Key words : LDP who will
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Political factions in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are discussing potential candidates to succeed Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.
The LDP is expected to decide when and how to choose its next leader in a General Council meeting on Tuesday. Discussions on the potential candidates are starting in earnest before the decision comes.
LDP top officials are planning to have its members in both houses of the Diet meet around September 13th to 15th to choose the party's president, who will become the next prime minister of Japan.
LDP Policy Research Council Chairperson Kishida Fumio, and former LDP Secretary-General Ishiba Shigeru have shown interest in running in the party's presidential race.
Some party members are hopeful of a bid by Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide.
Kishida held talks on Sunday with some senior party members, including Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso Taro, and asked for their support.
Kishida intends to formally announce his candidacy once he decides to run. He plans to meet senior members of his faction on Monday and discuss his election pledge.
Ishiba also met his faction's top officials on Sunday. He later told reporters that they granted him discretion to decide whether to run, and said he is willing to do so. He plans to listen to opinions from other members of his faction.
Suga held talks with LDP Secretary-General Nikai Toshihiro and Diet Affairs Committee Chair Moriyama Hiroshi on Saturday. Senior members of Nikai's faction hinted that the group may support Suga if he runs.
Suga has not made it clear if he will run for the party's presidential race. But some LDP members are considering asking him to be a candidate.
A group led by former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hosoda Hiroyuki also held a meeting on Sunday. It is the LDP's largest faction and Prime Minister Abe is from the group.
The faction's senior members agreed to take united action. Some of them argued that the group should put forward its own candidate. They are planning to seek other members' opinions on Monday.
Usually, all LDP Diet lawmakers and party members nationwide vote in the election. But in urgent cases, only LDP Diet legislators plus the representatives of prefectural chapters cast votes.
Some LDP members say the next leader should be elected through votes by all party members. Toward that end they are collecting signatures among the party.
Key words : analyst GDP
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Analysts have updated their projections for Japan's GDP as the impact of the pandemic becomes clearer. They're expecting a return to growth in fiscal 2021, but not before some significant economic pain.
Eight private research firms revised their projections for Japan's economy. The changes come after the country's GDP shrank at an annualized 27.8 percent in real terms in the April-to-June period.
Analysts now expect GDP to shrink from 5.4 percent to 6.5 percent in fiscal 2020. That would mark a record drop, exceeding the downturn in fiscal 2008 amid the global financial crisis.
The eight firms also expect Japan's economy to start growing again in fiscal 2021. The projections range from a 2.7 percent to a 4.8 percent expansion.
But the firms say the recovery will be unusually slow. They believe the coronavirus will continue to limit economic activities. This could worsen the job market and incomes.
Key words : tiktok
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Stringent new restrictions imposed by China on technology exports could stall the sale of the American arm of video-sharing app TikTok by its China-based parent.
United States President Donald Trump ordered TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the US operation, saying TikTok is a national threat as it could share user data with the Chinese government.
China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology on Friday jointly released a revised catalog of technologies that are subject to export bans or restrictions.
It includes the AI technology used in TikTok.
China's state news agency Xinhua reported that careful analysis is needed to see if sales negotiations should stop. It cites a Chinese expert who points out that ByteDance owns AI and data-analyzing technologies that could be subject to the new restrictions.
Another Chinese media outlet reported that ByteDance announced on Sunday that it will strictly abide by the revised rules.
Microsoft is among the companies that have offered to buy TikTok.
Key words : protest unarmed
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Protests are continuing across the US over police brutality. The latest flashpoint is in Wisconsin, where police shot an unarmed Black man in the back last week.
More than a thousand people gathered in front of Kenosha's courthouse to demand justice for Jacob Blake. The 29-year-old Black man was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot seven times at close range by police.
The White House says President Donald Trump will visit Kenosha on Tuesday. But the Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor says now is not the time for Trump to visit, citing his "incendiary remarks" about the situation.
Blake's shooting has added fuel to nationwide protests that were sparked by the killing of George Floyd in police custody in May.
Meanwhile on Saturday, a man was shot dead in Portland, where anti-racism demonstrators clashed with Trump supporters who traveled to the city in a 600-vehicle caravan.
Police have not disclosed the victim's identity. But some media outlets are reporting that he was wearing a hat with the insignia of a far-right group based in Portland. Police are still investigating whether the shooting and the clash between the two groups is connected.
Tensions have been further stoked by Trump's decision in July to dispatch federal law enforcement agents to Portland without the consent of the governor or the city's mayor.
On Sunday, Trump described the mayor as a fool and said the only way to stop violence in the high-crime Democrat-run cities is through strength.
Portland's mayor responded by blaming Trump for his "campaign of fear." He said, "It's you who have created the hate and the division. It's you who have not found a way to say the names of black people killed by police officers, even as people in law enforcement have."
Key words : detained massive
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More than 100 protesters in Belarus have been detained by security authorities during a massive rally against President Alexander Lukashenko.
Demonstrators took to the streets across the country on Sunday. It was the latest in a series of protests in the past three weeks following the August 9 presidential election.
Lukashenko won reelection in the vote, but his opponents say the election was rigged.
An estimated 100,000 protesters gathered in the capital Minsk on Sunday, which was Lukashenko's 66th birthday. They marched through the streets, chanting that celebrations for his birthday will come only after he steps down.
Security authorities said it is an unauthorized protest and started removing demonstrators.
Belarus's internal affairs ministry says 125 people have been detained so far.
The country's presidential office announced on Sunday that Lukashenko talked over the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and they will hold a summit in Moscow in the coming weeks.
Putin calls for a peaceful solution through dialogue to the post-election turmoil in Belarus. But in an interview with the state-run broadcaster on Saturday, he endorsed the result of the presidential election as a show of support for the Lukashenko administration.
Opponents of the administration are becoming increasingly distrustful of Russia.
Key words : tourist almost zero
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With foreign tourist numbers dwindling to almost zero, the coronavirus pandemic has had a massive impact on tourism around Japan. So the hospitality industry is coming up with new approaches to attract visitors. In the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, many hotels are looking to survive through micro tourism, targeting people living nearby as their main clientele.
Key words : saudi
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200831_08/
Students in Saudi Arabia started the new school year from home on Sunday, as in-person classes have been suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Middle Eastern country has seen the daily number of new coronavirus cases remain at around 1,000. The total tally is the second-largest in the region, after Iran.
The government has announced that distance learning measures will be in place for the first seven weeks of the new academic year to prevent the spread of the virus.
A first-year elementary school student in the capital, Riyadh, said she wants to go to school. She added that she will miss meeting her teachers and friends.
The Saudi Arabian government is stepping up efforts to contain the virus, as it will host a Group of 20 summit in Riyadh in November.
Key words : weather Tsietsi Monare
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