NHK has learned that former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn has two French passports, and was allowed by a Japanese court to keep one of them in a locked case.
A Taiwanese air force helicopter has made a crash landing near the capital, Taipei, killing a top officer and seven others on board.
Japanese Emperor Naruhito said he is praying for the happiness of people in Japan and the world in his first New Year greetings since taking the throne.
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Key words : carlos two French
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NHK has learned that former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn has two French passports, and was allowed by a Japanese court to keep one of them in a locked case.
Ghosn clandestinely left Japan while out on bail and entered Lebanon on Monday. Lebanese authorities say the man believed to be Ghosn showed a French passport in his name for entry.
Ghosn has been indicted in Japan on charges of financial misconduct. When he was released on bail last April, his lawyers were required to hold his passports.
The lawyers took his passports, issued by France, Brazil and Lebanon, as required under the bail conditions.
Sources say France had issued two passports to Ghosn for some reason, and that the lawyers initially held both of them.
But the sources say the situation changed in May, when the need arose for him to carry a passport.
The lawyers reportedly asked the court to change the conditions of bail, and the court allowed Ghosn to carry one of the two French passports with him in a locked case.
The sources say the lawyers continued to hold the other passports, along with the key to the case.
Sources say the database of the Immigration Services Agency of Japan has no record of Ghosn's departure from Japan.
Ghosn's bail has been revoked. Japanese police and prosecutors are investigating suspicions that he left Japan through unlawful means.
Key words : British newspaper
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A British newspaper says the Lebanese government asked for the return of former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn from Japan, 10 days before he fled to Lebanon.
The article says Lebanese officials deny involvement in Ghosn's escape plans, saying the timing was coincidental.
The Financial Times says Lebanese authorities made a request for Ghosn's return on December 20, when President Michel Aoun met a Japanese state minister for foreign affairs in Beirut.
Ghosn grew up in Lebanon and holds the nation's citizenship.
Ghosn arrived in Lebanon on Monday after jumping bail in Japan, where he has been indicted on charges of financial misconduct.
He was banned from traveling overseas under a condition of being granted bail.
Ghosn insists he fled to escape injustice under what he calls the "rigged Japanese justice system." He has not disclosed how he got away.
The newspaper says his wife Carole, who is also Lebanese, was known to have been lobbying the Lebanese government for help.
It says Beirut had first formulated a request for Ghosn's return a year earlier, but quotes a Lebanese official as saying the timing of the latest call was coincidental.
Japan's Foreign Ministry admits it exchanged views with the Lebanese government but has not released details.
Key words : Ghosn focus immigration
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Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who escaped secretly from Japan to Lebanon earlier this week, plans to meet reporters on January 8.
Attention is focused on whether he will explain how he slipped away while out on bail, without being detected by immigration and other authorities.
Ghosn announced his arrival in Lebanon on Monday. He said he would no longer be "held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system."
Ghosn also said he would be ready to speak to the media starting next week.
Reuters and other news services have quoted his lawyer as saying Ghosn expects to hold a news conference in Beirut.
Media reports say Ghosn's departure was thoroughly planned, and his wife Carole played a major role. But little has been confirmed. There has also been speculation that a private security company was involved.
International observers are also watching whether Ghosn will express his opinion on Japan's justice system, which he has criticized.
Prosecutors and police in Tokyo are expected to launch an investigation into how he made his unauthorized exit in violation of immigration law.
Authorities have learned that a private jet bound for Istanbul left Kansai International Airport in western Japan, at about 11 p.m. on Sunday.
Key words : United Nations
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The United Nations marks the 75th anniversary of its founding this year. It faces increasing challenges in dealing with global warming and weapons build-ups.
The UN was established in October 1945 with the aim of saving future generations from the scourge of war. Representatives from 50 countries signed the Charter, including allied nations that were victorious in World War Two.
UN membership has since increased to 193 states. Their biggest challenge remains global warming.
At the COP25 climate meeting in Spain in December, the UN urged nations to set higher targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. But the conference failed to reach agreement.
In an interview with NHK last month, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said climate change is a crisis today, not a problem for the future.
He has called on the world's governments to be "courageous enough" to face the issue of global warming.
But countries have found it more difficult to unite in tackling global warming since the United States abandoned the Paris Agreement.
International conflicts have also proved increasingly thorny. Divisions between the US, Russia and China have hindered the UN Security Council in presenting effective solutions to international conflicts.
An escalating arms race among the three nations makes the challenge more difficult.
Key words : UN security north
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The UN Security Council's sanctions on North Korea appear at risk of being watered down as China and Russia call for them to be eased.
Since 2006, the Security Council has unanimously adopted sanctions against the North each time it conducts a nuclear test or a ballistic missile launch.
The sanctions include a ban on exports of North Korean coal and the repatriation of North Korean laborers working abroad. They are aimed at cutting off funding for North Korea's weapons programs.
But China and Russia submitted a draft resolution last month to the Security Council, calling for a halt to the return of North Korean workers. They say such a sanction could have a serious impact on people's lives.
It has been confirmed that North Korean workers were still in China and Russia even after the December 22 deadline set by the Security Council.
This effectively means that the two countries have given tacit approval to North Korea earning foreign currency in violation of a sanction resolution.
