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Key words : athlete vaccination
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210601_20/
Japanese athletes and staff set to take part in the Tokyo Olympics have begun receiving coronavirus vaccines.
Teams taking part in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are getting vaccines for free, from Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies.
The Japanese Olympic Committee has designated about 1,600 athletes who are on or are likely to be on the national squad, their coaches and staff members as eligible for the shots.
The inoculations began on Tuesday at the National Training Center in Tokyo so as not to impact the vaccine rollout for the elderly currently underway in Japan. The jabs are administered mostly by the team doctor for each sport.
About 200 athletes and staff from six sports received shots on the first day. The JOC plans to complete the vaccination drive by around July 20.
Athletes who have already been vaccinated for competition overseas are excluded from the program.
The JOC says Japanese athletes who are based abroad and do not live in Japan likely won't get a jab as part of this program.
The head of the Japanese delegation, Fukui Tsuyoshi, stressed that vaccination of athletes must not affect that of the general public. He sought public understanding, saying the vaccination drive is aimed at protecting Japanese society by mitigating the risk of infection.
Vaccination of Paralympic athletes is set to begin later this month.
Key words : myanmar reopen
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210602_02/
Myanmar`s military has reopened schools across the country after a closure introduced as a measure against the coronavirus. But many teachers and students refused to return to their classes in protest against the military junta.
Schools reopened on Tuesday, the day a new semester starts in the country. Senior high schools had been closed since August 2020 while elementary and junior high schools had been shut for more than a year.
In Yangon, the country's largest city, only limited numbers of students were seen returning to their classrooms.
Against the backdrop of the military coup in February, many teachers in Myanmar have decided to boycott classes because they feel returning to schools would mean accepting the rule of the junta.
Teachers' groups say the military has suspended or dismissed about 126,000 teachers as of the end of May.
Many civilians are also reluctant to have their children receive an education under military rule.
The groups say only around 30 percent of students completed procedures needed for taking part in classes before the school resumption.
Key words : kim
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210601_31/
South Korean media say North Korea has created a new No.2 post directly under leader Kim Jong Un as part of the hierarchy of the ruling Workers' Party.
The Yonhap news agency on Tuesday quoted sources as saying that the party revised its rules to create the post of "first secretary" at a party gathering in Pyongyang in January.
Kim Jong Un used the title for about four years from 2012.
Yonhap quotes the sources as saying that the person elected to the position will be able to preside over key party meetings on behalf of the leader.
The sources say a close aide to Kim, Jo Yong Won, appears to have been elected to the post.
Jo is a member of the politburo's standing committee. Footage that shows him accompanying Kim on tours of inspection has been aired on television a number of times.
South Korean evening newspaper Munhwa Ilbo quotes government sources as saying that the title "first secretary" has not appeared in North Korean media reports, and notes that Seoul is analyzing the situation with various possibilities in mind.
Key words : 32nd anniversary
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210602_19/
A museum in Hong Kong that commemorates China's deadly crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing has temporarily closed, following an inspection by the Hong Kong authorities.
Ahead of the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen incident on Friday, the authorities appear to be strengthening their crackdown on activities related to the incident.
The June 4th Museum was set up by a local civic group in 2014 to commemorate the crackdown at the Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. The museum has continued, despite relocation and repeated suspensions of exhibitions.
The group announced the closure on Wednesday. It said the authorities inspected the museum on Tuesday regarding whether it has the necessary licenses for exhibitions.
It added that there are currently no prospects for the museum's reopening.
The museum has had many visitors in the run-up to the incident's anniversary on Friday.
The group was planning a commemorative rally at a park in central Hong Kong on Friday evening. But the authorities withheld permission, citing measures against the coronavirus.
Local media reported that 3,000 police officers are expected to be deployed near the planned site of the rally and the museum on the day.
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