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Key words : south survey legitimate
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220531_03/
South Korea has pushed back against Tokyo's protest over a maritime survey Seoul conducted in Japan's exclusive economic zone near the Takeshima Islands.
South Korea controls the islands in the Sea of Japan. Japan claims them.
The South Korean Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it cannot accept a complaint from Japan because the survey is a legitimate activity conducted based on international and domestic laws.
Tokyo filed the protest after the Coast Guard found a South Korean research ship in Japan's EEZ near the islands on Sunday. Japan's Foreign Ministry said the vessel was spotted dropping what looked like a wire into the waters.
Funakoshi Takehiro, who heads the ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, protested against the ship's activity and called for an immediate cessation.
He said the maritime survey in Japan's EEZ violates a UN convention as it was carried out without Tokyo's prior consent.
The Japanese government maintains the Takeshima Islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory. It says South Korea is illegally occupying them.
Key words : rescue plane crash
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Nepali rescuers have recovered 20 bodies after a small plane with 22 people on board crashed Sunday in a mountainous area.
A Nepali Army spokesperson said on Monday morning troops spotted wreckage of the Twin Otter in Mustang District. It had taken off shortly before from the tourist town of Pokhara, headed for Jomsom in Mustang.
Tara Air, which operated the flight, said the passengers included two Germans, four Indians and 13 Nepalis.
Local aviation authorities say the plane lost contact with air control about 12 minutes after takeoff from Pokhara, 200 kilometers west of the capital, Kathmandu.
The weather in the area reportedly was bad at the time of the crash.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident. Plane crashes are a common occurrence in the Himalayan country, due to unpredictable weather and airstrips being located in mountains.
Key words : taiwan 30 chinese enter
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Taiwan's defense ministry says 30 Chinese military aircraft entered its air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, on Monday.
The ministry said five types of fighter jets, including the J-16 and the Su-35, and early warning and electronic warfare aircraft were among the planes that entered the southwestern part of the zone.
Officials said most of the aircraft flew over an area close to the Pratas Islands in the South China Sea, which are effectively controlled by Taiwan.
This was the second-largest number of Chinese military planes to enter the zone in a single day this year. The total number of entries so far this year is about 1.5 times the figure logged in the same period last year.
The Taiwanese defense ministry described what it calls "gray zone" threats by China in a report it released in November.
The report says China is trying to take control of Taiwan by wearing down its military capabilities and creating unrest among the people without conducting an armed attack. It suggests that sending aircraft into Taiwan's ADIZ is one of the tactics China is using to achieve that.
Key words : china pacific island lack
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has hosted a meeting with his counterparts from Pacific island nations to promote cooperation with Beijing, but fell short of reaching a broad new regional security and trade agreement.
Prime ministers and foreign ministers from 10 Pacific island countries participated in the meeting held in Fiji on Monday. Wang is on a 10-day visit to Pacific island nations from Thursday. Fiji is the fourth leg of his tour.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a written address to the meeting. In it, he said safeguarding peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific and promoting development and prosperity in countries across the region is a shared wish among people and the common responsibility of countries in the region.
He added China is ready to work with Pacific island countries to build a closer community.
Wang said in the meeting that Beijing will boost its support in a range of fields, including climate change, disaster prevention and poverty alleviation.
China was also seeking to establish a new cooperative framework focused on security and trade. But the agreement was put on hold due to a lack of thorough discussions.
At a news conference, Fiji's Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said, "As always, we put consensus first among our countries throughout any discussion on new regional agreements."
Wang said China is a major developing nation and a responsible great power.
He added that the common development and prosperity of China and other developing countries would bring justice and harmony to the whole world.
Key words : climate pacific island
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220530_23/
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has hosted a meeting with his counterparts from Pacific island nations to promote cooperation with Beijing, but fell short of reaching a broad new regional security and trade agreement.
Prime ministers and foreign ministers from 10 Pacific island countries participated in the meeting held in Fiji on Monday. Wang is on a 10-day visit to Pacific island nations from Thursday. Fiji is the fourth leg of his tour.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a written address to the meeting. In it, he said safeguarding peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific and promoting development and prosperity in countries across the region is a shared wish among people and the common responsibility of countries in the region.
He added China is ready to work with Pacific island countries to build a closer community.
Wang said in the meeting that Beijing will boost its support in a range of fields, including climate change, disaster prevention and poverty alleviation.
China was also seeking to establish a new cooperative framework focused on security and trade. But the agreement was put on hold due to a lack of thorough discussions.
