>>> Welcome to NHK "Newsline."
I'm Ramin Mellegard in Tokyo.
>>> North Korea is taking a step towards revising its constitution. The country said they'll call a parliamentary meeting next month. The gathering is expected to label South Korea as the number one hostile country. The North's ruling Workers' Party newspaper reported on Monday about the assembly. The key meeting will be held in the capital of Pyongyang on October 7th. The paper said they'll deliberate revising the constitution. They'll also discuss trade with other countries and more. In January, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave a speech in which he called for the country's constitution to be revised to define South Korea as the number one hostile nation and also called for other concepts such as peaceful reunification to be eliminated.
>>> Turning to the U.S. where authorities are investigating an apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. They say a suspect was spotted with a gun near where Trump was playing golf. The former president is safe. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secret Service say the incident occurred on Sunday in the state of Florida. Officials say Secret Service agents fired shots at the suspect, who was about 300 to 400 meters away from Trump. Authorities say they seized what looks like an AK-47 style rifle. Multiple U.S. media outlets say a 58-year-old man was taken into custody. He was reportedly involved in activities to support Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. A motive is not yet clear. Reuters news agency and the Associated Press report Trump sent out an email to supporters saying he is safe and well after the incident. He reportedly added that nothing will slow him down, and he will never surrender. President Joe Biden released a statement saying he is relieved the former president is unharmed. Biden added there is no place for violence in the U.S. He also said he has directed his team to ensure that the Secret Service has every resource to ensure Trump's continued safety. The incident comes after an assassination attempt against Trump in July. His ear was wounded after a gunman shot at him at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
>>> A U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance defended Trump's claims that immigrants are eating pets in the small Ohio city of Springfield. He made the comments in an interview on CNN on Sunday. Vance, who represents Ohio in the U.S. Senate, was also asked about his role in spreading the claims. He said he was responding to reports from constituents in the city, but did not offer any evidence that they were true. Vance stressed he wants to focus on immigration policies and criticized the Biden administration for ignoring the issue. Trump amplified the claims about Springfield's migrants in his first presidential debate against Kamala Harris last week. But city officials say they have not confirmed any of the reports. They add that false information is spreading on social media.
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>>> A spacecraft carrying a crew of four civilian astronauts has safely returned to Earth. The crew included a tech entrepreneur and a female engineer who performed the world’s first commercial spacewalk during the mission.
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>> Welcome back to planet Earth, Polaris Dawn.
>> The Dragon capsule of the private U.S. firm SpaceX splashed down off the coast of Florida on Sunday. A ship on standby recovered the craft. One of the astronauts was Jared Isaacman, the founder of a U.S. I.T. firm. The capsule was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday before entering an orbit around Earth. Isaacman and the engineer carried out a spacewalk on Thursday wearing space suits developed by SpaceX. It was the first spacewalk by civilians who did not belong to any national space agency. The mission was part of the Polaris program, a space exploration initiative designed by Isaacman and others. The program involves sending more crewed flights into space.
>>> And it was a record showing for the TV series "Shogun" at the Emmy Awards in the U.S. The samurai drama set in Japan collected 18 Emmys, including the prize for best drama.
>> And the Emmy goes to Shogun.
"Shogun."
>> "Shogun’s" tally at the ceremony was the most ever for a TV series in a single season. Its ten episodes depict a power struggle in feudal Japan, and the majority of the dialogue is in Japanese. Sanada Hiroyuki won the award for lead role. He was also producer of the series. He thanked all of those who passed down the tradition of the samurai drama.
>> The other major awards for "Shogun" included directing and lead actress for a drama series.
>>> A report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows the share of education in Japan’s government expenditures was the third lowest among surveyed member nations. The OECD, which mainly consists of advanced economies, shows how much spending was allocated to education. It shows education accounted for 8% of Japan’s government outlays in 2022, only larger than the shares of Greece and Italy. That was also 4 percentage points lower than the average of 12% among 36 surveyed countries. The report also shows 51% of the funding for Japan’s tertiary education came from households in 2021. That was the third highest among 30 comparable countries following Chile and the United Kingdom. And that was more than 30 points higher than the average of 19%. The OECD says Japan is spending more for the elderly than for future generations. It adds that the country’s shrinking younger population is making it necessary to enhance the quality of education in order to nurture personnel who can underpin society.
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>>> Now, a Tokyo zoo says it’s managed to successfully breed an endangered rhinoceros after 50 years of trying. A greater one-horned rhinoceros gave birth to a calf earlier this month at the Tama Biological Park. Eight of the species widely known as the Indian rhinoceros have been born in Japan over the years. The rhino is on the red list of threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, or IUCN. Both the mother and baby rhino will not be on view for the time being. That’s out of consideration for their health. And those are the top stories for this hour.
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>>> And that is a wrap for this edition of NHK "Newsline." I’m Ramin Mellegard. Thank you very much for joining us.
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