North Korea's illicit ship-to-ship transfers of refined petroleum products and minerals on the high seas have been also confirmed.
Officials from the UN Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee say such violations are rampant.
The United States and EU nations intend to maintain sanctions unless North Korea takes concrete steps toward denuclearization. China and Russia are strongly demanding that sanctions be eased.
Key words : Moon maintain
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in has said the leaders of North Korea and the United States maintain the will for dialogue. Moon expressed his resolve to develop inter-Korean relations.
Moon was speaking at a New Year's gathering at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul on Thursday.
He mentioned the situation on the Korean Peninsula while denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang remain stalled. The North's leader, Kim Jong Un, has said the world will witness the country's new strategic weapon in the near future.
Moon said peace will not come without action and pledged to make wider efforts to develop inter-Korean relations.
He also vowed to make clear change this year, expressing his commitment to the reform of powerful state institutions.
Moon did not elaborate on what he means by "powerful institutions." But South Korean media say he intends to press ahead with reform of the prosecution service.
Earlier in the day, Moon officially appointed former leader of the ruling Democratic Party Choo Mi-ae as his new justice minister. She is an advocate of prosecution reform.
Confrontation between the presidential office and the prosecution service is expected to intensify further ahead of a general election scheduled for April.
Key words : helicopter
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A Taiwanese air force helicopter has made a crash landing in mountains near the capital, Taipei, killing a top officer and seven others on board.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense says the Black Hawk helicopter went missing in New Taipei City shortly past 8 a.m. on Thursday.
Military personnel and emergency workers searching for the aircraft found it had been badly damaged.
Thirteen people had been on board the helicopter. Eight of them, including Chief of General Staff Shen Yi-ming, have been confirmed dead.
The helicopter was heading for a military base in the island's northeast. It went missing less than 15 minutes after leaving a base in Taipei.
Taiwan's military is looking into what caused the accident.
The crash occurred at a time when campaigning for the January 11 presidential election is underway.
President Tsai Ing-wen, who is seeking reelection, has cancelled her campaign activities for Thursday to deal with the crash.
Her Democratic Progressive Party also announced that it will suspend its election campaign for three days.
Taiwan media are reporting that a helicopter of the same type crashed two years ago, killing six people.
Key words : well-known
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A well-known British journalist predicts the world will become more inward-looking in 2020, putting more emphasis on nations than on globalization.
David Goodhart is the founder of British Prospect magazine and wrote a bestselling book offering an analysis of division in the country. He cited Britain's exit from the European Union scheduled for the end of this month as an example in an interview with NHK.
Goodhart described Brexit as a historical turning point, as the EU will lose a member for the first time after years of expansion.
He said the world is moving into a more centripetal period, in which people will put security and protection above openness and autonomy. He said the world will go through another cycle in another 30 or 40 years.
Goodhart also forecast that 2020 will be a year for the world to anxiously await the outcome of the US presidential election.
He suggested the world will almost certainly argue over US-China trade policy, regardless of who wins the election in the US, because it is a US political class decision and not a Trump decision.
He also expects political populism to rise in many countries, and that many governments will have to revise their policies in the face of alienation from people who feel left behind by globalization.
Key words : stock
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Shanghai stocks hit a near-eight-month high on Thursday, the first trading day of 2020.
Expectations for progress in US-China trade negotiations boosted investor sentiment.
Shares were bought almost across the board from the start of trading.
The Shanghai Composite Index ended the day at 3,085, up 1.15 percent from where it wrapped up last year. That's the highest since April.
Market sources say investors also welcomed Wednesday's announcement by China's central bank that it will cut the reserve requirement ratio for banks to support small and medium-sized companies.
A Japanese securities firm official in Shanghai referenced a financial proverb saying share prices will fluctuate considerably in the year of mouse, this year's zodiac animal.
But he says recent improvements in US-China trade talks and better corporate performances will be bullish factors in the market.
Key words : Naruhito praying join
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Japanese Emperor Naruhito said he is praying for the happiness of people in Japan and the world in his first New Year greetings of the Reiwa era.
The Emperor, who ascended the throne last May, and other members of the Imperial family greeted well-wishers at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday.
He expressed concern about the difficulties many people are facing following last year's typhoons and heavy rains.
He was joined on the palace balcony by Empress Masako, Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko as well as Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino.
It was the first time since the Imperial succession that the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita appeared in public with the Emperor and Empress.
The Imperial Household Agency says more than 68,000 people had visited the palace.
Key words : state guest house awamori
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The garden of Japan's government-owned State Guest House is bustling with visitors after being opened to the public over the New Year holidays.
The guesthouse has been opened to the public to commemorate the first New Year holidays since Emperor Naruhito ascended the throne in May last year, to mark the start of the Reiwa era.
Many families and others showed up at the venue as of 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday, New Year's Day.
They took snapshots of themselves in front of a water fountain and buildings with their smartphones.
Staff welcomed them with beverages, including sake and distilled spirits called shochu and awamori.
Many visitors also lined up to get a close view of a limousine used to carry the imperial couple in Emperor Naruhito's enthronement procession last November.
A woman from Tokyo said she brought her child and her parents, visiting from southwestern Japan, to see the limousine.
She said she foresaw a good year ahead as she was able to see something gorgeous at the start of the year.
The garden will be open to the public through Friday.
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