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Key words : sixteen
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20211021_29/
Sixteen pro-democracy District Council members in Hong Kong have been disqualified and ousted after their loyalty oaths were judged to be invalid. This brings the total of ousted municipal-level politicians to 49.
District councillors in the territory are now required to take a mandatory oath of allegiance to the Hong Kong government.
The measure was introduced after the Chinese leadership led by President Xi Jinping revised Hong Kong's electoral law, citing the need for the region to be governed by patriots.
A total of 211 district council members began to take the oath in four groups in September.
The Hong Kong government announced on Thursday that 16 members of the last group had been disqualified after their oaths were found to be invalid. A total of 49 municipal-level politicians have now been ousted.
On the other hand, the Hong Kong government has validated the oaths of nearly 60 pro-democracy councillors.
The government appears eager to demonstrate that the new system is not meant to exclude all pro-democracy lawmakers.
But in reality, many pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong think they have little chance of participating in politics.
Attention is now focused on how many pro-democracy members will be able to run for the Legislative Council election in December.
Key words : taiwan visit reacted
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Taiwan's government has announced that its foreign minister will visit Slovakia and two other European countries next week.
China reacted sharply to the visit to the countries, which have diplomatic ties with Beijing.
The government said on Thursday that Joseph Wu will go to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.
Wu will speak at a forum in Slovakia next Tuesday and then go on to the Czech Republic, where he will meet with the Senate president and the mayor of Prague.
A detailed itinerary has not been released.
The announcement comes as a Taiwanese business delegation led by two cabinet ministers is on a European tour. The delegation arrived in Slovakia on Thursday and will visit the Czech Republic and Lithuania through October 30.
The countries are strengthening relations with Taiwan and have provided it with COVID-19 vaccines.
The head of the Czech Senate visited Taiwan last year. Lithuania and Taiwan are preparing to set up representative offices on each other's soil.
Separately, the European Parliament has adopted a resolution asking the European Union to deepen its political ties with Taiwan. It calls on the bloc to play an active role in achieving peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Key words : olympic blocked
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The organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics say they blocked about 450 million cyberattacks on their systems and networks during the Games. They say no impact on operations was reported.
The organizers announced the figure at a news conference on Thursday with representatives of telecommunications firm NTT, which was tasked with cybersecurity for the Games this summer.
They said the number of cyberattacks was more than twice that reported during the 2012 London Games, when comparable data were available.
The attacks included denial-of-service, or DoS, types, which involve sending massive amounts of data to disrupt access to webpages, and so-called password spraying to obtain access to systems by guessing passwords.
The officials say they deterred all the attacks, which likely came from a wide range of countries and regions.
The Tokyo 2020 executive director of technology services, Tachi Takeshi, said such attacks are expected to increase further. He added that Tokyo officials want to pass their know-how to their counterparts for the 2024 Paris Games.
Key words : higher energy
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20211022_13/
Japan's consumer prices rose last month for the first time in 18 months in a sign that higher energy costs are having an impact.
The Internal Affairs Ministry says the Consumer Price Index, excluding fresh food, was up 0.1 percent in September from a year ago.
It was the first increase since March 2020, during the early days of the pandemic.
The main reason was higher gasoline and kerosene costs as a result of more expensive crude oil.
The kerosene price rose 20.2 percent. That for gasoline was up 16.5 percent. Electricity bills were up 4.1 percent.
Ministry officials say rising crude oil prices could be reflected in electricity and gas bills a few months down the road. They say they are watching energy-related price trends closely.
Key words : myanmar fighting yotsumoto jun
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20211012204250028/
Over eight months have passed since the coup in Myanmar. Despite criticism from the international community, the military there has escalated its crackdown on protests against the junta. Even so, the violence hasn't stopped the protestors, particularly younger people who grew up during the move toward democracy with Aung San Suu Kyi. Among them are many working to restore peace and freedom to their homeland from abroad. We take you to a special place in Tokyo dedicated to that effort.
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