Arab nations have urged the United States to retract President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has said Tokyo supports a 2-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Japan's Defense Minister says his ministry will make a budget request of about 6.4 million dollars in the fiscal year that begins next April to develop a new missile defense system.
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Key words : Arab nations
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Arab nations have urged the United States to retract President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Foreign ministers of the Arab League issued a joint statement at an emergency meeting in Cairo on Saturday. The meeting was held at the request of Palestinians.
The statement says the US move is not legally binding and deepens regional tension and chaos.
At the meeting, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki called on Egypt to submit a draft resolution to reject the US decision. The country is currently a nonpermanent member of the UN Security Council.
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said the US decision damaged trust in the United States as a peace mediator between Palestine and Israel.
After Trump's declaration, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would not meet US Vice President Mike Pence when he visits Cairo later this month.
Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, president of Sunni Islam's highest institute, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, also decided not to meet Pence.
Foreign ministers of the Arab League issued a joint statement at an emergency meeting in Cairo on Saturday. The meeting was held at the request of Palestinians.
The statement says the US move is not legally binding and deepens regional tension and chaos.
At the meeting, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki called on Egypt to submit a draft resolution to reject the US decision. The country is currently a nonpermanent member of the UN Security Council.
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said the US decision damaged trust in the United States as a peace mediator between Palestine and Israel.
After Trump's declaration, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would not meet US Vice President Mike Pence when he visits Cairo later this month.
Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, president of Sunni Islam's highest institute, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, also decided not to meet Pence.
Key words : foreign minister supports conflict
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has said Tokyo supports a 2-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Kono addressed an international conference on Middle East security in Bahrain on Saturday. He is the first Japanese foreign minister to visit the country.
Kono said Japan has been neutral on the Middle East from religious and ethnic standpoints and has no negative legacy in the region.
He said as a peace-loving nation for more than 70 years since the end of World War Two, Japan will be able to contribute more to the stability of the Middle East.
Kono said the region is a hub between Asia and Africa and its importance is on the increase.
He said Japan is set to support promoting dialogue and exchanges in the region.
US President Donald Trump announced last week that his administration recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Kono explained Japan's position to support a 2-state solution, whereby Israel and a future independent Palestinian state live side by side in peace and security. He said Tokyo emphasizes that the conflict should be resolved through negotiations based on UN Security Council resolutions and other agreements.
Kono said Japan plans to launch personnel training as early as next year to respect diversity and to counter violent extremism.
He also said Tokyo will provide additional grant aid worth 21 million dollars to Syria and neighboring countries.
Kono addressed an international conference on Middle East security in Bahrain on Saturday. He is the first Japanese foreign minister to visit the country.
Kono said Japan has been neutral on the Middle East from religious and ethnic standpoints and has no negative legacy in the region.
He said as a peace-loving nation for more than 70 years since the end of World War Two, Japan will be able to contribute more to the stability of the Middle East.
Kono said the region is a hub between Asia and Africa and its importance is on the increase.
He said Japan is set to support promoting dialogue and exchanges in the region.
US President Donald Trump announced last week that his administration recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Kono explained Japan's position to support a 2-state solution, whereby Israel and a future independent Palestinian state live side by side in peace and security. He said Tokyo emphasizes that the conflict should be resolved through negotiations based on UN Security Council resolutions and other agreements.
Kono said Japan plans to launch personnel training as early as next year to respect diversity and to counter violent extremism.
He also said Tokyo will provide additional grant aid worth 21 million dollars to Syria and neighboring countries.
Key words : hundreds gathered
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Hundreds have gathered in Paris to protest US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
A Pro-Palestinian rally took place on Saturday at the Place de la Republique. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Paris on Sunday.
Demonstrators carried a banner that said, "We are with Palestinians" and called out "Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine." Some trampled on photos of Trump and Netanyahu and set them on fire.
Protestors also tried to charge at their rival group, which was carrying Israeli and US flags near the square. Police used tear gas to separate the two groups and avoid a clash.
