In Tuesday trading on the Tokyo stock market, the Nikkei index closed more than 1,000 points lower than the previous day.
Japan's Defense Ministry says a Self-Defense Force helicopter that crashed on Monday had just had a key part replaced.
US Vice President has revealed a plan to boost his country's missile defense capability to cope with threats by North Korea.
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Key words : Nikkei lower previous day
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On the Tokyo stock market, the key Nikkei index closed more than 1,000 points lower than the previous day.
Share prices sank across the board on Tuesday following Monday's record plunge on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in New York.
The Nikkei average temporarily dropped more than 1,600 points in afternoon trading. It ended at 21,610, down 1,071 points from Monday's close.
The fall was the steepest since June 2016, when the Nikkei lost 1,286 points. That was when Britons voted for the UK to leave the European Union.
The wider TOPIX index closed at 1,743, down 80 points.
Market watchers say the drop in New York spread to Asia and fed investor anxiety.
They point out that some investors say stock prices had been too high and that adjustment will continue, while others predict buybacks because the global economy is booming.
They'll be keeping a close eye on European markets and what will happen in New York afterward.
Share prices sank across the board on Tuesday following Monday's record plunge on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in New York.
The Nikkei average temporarily dropped more than 1,600 points in afternoon trading. It ended at 21,610, down 1,071 points from Monday's close.
The fall was the steepest since June 2016, when the Nikkei lost 1,286 points. That was when Britons voted for the UK to leave the European Union.
The wider TOPIX index closed at 1,743, down 80 points.
Market watchers say the drop in New York spread to Asia and fed investor anxiety.
They point out that some investors say stock prices had been too high and that adjustment will continue, while others predict buybacks because the global economy is booming.
They'll be keeping a close eye on European markets and what will happen in New York afterward.
Key words : stock tumble Asian
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Stock prices tumbled on Asian markets following the plunge in New York.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Monday more than 1,100 points lower than the previous trading day. The 2-day nosedive fueled investor concerns.
As of 4 PM Tuesday Japan time, the key index in Taiwan was down roughly 5 percent from Monday's close. Indexes were down about 4.5 percent in Hong Kong, about 3 percent in Singapore, about 1.5 percent in South Korea, and 3.3 percent in Australia.
Market watchers say the tumble in New York made investors wary of high stock prices in Asia. They expect the outlook to remain unclear for some time.
In China, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 3.35 percent on Tuesday from Monday's close.
Observers say investors placed sell orders for a wide range of issues, such as communications and software.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Monday more than 1,100 points lower than the previous trading day. The 2-day nosedive fueled investor concerns.
As of 4 PM Tuesday Japan time, the key index in Taiwan was down roughly 5 percent from Monday's close. Indexes were down about 4.5 percent in Hong Kong, about 3 percent in Singapore, about 1.5 percent in South Korea, and 3.3 percent in Australia.
Market watchers say the tumble in New York made investors wary of high stock prices in Asia. They expect the outlook to remain unclear for some time.
In China, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 3.35 percent on Tuesday from Monday's close.
Observers say investors placed sell orders for a wide range of issues, such as communications and software.
Key words : chief cabinet no change
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Japan's chief cabinet secretary says there is no change in the government's view that the global economy remains strong.
Yoshihide Suga was commenting on Tuesday about the worldwide plunge in share prices. He told reporters that corporate profits are growing in Japan and elsewhere, and that the US and Australian economies have been recovering gradually.
Asked how the market plunge might affect Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies, Suga said Japan's economy is in a positive cycle with record-high corporate profits, more jobs and higher incomes.
He added that the government will closely watch financial markets and global money trends.
Yoshihide Suga was commenting on Tuesday about the worldwide plunge in share prices. He told reporters that corporate profits are growing in Japan and elsewhere, and that the US and Australian economies have been recovering gradually.
Asked how the market plunge might affect Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies, Suga said Japan's economy is in a positive cycle with record-high corporate profits, more jobs and higher incomes.
He added that the government will closely watch financial markets and global money trends.
Key words : helicopter key part replaced
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The Defense Ministry says a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that crashed on Monday in western Japan had just had a key part replaced.
Some eyewitnesses say they saw the chopper's main rotor blades coming off. The ministry's investigators are planning to look into details of the helicopter's maintenance.
Two people were aboard the AH-64 attack helicopter when it fell onto a house in the city of Kanzaki in Saga Prefecture. The co-pilot has been confirmed dead. The pilot is missing, and the ministry is trying to identify a body found the next morning at the site.
A 5th-grade girl in the house suffered minor injuries to her knee.
The helicopter was on a test flight after undergoing routine maintenance at a nearby air station, and crashed 7 minutes after taking off.
Officials say technicians had replaced the aircraft's main rotor head. It connects the 4 blades of the main rotor to the rotor mast.
The ministry says the main rotor head is replaced after about 1,750 hours of flight time. It was replaced on the helicopter for the first time since the aircraft was deployed to its current unit in March 2006.
Some eyewitnesses say they saw the chopper's main rotor blades coming off. The ministry's investigators are planning to look into details of the helicopter's maintenance.
Two people were aboard the AH-64 attack helicopter when it fell onto a house in the city of Kanzaki in Saga Prefecture. The co-pilot has been confirmed dead. The pilot is missing, and the ministry is trying to identify a body found the next morning at the site.
