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Researchers in Japan say they have developed a simple technique to detect Alzheimer's disease before symptoms appear.
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Key words : china premier reportedly
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has reportedly expressed his intention to make arrangements for a summit among Japan, China, and South Korea as early as possible after the National People's Congress ends in mid-March.
Japan seeks to host the summit and let the premier visit the country for the first time since taking office.
Diplomatic sources from Japan and China say Li gave the indication at a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Beijing on Sunday.
Kono had said after the talks that Li responded positively to his request to visit Japan for a trilateral summit.
Japanese Foreign Ministry officials believe Li's remarks came as the formation of China's leadership is expected to be finalized at the congress.
The Japanese government plans to speed up arrangements for the summit while taking into account the schedule of the Diet and South Korea's opinions.
The government also hopes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Chinese premier will be able to agree on the start of an emergency communications system on the sidelines of the 3-way summit. The system would help to prevent incidents at sea and in the air.
Japan seeks to host the summit and let the premier visit the country for the first time since taking office.
Diplomatic sources from Japan and China say Li gave the indication at a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Beijing on Sunday.
Kono had said after the talks that Li responded positively to his request to visit Japan for a trilateral summit.
Japanese Foreign Ministry officials believe Li's remarks came as the formation of China's leadership is expected to be finalized at the congress.
The Japanese government plans to speed up arrangements for the summit while taking into account the schedule of the Diet and South Korea's opinions.
The government also hopes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Chinese premier will be able to agree on the start of an emergency communications system on the sidelines of the 3-way summit. The system would help to prevent incidents at sea and in the air.
Key words : US media interceptor
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US media have reported that an advanced interceptor missile failed to strike a target in a test conducted in Hawaii.
Japan and the United States are jointly developing a new interceptor missile, the SM-3 Block IIA, to counter North Korea's ballistic missile and other threats.
They are upgrading the SM3 interceptor missile mounted on the Aegis destroyer, so that it will be able to intercept an incoming ballistic missile over larger areas.
Multiple US media outlets reported that the Defense Department conducted the test of the new missile in Hawaii on Wednesday, but it failed.
Reports say that engineers working at a test facility of the Aegis Ashore, a new ground-based missile defense system, carried out the latest test. Japan is planning to deploy the Aegis Ashore.
US Defense officials are analyzing the test results.
The Pentagon succeeded in intercepting a target in the first test of the SM-3 Block IIA that took place in February of last year.
But the interceptor missile missed a target in the 2nd test held in June. If confirmed, the latest will be the missile's second consecutive test failure.
The US government decided in January this year to sell 4 of these missiles and other related equipment to Japan for around 133 million dollars.
Japan and the United States are jointly developing a new interceptor missile, the SM-3 Block IIA, to counter North Korea's ballistic missile and other threats.
They are upgrading the SM3 interceptor missile mounted on the Aegis destroyer, so that it will be able to intercept an incoming ballistic missile over larger areas.
Multiple US media outlets reported that the Defense Department conducted the test of the new missile in Hawaii on Wednesday, but it failed.
Reports say that engineers working at a test facility of the Aegis Ashore, a new ground-based missile defense system, carried out the latest test. Japan is planning to deploy the Aegis Ashore.
US Defense officials are analyzing the test results.
The Pentagon succeeded in intercepting a target in the first test of the SM-3 Block IIA that took place in February of last year.
But the interceptor missile missed a target in the 2nd test held in June. If confirmed, the latest will be the missile's second consecutive test failure.
The US government decided in January this year to sell 4 of these missiles and other related equipment to Japan for around 133 million dollars.
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Key words : UN secretary
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to fight discrimination and hate as the world body marked Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Representatives from UN member states and Holocaust survivors attended Wednesday's ceremony at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Guterres said anti-Muslim hatred is leading to discrimination, intimidation and assaults. He said hatred is also targeting migrants and refugees, including children.
The UN chief noted that pro-Nazi and white supremacist groups are trying to present a kinder and gentler image to win wider appeal.
He said the world must stand together against the normalization of hate.
The UN has made support for migrants and refugees its top priority this year.
Guterres has often spoken out against growing white supremacism in the US and neo-Nazism in Europe.
Representatives from UN member states and Holocaust survivors attended Wednesday's ceremony at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Guterres said anti-Muslim hatred is leading to discrimination, intimidation and assaults. He said hatred is also targeting migrants and refugees, including children.
The UN chief noted that pro-Nazi and white supremacist groups are trying to present a kinder and gentler image to win wider appeal.
He said the world must stand together against the normalization of hate.
The UN has made support for migrants and refugees its top priority this year.
