Key words : china sharply
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China's embassy in Washington has responded sharply to the joint statement issued on Friday by the leaders of Japan and the United States following their summit.
The embassy released comments made by its spokesperson in response to questions from the media.
The embassy says Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang are China's internal affairs, and the East and South China seas concern China's territorial integrity and maritime rights and interests. It says these matters "allow no interference."
The embassy expressed "strong concern and firm opposition" to comments made in the US-Japan Joint Leaders' Statement.
The embassy says China will firmly safeguard its national sovereignty, security and development interests.
It went on to say that the comments in the joint statement go far beyond the scope of normal development of bilateral relations, and are harmful to the interests of a third party, and to peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific.
It adds that the "scheme of the US and Japan goes against the trend of the times and the will of people in the region." It says the two countries will only end up hurting themselves.
Key words : suga return
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Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide returned to Japan on Sunday afternoon from his first summit with US President Joe Biden in Washington.
During the 4-day visit, he agreed with Biden to oppose China's unilateral attempts to use force to change the status quo in the East China Sea.
They also agreed to strengthen their alliances with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Taiwan was mentioned in a joint statement released after the summit. It was the first time since 1969 that Japanese and US leaders have done that.
It also said the two countries share serious concerns regarding the human rights situations in Hong Kong and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
During the trip, Suga said Japan will clarify its greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030 by next Thursday, when a climate change summit begins.
Key words : statement says underscore peaceful
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The Chinese government says it strongly opposes the reference to Taiwan in the joint Japan-US statement released after a bilateral summit.
China regards Taiwan as one of its core interests.
The Japan-US statement says, "We underscore the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and encourage the peaceful resolution of the cross-Strait issue." This was the first reference to Taiwan in a joint statement by the two countries in more than five decades.
The statement also says the two countries share serious concerns regarding the human rights situations in Hong Kong and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China's foreign ministry released comments by its spokesperson on Saturday in response to questions from the media.
The spokesperson said, "The US-Japan Joint Leaders' Statement grossly interferes in China's domestic affairs and severely violates basic norms governing international relations."
The spokesperson said that China "deplores and rejects" the statement, and it has conveyed its stance to Tokyo and Washington through diplomatic channels. The spokesperson also said, "We urge the US and Japan to take China's concern seriously, abide by the one-China principle, and immediately stop meddling in China's domestic affairs and harming Chinese interests."
The spokesperson added that China will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend its sovereignty, security and development interests.
Key words : and china climate change paris
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The governments of the United States and China say they are committed to cooperating to tackle climate change.
The two countries issued a joint statement after US special envoy for climate John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua met in Shanghai on Thursday and Friday.
Kerry's visit to China was the first by a senior official of the administration of President Joe Biden.
The statement says the US and China agreed to continue to discuss concrete action to reduce carbon emissions based on the Paris Agreement on climate change.
The steps listed include increased use of renewable energy and cooperation to address emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases.
The two sides also agreed to take steps to maximize support for developing countries.
The statement says both countries look forward to the US-hosted climate summit scheduled for next Thursday and Friday.
This agreement on climate change comes amid growing tensions over human rights and security issues between the US and China. They are the two largest CO2 emitters.
Key words : kono agreement
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The Japanese minister overseeing the government's COVID-19 vaccination program says Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has effectively reached agreement with US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer for additional vaccine supplies.
Suga asked for more doses when he spoke by phone with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla during his visit to Washington.
Regulatory Reform Minister Kono Taro indicated on a TV program on Sunday that a substantial agreement was reached in the telephone talks.
He also suggested the government will be able to provide enough doses to cover all eligible people by the end of September. Japan's rollout currently targets the population aged 16 or older.
As for the inoculation of younger people, Kono noted an application has been made in the United States to allow the use of the vaccine for children aged 12 to 15.
He said he thinks a similar move will be made in Japan sooner or later. He added the government will ask experts to discuss the matter including vaccination schedules and will work to make preparations.
Key words : museum due to
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A museum on the history of Japanese Americans in California has reopened to the public after more than a year.
The Japanese American National Museum in the historic Little Tokyo district in downtown Los Angeles has been temporarily closed since March last year due to the pandemic.
It exhibits various objects, documents and photographs covering the history of Japanese Americans.
They include parts of a barrack from an internment camp during the World War Two, sign boards bearing discriminatory language and other historical items.
There are documents from 1988 when then President Ronald Reagan signed a law to formally apologize to Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during the war.
Reservations are required for entry as a Covid-19 precaution. About 200 visitors came on Friday.
One of them said that the country has not changed since those days and another said that learning from the past is important in order to avoid making the same mistakes.
President Ann Burroughs opined that as racism and violence against Asians continue, it is important to learn from history what happens when hate grows.
She added that it is the museum's mission to offer an opportunity to learn historical lessons.
Key words : survivor
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A movie depicting the life of Setsuko Thurlow, a Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor and anti-nuclear-weapons advocate, has hit the screens in Japan.
Showings of the documentary, "The Vow from Hiroshima," started on Saturday at six movie theaters in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and elsewhere.
Thurlow was 13 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on the western Japanese city of Hiroshima at the end of World War Two. She now lives in Canada.
The film is an account of her decades of advocating the elimination of nuclear arms across the world. The culmination of her activism is her speech at an award ceremony for the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize after the United Nations adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
At a movie theater in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, Thurlow greeted the audience via video link. She said she hopes people will share the earnest desire for nuclear abolition through the movie and will take action.
Takeuchi Michi, the producer of the movie and daughter of a Hiroshima survivor, said she made the film after being inspired by Thurlow. She added that she hopes the film will help prompt people to step into action.
A university student said she came to know that hatred of nuclear weapons motivated Thurlow. She added that she was encouraged by her devotion to the campaign for nuclear disarmament.
The documentary will be shown at movie theaters across Japan through May.
Key words : hoshide looking forward
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Japanese astronaut Hoshide Akihiko has spoken of his excitement about his upcoming missions at the International Space Station.
Hoshide and three other astronauts from the United States and France are scheduled to leave for the ISS on Thursday. It will be the second operational flight of the spacecraft Crew Dragon developed by a private-sector US firm. Hoshide will become the second Japanese to serve as an ISS commander.
The crew members spoke to reporters online on Saturday.
Hoshide said he is looking forward to his missions at space station as there will be a variety of activities and many spacecraft coming and going.
Asked whether he is allowed to bring any Japanese food, he responded there will be no sushi, but he wants to share some other food with his crew mates.
Hoshide also said every single operation leads to the Artemis program, a planned moon landing, so he hopes to accomplish his missions to pave the way.
Hoshide is set to conduct various scientific experiments and release a small satellite into space during a six-month stay aboard the ISS.
Key words : tochigi
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Officials in Tochigi Prefecture north of Tokyo have found pigs at two farms infected with swine fever, also known as CSF.
They are the first known cases in the prefecture.
Prefectural authorities began culling pigs at the farms in the city of Nasushiobara and related facilities on Saturday night.
The total to be culled will be about 37,000, the largest number in Japan since 2018, when an outbreak in Gifu Prefecture was the first in Japan in 26 years.
The culling is proceeding around the clock, with a total of 600 personnel from the prefecture and the Self-Defense Forces working in three shifts.
They plan to initially cull 2,000 pigs per a day. The process, including burying the carcasses, is estimated to take almost one month.
How the animal in the farms were infected has not been identified.
A government team of epidemiologists will conduct an investigation while the prefecture focuses on processing the current cases and preventing the spread of the disease.
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