A Muslim man said that he came to show his opposition to Trump whose policy denies the rights of Palestinians.
A Palestinian man who lives in the city said that Jerusalem has been and will remain the capital of Palestine, regardless of the Israeli occupational policy and Trump's deed.
Around 4 million Muslims are estimated to live in France.
A Pro-Palestinian rally took place on Saturday at the Place de la Republique. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Paris on Sunday.
Demonstrators carried a banner that said, "We are with Palestinians" and called out "Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine." Some trampled on photos of Trump and Netanyahu and set them on fire.
Protestors also tried to charge at their rival group, which was carrying Israeli and US flags near the square. Police used tear gas to separate the two groups and avoid a clash.
A Muslim man said that he came to show his opposition to Trump whose policy denies the rights of Palestinians.
A Palestinian man who lives in the city said that Jerusalem has been and will remain the capital of Palestine, regardless of the Israeli occupational policy and Trump's deed.
Around 4 million Muslims are estimated to live in France.
Key words : Hiroshima celebrate doom
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Key words : defense says budget
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Japan's Defense Minister says his ministry will make a budget request of about 6.4 million dollars in the fiscal year that begins next April to develop a new missile defense system, Aegis Ashore.
Itsunori Onodera told reporters that the money will be spent on the basic design of the new ground-based system and a geological survey of the possible locations for its deployment.
Onodera was in Sendai, northern Japan, on Sunday to inspect war games by members of the Ground Self-Defense Force and the US Army.
They were based on a scenario that ballistic missiles had been fired at Japan.
Onodera said it's important to swiftly and appropriately deal with attacks by North Korea, which has repeatedly conducted nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches.
He also announced that Japan, the United States and South Korea will begin 2 days of joint drills on Monday on sharing information to track ballistic missiles launched by North Korea.
The exercises have been held 5 times this year, most recently in October.
Itsunori Onodera told reporters that the money will be spent on the basic design of the new ground-based system and a geological survey of the possible locations for its deployment.
Onodera was in Sendai, northern Japan, on Sunday to inspect war games by members of the Ground Self-Defense Force and the US Army.
They were based on a scenario that ballistic missiles had been fired at Japan.
Onodera said it's important to swiftly and appropriately deal with attacks by North Korea, which has repeatedly conducted nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches.
He also announced that Japan, the United States and South Korea will begin 2 days of joint drills on Monday on sharing information to track ballistic missiles launched by North Korea.
The exercises have been held 5 times this year, most recently in October.
Key words : Japanese woman
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Key words : Hiroshima celebrate
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A candlelight event in the city of Hiroshima, which experienced an atomic bombing, has celebrated an anti-nuclear arms organization winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
A Hiroshima-based civic group held the gathering to honor the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, on the eve of Sunday's awards ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
100 people, including 6 atomic bomb survivors, took part. They arranged 1,000 candles on a promenade along the city's Peace Memorial Park.
When they lit the candles, the flames read "ICAN with you." It was meant to send the message that abolishing nuclear weapons is possible if people work together.
One of the organizers, Kuniko Watanabe, said she is pleased that many Hiroshima residents participated in the event.
She added ICAN's Nobel recognition is just the start and her group will help build momentum toward the elimination of nuclear weapons.
ICAN won the Nobel Prize for its contribution to the adoption in July of a landmark UN treaty to ban nuclear arms.
A Hiroshima-based civic group held the gathering to honor the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, on the eve of Sunday's awards ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
100 people, including 6 atomic bomb survivors, took part. They arranged 1,000 candles on a promenade along the city's Peace Memorial Park.
When they lit the candles, the flames read "ICAN with you." It was meant to send the message that abolishing nuclear weapons is possible if people work together.
One of the organizers, Kuniko Watanabe, said she is pleased that many Hiroshima residents participated in the event.
She added ICAN's Nobel recognition is just the start and her group will help build momentum toward the elimination of nuclear weapons.
ICAN won the Nobel Prize for its contribution to the adoption in July of a landmark UN treaty to ban nuclear arms.
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