Key words : ethics council kishida
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240228_13/
Prime Minister Kishida to attend ethics council session on LDP money scandal
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he will attend a Lower House ethics meeting on a fundraising scandal involving factions of the main governing Liberal Democratic Party.
Kishida told reporters on Wednesday that he will attend the Lower House Deliberative Council on Political Ethics with the media present. It will be the first time for a prime minister in office to attend.
Five LDP lawmakers, who were executives of the Abe and Nikai factions, have agreed to attend the meeting, for which a date has yet to be set.
Initially proposed dates have been rejected because the ruling and opposition camps failed to bridge differences over whether the sessions should be open to the public.
Kishida said it is extremely regrettable that there is no prospect of holding the meeting due to political wrangling between the ruling and opposition parties.
He expressed a strong sense of crisis that public distrust in politics will intensify if the situation remains unchanged.
He said he intends to attend the meeting himself as the LDP president to fulfill his accountability.
He added that he hopes lawmakers with a sense of principle will strive to be held accountable at every opportunity, including at the ethics meeting, to restore public trust in politics.
Key words : kickback most belonged
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240227_02/
Opposition demands open ethics council session
A political tug of war continues in Japan over the fundraising scandal that has rocked the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Five LDP lawmakers will appear before a Diet committee later this week, but the LDP and opposition camp don't agree on whether the session should be open or closed.
The scandal again dominated Monday's Diet debate. Opposition lawmakers are demanding that the ethics committee session be open.
Questioning Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, Kii Takashi of the Constitutional Democratic Party said, "It's a betrayal of the public to oppose an open session, despite your promise of accountability. As LDP president, you should instruct your party to agree to a fully open session."
Kishida said in reply, "I expect the best way will be taken from the viewpoint of fulfilling accountability. It's the LDP's basic policy to urge its members to try to explain themselves whenever possible."
Even within the LDP, a senior member echoed the opposition's call. Ishiba Shigeru, former LDP Secretary-General, said, "It's hard to find rational reasons to make the session closed. I personally think it should be held openly."
The five LDP members set to appear include former Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu and former trade minister Nishimura Yasutoshi.
The five and dozens of other LDP lawmakers are accused of failing to properly declare fundraising revenue and of receiving kickbacks.
Most belonged to what used to be the LDP's largest faction, led by late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.
The LDP again proposed a closed-door session, taking into account the wishes of the five lawmakers. But the opposition group repeated their demand, saying the five should explain directly to the public to fulfil their accountability.
The LDP later offered the compromise of making the session open, but only for fellow lawmakers and not for the press or public. But the offer wasn't accepted by the opposition. The two sides plan to continue negotiations on Tuesday.
Key words : biden trump
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240228_15/
Biden, Trump set to win Michigan primaries
US media say President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are each certain to win their party's primary in Michigan on Tuesday.
Biden's Democratic party and the Republican party both held a primary in the Midwestern state for the November presidential election.
Media reports say that with 21 percent of the Republican vote counted, Trump has secured victory with 65.8 percent. Nikki Haley followed with 29.5 percent. Trump has beaten Haley in all of their contests so far, ramping up his advantage for winning the party's presidential nomination.
The reports say Biden also secured victory by winning 79.5 percent, with 17 percent of the Democratic vote counted. Lacking any major rival, he is expected to win the party's nomination in its national convention this summer.
But Biden also faced a protest vote in Michigan, home to a large Arab American population. Arab American voters are opposing Biden's policy over the conflict in the Gaza Strip, and called for marking the ballots "uncommitted." These votes have reached 14.9 percent and observers say the situation may affect Biden's re-election campaign.
Key words : south fertility rate eight years
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240228_18/
South Korea fertility rate falls to record low for 8th year in a row
South Korea's fertility rate -- already one of the lowest in the world -- dropped to a fresh record low of 0.72 in 2023.
Statistics Korea said on Wednesday that the figure, which represents the average number of children born per woman, was down from 0.78 in 2022. The rate has fallen to new record lows for eight years in succession.
The government agency said there were roughly 230,000 newborns last year, down by nearly half from the number 10 years earlier.
It attributed the fall to the growing number of married couples who are choosing not to become parents.
The agency estimates that the rate may fall even further in 2024, to below 0.7.
South Korea's fertility rate has become an intractable problem for the government. The figure has consistently been among the lowest for members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD.
President Yoon Suk-yeol said it was time to reassess the underlying cause and try different solutions.
Both the country's ruling and opposition parties are pushing measures to arrest the falling birthrate among their key campaign pledges ahead of the general election in April.
Key words : birthrate japan
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Falling birthrate? There's an app for that
The decline in birthrate and marriages in Japan is prompting some companies to try a new approach when it comes to convincing potential couples to pair up earlier in life. They're offering employees an app, complete with AI relationship advice.
Key words : learned justice ministry
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240228_12/
Japan's Justice Ministry drafts revised guidelines on special stay permit
NHK has learned that Japan's Justice Ministry has compiled a draft of revised guidelines on special stay permission for foreign nationals who have been illegally staying in the country.
The ruling and opposition parties had pointed out that rules for the special permission are not clear under the Immigration Services Agency's existing guidelines. The permission is granted by the justice minister.
Ministry officials are considering allowing people with no residential status to stay if the parents integrate themselves into local communities and their children have been receiving education in Japan for a long time.
They are also planning to allow people who entered Japan with legitimate visa status to stay even after that status expires, if they have been active in society for an extended period.
The ministry is considering making ineligible for permission people who have gone missing while on parole after being detained at a government facility for illegal entry or other reasons, or those who have stayed illegally for a considerable period of time.
Key words : ohtani home run
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240228_09/
Ohtani hits home run in Dodgers preseason debut
Japanese Major League Baseball star Ohtani Shohei hit a home run during his first preseason game with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ohtani batted second as the designated hitter against the Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Arizona, on Tuesday.
When his name was announced for his plate appearance in the first inning, the spectators cheered and applauded loudly.
At his third at-bat in the fifth inning, he blasted a full-count, two-run homer off the sixth pitch.
The game was Ohtani's first since September 3 of last year.
The two-way star's right elbow was operated on. He has been practicing as he continues to rehabilitate the elbow.
Ohtani demonstrated his power during his Dodgers spring training debut.
The Dodgers won the game 9-6.
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