Key words : new prime first full day
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Japan's new Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide is starting his first full day in office. He says his cabinet is ready to get down to business.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning, Suga said, "I am determined to work hard for the Japanese people and will try to live up to their expectations."
At Wednesday's news conference, Suga reiterated that he will push forward with the efforts his predecessor Abe Shinzo's government had been making. Abe stepped down due to ill health.
Suga added he hopes to revitalize the economy while preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
Suga also revealed his vision for the post-coronavirus era, mentioning the need for further digitalization in an online world.
One departure from Abe will be the end of cherry blossom-viewing parties. Abe was accused of using taxpayers' money to entertain constituents at the annual gathering. Suga said he won't be holding such parties, and vowed to revamp a number of issues from the previous administration.
Reaction to the new prime minister on the streets has been mixed.
One man said he thinks it will be like the stable Abe administration.
A woman said that she wishes there were more women in the cabinet.
Suga already has several major political and diplomatic events in his schedule.
He is expected to deliver a policy speech at an extraordinary session of the Diet in the coming weeks.
A G20 summit in Saudi Arabia and the US presidential election are scheduled for November.
And the country is gearing up preparations for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games set to begin next July.
Key words : disease control
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US President Donald Trump has contradicted the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over when a coronavirus vaccine could be widely available.
CDC Director Robert Redfield told a congressional hearing on Wednesday that he thinks a vaccine will initially be available between November and December.
But he added that it would probably be the late second quarter or third quarter of 2021 when a vaccine will be generally available to the American public.
In a news conference later on Wednesday, Trump said a coronavirus vaccine could be ready in October.
He said at least 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be distributed by the end of this year.
Referring to the CDC director's prediction of vaccine availability, Trump said, "I think he made a mistake when he said that. It's just incorrect information."
With the presidential election less than 2 months away, Trump is eager to show he's working hard to make a vaccine available quickly.
Speaking in his home state of Delaware, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticized Trump's rush for a vaccine ahead of the election.
Biden said political considerations should never distort the approval and distribution of vaccines.
He also said he trusts vaccines and scientists but he doesn't trust Donald Trump.
Key words : Trump vaccine
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US President Donald Trump has stressed that his administration's efforts to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus are going well, and one may be available for Americans in weeks.
Trump made the remark during his appearance on a US TV program on Tuesday. He said, "We're very close to having the vaccine," adding that it could be available in three or four weeks.
He also said, "The previous administration would have taken perhaps years to have a vaccine" because of the approval processes of the US Food and Drug Administration and other authorities.
Observers say Trump wants to showcase his anti-coronavirus achievements in the run-up to the presidential election in November, and US pharmaceutical companies may be under political pressure to speed up applications for approval.
Key words : jetstar
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200917_16/
Budget airline Jetstar Japan is struggling to absorb the plunge in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Management has asked 200 pilots and 400 cabin crew to take voluntarily retirement, or long-term unpaid leave.
The company doesn't expect a recovery any time soon. Jetstar Japan halved its domestic capacity this month. All of its international flights remain grounded.
Officials warn services could be scaled back even further. Six domestic routes and one international flight linking Kansai airport to Manila face possible cancellation.
Another low-cost carrier, AirAsia Japan, is also taking drastic measures.
It is suspending all domestic flights once again starting from next month, citing a slower-than-expected recovery. The affected flights operate out of Aichi Prefecture.
The airline resumed Japanese operations last month, but passenger demand hasn't bounced back as hoped.
Key words : report Catherine Kobayashi
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The Democratic nominee for US President has attacked his opponent over the pandemic and social unrest. Now, Joe Biden has found a new source of weakness for Donald Trump: climate change. NHK World's Catherine Kobayashi explains.
Key words : European Union greenhouse
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The European Commission has proposed setting a goal for the European Union to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 from the 1990 levels. That is considerably more ambitious than the current target of a 40 percent reduction.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the proposal at the European Parliament on Wednesday in her first State of the Union address since taking office last year.
Before presenting the target, von der Leyen said, "While much of the world's activity froze during lockdowns and shutdowns, the planet continued to get dangerously hotter."
The commission wants the EU to play a leading role in fighting global warning as the United States says it is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
But it is unclear whether all EU members will support the higher target as some still rely on coal power generation, which produces large amounts of greenhouse gases.
Key words : boeing
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A US congressional inquiry claims that Boeing's "culture of concealment" was to blame for two fatal crashes of the 737 MAX. The jetliner remains grounded throughout the world.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released a final report on Wednesday. The group has spent the last 18 months looking into the accidents.
It claims Boeing put profits over safety while it raced to develop the 737 MAX to compete with new aircraft from Airbus.
The report says Boeing was aware of defects in a system that stabilizes the plane in flight.
Yet it "withheld crucial information" on the problem from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The report also puts blame on aviation regulators.
They are accused of failing to ensure the safety of the traveling public.
Boeing says it has "learned many hard lessons as a company from the accidents."
It remains unclear when the 737 MAX will start flying again.
Key words : athletic
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Lamine Diack, the Senegalese former head of world athletics' governing body, has been sentenced to four years in prison, with two years suspended, for covering up doping by Russian athletes.
The former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, now called World Athletics, faced corruption and other charges.
A French court on Wednesday ruled Diack solicited or accepted some 3.2 million euros, or about 3.8 million dollars, in return for concealing the Russian athletes' use of performance-enhancing drugs.
He was sentenced to four years in prison, with two years suspended, and fined 500,000 euros, or 590,000 dollars.
The presiding judge said Diack's actions had "undermined the values of athletics and the fight against doping."
Diack's son, Papa Massata Diack, who faced similar charges, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 1 million euros, or about 1.2 million dollars. The younger Diack was not in court when the judgment was handed down, remaining in Senegal.
French prosecutors are investigating whether the transfer of 2 million dollars from the Tokyo Olympic bid committee to a Singaporean company amounted to a bribe. The company is believed to be related to Papa Massata Diack.
Key words : weather Tsietsi Monare
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