Guterres has often spoken out against growing white supremacism in the US and neo-Nazism in Europe.
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Key words : prefectural
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The prefectural assembly of Okinawa in southern Japan has unanimously adopted a resolution protesting a recent spate of off-base emergency landings by US military helicopters.
In January alone, 3 US helicopters made such landings in the southern prefecture. The aircraft all belong to the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station.
The resolution, adopted on Thursday, calls the incidents abnormal, and says it's unacceptable that the US forces in Okinawa continue their flight practices without adequately explaining what caused the landings.
The resolution also calls for an immediate halt to all flights over civilian areas by military aircraft based at the station.
This part of the resolution notes that 3 helicopters from the station were seen flying over a local elementary school on January 18th.
This happened barely a month after the Marines agreed to avoid flying over the school as much as possible, following the dropping of a window from one of their helicopters onto the school's playground.
The resolution also demands that the Marines stationed in Okinawa be transferred out of the prefecture and Japan as soon as possible.
The assembly is to send the resolution to the US Embassy in Tokyo and US military headquarters, also in the capital.
In January alone, 3 US helicopters made such landings in the southern prefecture. The aircraft all belong to the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station.
The resolution, adopted on Thursday, calls the incidents abnormal, and says it's unacceptable that the US forces in Okinawa continue their flight practices without adequately explaining what caused the landings.
The resolution also calls for an immediate halt to all flights over civilian areas by military aircraft based at the station.
This part of the resolution notes that 3 helicopters from the station were seen flying over a local elementary school on January 18th.
This happened barely a month after the Marines agreed to avoid flying over the school as much as possible, following the dropping of a window from one of their helicopters onto the school's playground.
The resolution also demands that the Marines stationed in Okinawa be transferred out of the prefecture and Japan as soon as possible.
The assembly is to send the resolution to the US Embassy in Tokyo and US military headquarters, also in the capital.
Key words : United Nation diplomat
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The United Nations has appointed a former Japanese diplomat to head an office aimed at helping countries reduce disaster risk and damage.
The United Nations says Mami Mizutori will lead the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction as the Secretary- General's special representative.
Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric expressed high hopes for her abilities, referring to her more than 25 years of experience in international relations and the field of security, alongside her expertise on organizational management and leadership.
Mizutori was born in 1960. She entered the Foreign Ministry in 1983. She led the office on the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement and headed the section dealing with UN policy.
Since leaving the foreign ministry, she has been serving as the executive director of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures in Britain.
Mizutori's new post is equivalent to UN Assistant Secretary-General. This is the 2nd-highest position to be taken by a Japanese person in the organization after Izumi Nakamitsu, who was appointed Under-Secretary- General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs last year. It also means the top 2 Japanese in the organization will be women.
Japanese diplomatic sources at the UN say they're expecting Mizutori to contribute.
They say the importance of the post she will fill is growing amid a rising global need to prevent disasters and reduce damage.
The United Nations says Mami Mizutori will lead the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction as the Secretary- General's special representative.
Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric expressed high hopes for her abilities, referring to her more than 25 years of experience in international relations and the field of security, alongside her expertise on organizational management and leadership.
Mizutori was born in 1960. She entered the Foreign Ministry in 1983. She led the office on the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement and headed the section dealing with UN policy.
Since leaving the foreign ministry, she has been serving as the executive director of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures in Britain.
Mizutori's new post is equivalent to UN Assistant Secretary-General. This is the 2nd-highest position to be taken by a Japanese person in the organization after Izumi Nakamitsu, who was appointed Under-Secretary- General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs last year. It also means the top 2 Japanese in the organization will be women.
Japanese diplomatic sources at the UN say they're expecting Mizutori to contribute.
They say the importance of the post she will fill is growing amid a rising global need to prevent disasters and reduce damage.
Key words : researcher simple
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180201_08/
Researchers in Japan say they have developed a simple technique to detect Alzheimer's disease before symptoms appear.
The National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, or NCGG, and precision machinery firm Shimadzu Corporation carried out the joint project.
Alzheimer's is a cause of dementia. A substance called beta-amyloid is known to start accumulating in patients' brains more than 20 years before symptoms develop. But it requires expensive testing to diagnose the disease at an early stage.
The researchers say the new technique is based on their discovery that the amount of beta-amyloid in blood decreases when the substance builds up in the brain.
They say they were able to detect a beta-amyloid build-up with about a 90 percent accuracy rate in a clinical study involving about 230 elderly people in Japan and Australia.
Koichi Tanaka, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 16 years ago, is a member of the Shimadzu side of the project.
