without having them undergo legally required quarantine.
Ogura carried the eggs and sperm in about 360 straw-shaped containers to Shanghai by ferry at Maeda's request. But he failed to get through customs there. Investigators seized the items upon his return to Japan.
Police quote Maeda as saying he attempted exporting the eggs at the request of his Chinese acquaintance but he did not know his conduct was illegal.
Sources say police have analyzed Maeda's mobile phone records and now suspect that an official of a firm running a ranch in China's Hainan Province asked him to export the eggs.
The company's website reads that it has introduced a wagyu breed by using sophisticated techniques such as transplants of fertilized eggs.
Police suspect that the company official had made similar requests in the past.
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Key words : Ethiopian black box
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Ethiopia's transport minister says black box data recovered from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed earlier this month shows "clear similarities" with a crash in Indonesia last year involving the same type of aircraft.
Speaking to AFP and other reporters on Sunday, Dagmawit Moges said the parallels will be the "subject of further study during the investigation."
The announcement comes after France's BEA air safety agency said on Sunday that it provided the Ethiopian side with data retrieved from the black box flight and voice recorders.
The French agency has been analyzing the recorders at the request of the Ethiopian government.
The Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft crashed near the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all 157 people onboard.
Last October, a Lion Air jet of the same model as the Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed off the coast of Indonesia, killing 189 people.
Carriers and governments around the world have been suspending flights of the same model.
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg issued a statement on Sunday.
It said, "Boeing continues to support the investigation, and is working with the authorities to evaluate new information as it becomes available."
The statement adds, "We also continue to provide technical assistance at the request of and under the direction of the National Transportation Safety Board, the US Accredited Representative working with Ethiopian investigators."
Key words : Two Japanese find innovative
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Two Japanese companies are working together to find innovative ways of using 5G mobile communications technology. Japan Airlines and telecom company KDDI are conducting tests to see how 5G can make airport operations more efficient.
An engineer watches a live feed showing airplane parts being repaired at another site. The images come from an ultra-high definition 4K camera attached to a colleague's helmet.
They're relayed to the first engineer via a 5G network that can carry massive amounts of data at high speed. The next-generation technology lets him see details like very small machine parts.
Another test involves a touchless entry system at boarding gates.
A passenger carries a tablet, the gates open when 5G antennas pick up ticket information from the device.
A JAL official says 5G technology will make it possible to develop all sorts of services.
The company plans to conduct a wide range of tests to find ways to apply the technology in various areas.
Japanese mobile carriers plan to launch 5G services next year.
Key words : Nissan reviewing
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Nissan Motor has been reviewing its management structure in light of the accusations leveled at former Chair Carlos Ghosn. As part of that effort, the automaker convened a panel with 3rd-party experts for the fourth time on Sunday.
It's apparently looking to create stronger roles for outside directors on the company's board.
Sources say some panel members want an independent entity to decide executive compensation and appointments to the board. That's to give outside board members more say on those matters.
The panel is also discussing whether board meetings should be chaired by an outside director, rather than the company chairman.
The goal is to compile a final proposal for the shake-up, at a meeting scheduled for March 27th.
After that, the new management structure will be put to the vote at a shareholders' meeting in June.
Key words : genetic may hit
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