Key words : pakistan to help
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221108_26/
Pakistan's prime minister has asked for billions of dollars in climate damage compensation aid to help his country, which is still struggling to recover from this year's catastrophic monsoon floods.
Shehbaz Sharif was speaking on Monday at the COP27 UN climate change conference in Egypt.
He said millions of people in Pakistan "are going into winter without shelter or livelihood."
The prime minister added that Pakistan's rising debt is hindering recovery from the floods that inundated a third of the country. He says the disaster cost an estimated 30 billion dollars.
Sharif called for debt relief for Pakistan. He said that though his government has mobilized every available resource to deal with the disaster, it is not enough to cover the damage.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Pakistan in September to inspect the flood damage. He urged international financial institutions and world leaders to help disaster-hit nations, focusing more on rebuilding rather than debt repayment.
Key words : relatives
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221108_33/
Relatives of a Sri Lankan woman who died at an immigration detention facility in Japan have called for improvement of the country's system.
Two younger sisters of Wishma Sandamali, who died at the facility in Nagoya City last year, made the appeal in Tokyo on Tuesday, following UN advice.
The UN Human Rights Committee last week issued a report urging Japan to improve the way detainees are treated at immigration detention facilities.
The report said the committee is concerned about "alarming reports of suffering due to poor health conditions" at such facilities, where three detainees died between 2017 and 2021.
One of the sisters, Poornima, said the UN report let the world know how Japan's immigration authorities treat detainees. She said she wants the Japanese government to change its immigration detention system.
The other sister, Wayomi, said it is hard to believe the justice minister when he says he takes the UN advisory seriously, given that cases like her sister's have been repeated over years. She urged the Japanese government to put its words into action.
Lawyer Ibusuki Shoichi, who represents the relatives, said the UN advisory alone may not change Japan's system, but reform could begin if people speak out. He said this will not be easy, but efforts should continue.
Wishma's relatives have filed a compensation lawsuit against the government, saying immigration authorities failed to provide necessary medical care despite her worsening condition.
Key words : Kishida alliance
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221109_06/
Arrangements are underway for Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to hold separate talks with the leaders of the United States and South Korea on the sidelines of international meetings in Southeast Asia.
Kishida plans to visit Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand from Friday to attend summit meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Group of 20.
A trilateral summit with US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is already scheduled.
The three leaders are expected to reaffirm that they will work together in dealing with North Korea, which has repeatedly launched ballistic missiles.
Preparations are being made for Kishida to have occasions to exchange views with Biden and Yoon separately.
Kishida hopes to reaffirm cooperation in further strengthening the Japan-US alliance and improving Japan-South Korea relations.
A summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping is also being considered. If it materializes, it would be the first in-person talks between Japanese and Chinese leaders since December 2019.
Key words : philippines
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20221026202309051/
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. came to office in June after a landslide victory. A recent opinion poll shows that his administration's main policies continue to be popular among Filipinos. 78 percent approve of the government's coronavirus measures. But at the same time, Marcos' recent remarks about the autocratic rule of his late father have angered some people.
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