At a news conference, Fiji's Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said, "As always, we put consensus first among our countries throughout any discussion on new regional agreements."
Wang said China is a major developing nation and a responsible great power.
He added that the common development and prosperity of China and other developing countries would bring justice and harmony to the whole world.
Key words : shanghai residents
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Authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai say they will ease strict outing restrictions from Wednesday, after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown.
The city's new daily infections often exceeded 20,000 in April. But on Monday, only about 30 new cases were reported.
Some 22 million residents, or about 90 percent of the population, will be allowed to go out at the start of Wednesday.
Outing restrictions will remain in some areas where new infections were confirmed recently.
Vice Mayor Zong Ming said at a news conference on Tuesday that infections have been curbed thanks to residents' efforts.
Zong stressed that it is time to fully restore normal productive activity and residents' livelihoods in the city.
She also said almost all subway and bus services will resume, and that residents will be allowed to use private cars.
But criticism of the prolonged lockdown continued on social media, including comments such as "Two months have been wasted" and "Lockdown could resume, so this is not a victory."
Key words : shopping mall
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New coronavirus cases in Shanghai dropped below 100 for the first time in more than 11 weeks on Sunday.
New infections had climbed to more than 20,000 on some days in April before starting to decline in China's commercial hub. The tally on Sunday stood at about 60.
The daily tally was last below 100 in the locked down city on March 12. That's more than two weeks before a strict lockdown was imposed to contain infections.
Authorities in Shanghai have announced plans to restore normal life and business activities before the end of June.
Swiftly resuming economic activities may be challenging in a city where residents have been banned from going outdoors freely for two months.
A senior city official who met reporters on Sunday unveiled plans to reduce taxes for qualified enterprises and provide subsidies to those who replace conventional cars with electric ones.
He announced that factories and businesses, including shopping malls, will be allowed to reopen from after June 1 on the condition that thorough anti-virus measures are taken.
The action plan to jump-start the economy includes spending of more than 45 billion dollars.
But residents in many parts of Shanghai are still banned from freely going outside. Authorities have said restrictions will be gradually eased in areas where new cases have not been confirmed for some time.
Uncertainty looms over when normal economic activity will resume.
Key words : north korea 100,000 new
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220530_22/
North Korea has reported more than 100,000 new cases of fever symptoms on a single day, following reports of an illness suspected to be COVID-19.
The ruling Workers' Party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, reported on Monday that over 100,700 new cases of fever have been confirmed during the 24-hour period through 6 p.m. on Sunday.
The tally of people with fever has risen to about 3.55 million since late April, accounting for one out of every seven people in North Korea.
The country has reported that the daily count of fever cases dropped below 90,000 after surging above 390,000 in mid-May.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a meeting of the politburo of the Workers' Party convened on Sunday in which it was stressed that the situation has improved.
But it remains to be seen whether the country will succeed in quickly bringing the situation under control.
Key words : fugaku
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220530_28/
Japan's supercomputer Fugaku is on the top of the list in two categories of the world's high-performance computer rankings for the fifth straight time.
An international conference of experts announces the rankings every six months.
Fugaku, developed by the RIKEN research institute in the western city of Kobe, retained the top spot in the two categories -- performance in computational methods such as simulations, and in big data analytics.
Fugaku slipped to second place in the categories of artificial intelligence applications and computing speed for the first time since June 2020. A US supercomputer took the top position in the both categories.
Japanese researchers have used Fugaku to study the spread of droplets for coronavirus measures, as well as to forecast localized downpours and other weather events.
Matsuoka Satoshi, director of the RIKEN Center for Computational Science, said Fugaku has retained its position as one of the world's top supercomputers amid rapid global technological advances and intensifying competition.
He added that the researchers will continue to use Fugaku to solve many more issues facing society.
Key words : visitors tuna auction
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220531_11/
Tokyo's largest food market is resuming public viewings of its famed tuna auction from Thursday after a five-month hiatus.
The Toyosu market's special observation deck has been closed to visitors since January 11, when Japan faced a resurgence of coronavirus infections.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which manages the wholesale market, decided to reopen the deck following a recent decline in infections.
The daily number of viewers of the early morning auction will be limited to 27 people -- a quarter of the pre-pandemic level.
Prior applications are necessary and a lottery will be held if demand exceeds the daily limit.
June bookings are already closed. The Toyosu market website will accept applications for July from June 1 to 7.
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