Key words : projectile launched
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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu has said that North Korea launched a ballistic missile eastward. This is the 7th launch Pyongyang has conducted so far this year.
Matsuno said "If the missile was on a normal ballistic trajectory, it is estimated to have flown about 800 kilometers, with a maximum altitude of about 2,000 kilometers, for about 30 minutes. It is also believed to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone off the Sea of Japan coast."
Matsuno also said that the Japanese government has set up an emergency task force to gather information.
He said at the moment no damage has been confirmed.
South Korea's military also announced that North Korea fired a projectile believed to be a ballistic missile.
It says the launch was from Jagang Province and toward the Sea of Japan. South Korea's military is conducting a detailed analysis with the US military.
North Korea has fired missiles multiple times just this month.
On Friday, Pyongyang said it had conducted test-launches of long-range cruise missiles on Tuesday and "tactical guided missiles" on Thursday.
The country also fired what are believed to have been hypersonic missiles on January 5 and 11.
Key words : north guided missile
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Japanese Defense Ministry officials announced at 8 am Sunday that North Korea may have launched a ballistic missile. It is the seventh launch Pyongyang has conducted so far this year.
The Japanese government has set up an emergency task force to gather information.
Defense Ministry officials say what appears to be a ballistic missile has already come down. They are contacting ships in order to get information.
North Korea has fired missiles multiple times this month.
On Friday, North Korea announced that it had conducted test launches of long-range cruise missiles on Tuesday and of "tactical guided missiles" on Thursday.
The country also fired what are believed to have been hypersonic missiles on January 5 and 11.
Key words : north 2017
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220130_17/
The South Korean military says North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile from Mupyong-ri in the northern province of Jagang into the Sea of Japan shortly before 8 a.m. on Sunday.
The military also says the missile flew about 800 kilometers at a maximum altitude of 2,000 kilometers.
A military source says the missile's top speed was Mach 16, adding that South Korea and the US had detected signs of the launch and taken a readiness posture.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in told the National Security Council that the situation resembles that of 2017.
At that time, Pyongyang fired a long-range ballistic missile after launching an intermediate one.
Yonhap News Agency reports that this is the first time since the launch of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile in November 2017 that Pyongyang has fired an intermediate or longer-range missile.
The agency also says Sunday's launch is the highest level of provocation since then, adding that North Korea is more likely to resume ICBM tests and review its suspension of nuclear tests.
South Korean experts argue that North Korea may have resumed activities involving the Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile. The country fired this type of missile three times in 2017.
Japan, South Korea and the United States are on high alert after North Korea fired a ballistic missile.
The head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Funakoshi Takehiro, and the US Special Representative for North Korea, Sung Kim, talked over the phone on Sunday.
They agreed that the latest launch is more intensive than other recent ones.
They reaffirmed that their countries and South Korea will maintain close cooperation in resolving North Korea's nuclear and missile development as well as the abductions of Japanese and other foreign citizens.
Funakoshi held separate telephone talks with South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, Noh Kyu-duk.
They shared grave concern over the latest missile launch, and reaffirmed three-nation cooperation.
Key words : research fellow at Yonsei University
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North Korea's suspected ballistic missile launch could have been aimed at testing the resolve of other nations, according to expert Bong Young-shik. NHK World spoke with the research fellow at Yonsei University's Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul for more insight.
Key words : 84-thousand
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Japan's coronavirus case count has marked a record high for the fifth day in a row, spurred on by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Health authorities across the country confirmed more than 84-thousand new infections on Saturday. 734 people are in serious condition, up 37 from Friday.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 17,433 new cases on Saturday. That's the second highest daily count after Friday's. The seven-day average is nearly double what it was a week earlier.
The growing number of infections among children is starting to have an effect on advanced pediatric services.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center treats children suffering from severe illnesses. But the number of patients being hospitalized who are or may be infected with the coronavirus is rapidly increasing, nearly nine-fold from the start of this month.
This has forced the hospital to reduce its regular medical services and put off operations requiring advanced pediatric care.
Hospital officials say they may have to further restrict general medical services next week if the current situation continues.
A doctor at the hospital, Horikoshi Yuho said, "We accept children other hospitals cannot. There are a lot of medical services only we can do. We definitely want to avoid a situation where we cannot save a life that otherwise could have been saved."
Dialysis patients have also been affected by the recent surge. These patients are at higher risk of developing severe symptoms if infected with the virus.
But a group of experts says there are some cases in which patients with both kidney problems and the coronavirus are unable to be hospitalized.
A doctor, Kikuchi Kan said, "I think some changes may be necessary, such as getting hospitals to take in only high-risk patients and allowing those with light symptoms to be treated at other facilities."
The group says about 21 percent of dialysis patients who have been infected with the coronavirus have required oxygen support. And it says the fatality rate is high, at 14.5 percent.
Key words : chinatown dance
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The organizers of events to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Yokohama's Chinatown near Tokyo plan to dramatically scale things down this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A group of store and restaurant owners made the decision because quasi-emergency measures are in place in Kanagawa Prefecture. Yokohama is the prefectural capital.
The events were originally scheduled from February 1 to 15 and would be the first in two years.
But the group says it will cancel the popular lion dance scheduled for February 1, the day the Chinese New Year begins. The event symbolizes hopes for good business and is filled with the sounds of firecrackers and drums.
A parade scheduled for February 5 will be postponed.
But the group says the countdown event from January 31 to February 1 will go ahead, with spectator stands to be cut to one-fourth the size of a usual year.
The head of the Yokohama Chinatown Development Association, Takahashi Nobumasa, says the decision was made with a heavy heart to cancel traditional festivities.
He says that rather than giving up all events, the association hopes to carry out ones that can be held with thorough measures to reduce infection risks, in line with the rules of the central and local governments.
Key words : film festival soviet era
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220130_06/
The Georgia Film Festival, which features valuable works produced in the country during the former Soviet era, has begun in Tokyo.
The festival opened on Saturday at Iwanami Hall in Jinbocho in central Tokyo.
Before the screenings, Georgian Ambassador to Japan Teimuraz Lezhava delivered a speech.
He said his country is proud of having cultivated its culture while undergoing a difficult international situation. He added that films are an important cultural item that conveys the spirit of Georgia.
The festival features 35 films. They include a movie depicting the life of Georgia's leading painter Niko Pirosmani. He is known for a romantic episode that was turned into a hit song, "Million Scarlet Roses."
One of the audience members said Georgian films have an appeal that cannot be found in Western movies. She said she wants to watch all the works.
Painter Harada Takehide, who planned the film festival, said only a limited number of works are available for screening, as many films produced during the former Soviet era are missing or have deteriorated.
Harada said there were restrictions on expression at that time, but the films reflect the pride of the Georgian people and their desire for freedom. He expressed hope that people will learn more about the works.
The film festival runs through February 25.
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