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Asian View

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Key words : china corruption
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230308_04/

China's top prosecutor says 78,000 people were charged with corruption over the five-year period until 2022.

Procurator-general Zhang Jun announced the figure at the National People's Congress on Tuesday.

The number is much lower than the figure during President Xi Jinping's first five-year term until 2017, when more than 250,000 people were prosecuted.

But corruption apparently remains widespread despite the Xi administration's anti-graft campaign.

Zhang also reported that the number of criminal cases that disrupted market and economic order was up more than 30 percent from the previous five-year period.

He indicated that prosecutors will protect the interests of investors and severely punish offenders.

Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court Zhou Qiang also told the congress that about 139,000 people were found guilty of corruption in the five-year period from 2018 to 2022.

Zhou stressed that those who violate the interests of the public will be punished.

Key words : record high defense
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230307_26/

An opinion poll by the Japanese government shows that the proportion of people who think the size of the Self Defense Forces should be expanded hit a record high.

The Cabinet Office conducted the poll from November through December last year to find out the public's thoughts on the SDFs and defense issues. Of the 3,000 adults aged 18 and older targeted in the mail survey, 1,602 people, or 53 percent, responded.

Respondents were given summaries on the strength of the armed forces of neighboring countries, then asked what they thought about the scale of Japan's SDFs.

Of the respondents, 53 percent said the scale should remain unchanged.

Those who replied that the scale should be expanded made up 42 percent. It is the highest rate since the government began asking the same question in 1991, though the polling method has changed.

Four percent said it should be made smaller.

Regarding the use of advanced technology from university research institutes or private businesses in the defense field, 84 percent agreed while 15 percent disagreed.

The Defense Ministry said the results apparently reflect the severe security environment surrounding Japan, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine, China's increased maritime activities and North Korea's repeated launches of ballistic missiles.

Key words : foreign ambassador pakistan
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230308_07/

Japan's Imperial Household Agency will resume processions of horse-drawn carriages for newly appointed foreign ambassadors, after a three-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Officials conducted a rehearsal on Tuesday on a section of the 1.5-kilometer route between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace.

A procession is held when newly appointed envoys present their credentials to the Emperor.

On Wednesday, the ambassadors of Fiji and Pakistan will board carriages to visit the palace.

The agency stopped organizing processions in March 2020 to prevent spectators from gathering along the route.

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