He said he will continue working so that the technique for measuring a tiny amount of substances can be applied to treatment and examination of diseases.
NCGG Research Institute Director Katsuhiko Yanagisawa said the new method will be used for research purposes for the time being. But he added he hopes it will have a role in health checkups in the future.
The National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, or NCGG, and precision machinery firm Shimadzu Corporation carried out the joint project.
Alzheimer's is a cause of dementia. A substance called beta-amyloid is known to start accumulating in patients' brains more than 20 years before symptoms develop. But it requires expensive testing to diagnose the disease at an early stage.
The researchers say the new technique is based on their discovery that the amount of beta-amyloid in blood decreases when the substance builds up in the brain.
They say they were able to detect a beta-amyloid build-up with about a 90 percent accuracy rate in a clinical study involving about 230 elderly people in Japan and Australia.
Koichi Tanaka, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 16 years ago, is a member of the Shimadzu side of the project.
He said he will continue working so that the technique for measuring a tiny amount of substances can be applied to treatment and examination of diseases.
NCGG Research Institute Director Katsuhiko Yanagisawa said the new method will be used for research purposes for the time being. But he added he hopes it will have a role in health checkups in the future.
Key words : Sharp announced
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Sharp has announced it showed a net profit for the 9 months through December. It is the first time in 4 years that the company posted a profit for an April-December period.
The Japanese electronics maker is a unit of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn.
Sharp says cost-cutting measures in cooperation with Hon Hai contributed to the recovery.
Consolidated net sales stood at nearly 17 billion dollars, up more than 20 percent from a year earlier.
It posted strong sales of LCD panels for tablet computers and automobiles. Sales of LCD TVs in China and Europe were also robust.
The strong demand was reflected in the consolidated net profit which stood at about 506 million dollars. That is up nearly 880 million dollars from a year earlier.
For the full year ending on March 31st, Sharp has maintained its earlier forecast given in October.
It kept net sales at over 20 billion dollars and net profit at about 630 million dollars.
The Japanese electronics maker is a unit of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn.
Sharp says cost-cutting measures in cooperation with Hon Hai contributed to the recovery.
Consolidated net sales stood at nearly 17 billion dollars, up more than 20 percent from a year earlier.
It posted strong sales of LCD panels for tablet computers and automobiles. Sales of LCD TVs in China and Europe were also robust.
The strong demand was reflected in the consolidated net profit which stood at about 506 million dollars. That is up nearly 880 million dollars from a year earlier.
For the full year ending on March 31st, Sharp has maintained its earlier forecast given in October.
It kept net sales at over 20 billion dollars and net profit at about 630 million dollars.
Key words : Hitachi
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180201_22/
Japan's electronics giant Hitachi and industrial robot maker FANUC will jointly develop a production system making use of IoT, or Internet of Things, technology.
The 2 companies, together with AI venture business Preferred Networks, will create a new company in April in Yamanashi Prefecture, near Tokyo, where FANUC is headquartered.
The companies envision linking plant equipment online, and using artificial intelligence to analyze data to achieve the most efficient production. They say such a system will change the way things are made.
The companies hope their tie-up will give them an edge in the fierce global competition to develop new production systems.
The 2 companies, together with AI venture business Preferred Networks, will create a new company in April in Yamanashi Prefecture, near Tokyo, where FANUC is headquartered.
The companies envision linking plant equipment online, and using artificial intelligence to analyze data to achieve the most efficient production. They say such a system will change the way things are made.
The companies hope their tie-up will give them an edge in the fierce global competition to develop new production systems.
Key words : annual sales
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Nintendo has increased its annual sales forecast for the current fiscal year through March 2018, raising it to its highest level in 7 years thanks to strong demand for its new console.
The Japanese game maker said on Wednesday that sales in the 9 months through December increased 175 percent year on year, hitting 7.8 billion dollars. Net profit also grew more than 30 percent.
Nintendo says consumers have been buying up its Nintendo Switch game console and software in droves. Its popularity has led the firm to raise its full year sales forecast to 9.3 billion dollars. That is a 108 percent increase from the previous fiscal year.
Nintendo says holiday season sales exceeded expectations and it is now estimating even higher sales in the full business year through March.
The Japanese game maker said on Wednesday that sales in the 9 months through December increased 175 percent year on year, hitting 7.8 billion dollars. Net profit also grew more than 30 percent.
Nintendo says consumers have been buying up its Nintendo Switch game console and software in droves. Its popularity has led the firm to raise its full year sales forecast to 9.3 billion dollars. That is a 108 percent increase from the previous fiscal year.
Nintendo says holiday season sales exceeded expectations and it is now estimating even higher sales in the full business year through March.
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