A 5th-grade girl in the house suffered minor injuries to her knee.
The helicopter was on a test flight after undergoing routine maintenance at a nearby air station, and crashed 7 minutes after taking off.
Officials say technicians had replaced the aircraft's main rotor head. It connects the 4 blades of the main rotor to the rotor mast.
The ministry says the main rotor head is replaced after about 1,750 hours of flight time. It was replaced on the helicopter for the first time since the aircraft was deployed to its current unit in March 2006.
Key words : Vice president reveal
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US Vice President Mike Pence has revealed a plan to boost his country's missile defense capability to cope with threats by North Korea.
Pence stopped at a US base in Alaska on his way to Asia on Monday. He was briefed about ground-based interceptor missiles deployed in the state.
Speaking to reporters, Pence said that at a time of increased provocation and threats of ballistic missiles from North Korea's rogue regime, the work done in Alaska on missile defense is more important than ever.
Pence said the US will deploy more ground-based interceptors to Alaska, where 40 such missiles are based.
Pence is scheduled to stop in Tokyo to discuss North Korea with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday. They plan to attend the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics in South Korea on Friday.
Pence stopped at a US base in Alaska on his way to Asia on Monday. He was briefed about ground-based interceptor missiles deployed in the state.
Speaking to reporters, Pence said that at a time of increased provocation and threats of ballistic missiles from North Korea's rogue regime, the work done in Alaska on missile defense is more important than ever.
Pence said the US will deploy more ground-based interceptors to Alaska, where 40 such missiles are based.
Pence is scheduled to stop in Tokyo to discuss North Korea with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday. They plan to attend the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics in South Korea on Friday.
Key words : Insight upcoming meeting in Olympic
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Key words : top official smuggling
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Top police officials from 31 countries and regions meeting in Tokyo have agreed to step up joint efforts to crack down on drug smuggling.
Shunichi Kuryu, the Commissioner General of Japan's National Police Agency, spoke at the start of Tuesday's conference.
He described organizations that make huge profits from drug smuggling and commit various crimes as one of the biggest evils facing international society. Kuryu stressed the need to share information and cooperate in investigations.
Agency officials reported that Japanese police seized 1,068 kilograms of stimulants last year.
That's the second-largest amount ever. Authorities seized 1,428 kilograms in 2016.
Police also exposed 84 cases last year in which criminal groups tried to smuggle large amounts of stimulants into Japan over a short period of time, by using foreign nationals to carry small packages containing drugs into the country.
That's more than twice the number of such cases in 2016. Cases of drugs smuggled from Thailand surged from one to 15.
The conference will be held through Thursday.
Shunichi Kuryu, the Commissioner General of Japan's National Police Agency, spoke at the start of Tuesday's conference.
He described organizations that make huge profits from drug smuggling and commit various crimes as one of the biggest evils facing international society. Kuryu stressed the need to share information and cooperate in investigations.
Agency officials reported that Japanese police seized 1,068 kilograms of stimulants last year.
That's the second-largest amount ever. Authorities seized 1,428 kilograms in 2016.
Police also exposed 84 cases last year in which criminal groups tried to smuggle large amounts of stimulants into Japan over a short period of time, by using foreign nationals to carry small packages containing drugs into the country.
That's more than twice the number of such cases in 2016. Cases of drugs smuggled from Thailand surged from one to 15.
The conference will be held through Thursday.
Key words : United States and Russia
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The United States and Russia both say they have met a key nuclear arms control target, amid rising concerns over their commitment to disarmament.
The 2 governments released separate statements confirming their compliance with the New START Treaty, which took effect in 2011.
The bilateral deal restricts each country to 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads, and mandates reductions in ballistic missiles and strategic bombers.
Monday was the deadline to verify compliance.
The United States says it has reduced its deployed nuclear warheads to 1,393. Russia has cut the number to 1,444.
However, Russia has been reinforcing its tactical nuclear arsenal that is not covered by the treaty.
US President Donald Trump last week released his administration's nuclear strategy. It calls for enhancing deterrence capabilities to counter Russia and other countries' military build-ups.
Disarmament experts are warning that the world may be heading back to the Cold War era, when tensions were high between Washington and Moscow.
The 2 governments released separate statements confirming their compliance with the New START Treaty, which took effect in 2011.
The bilateral deal restricts each country to 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads, and mandates reductions in ballistic missiles and strategic bombers.
Monday was the deadline to verify compliance.
The United States says it has reduced its deployed nuclear warheads to 1,393. Russia has cut the number to 1,444.
However, Russia has been reinforcing its tactical nuclear arsenal that is not covered by the treaty.
US President Donald Trump last week released his administration's nuclear strategy. It calls for enhancing deterrence capabilities to counter Russia and other countries' military build-ups.
Disarmament experts are warning that the world may be heading back to the Cold War era, when tensions were high between Washington and Moscow.
Key words : turkey
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Turkey's president and the pope have agreed that they both oppose US president Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Pope Francis on Monday, marking the first visit of a Turkish head of state to the Vatican in 59 years.
Erdogan and the pope discussed the status of Jerusalem, which has long been regarded sacred by 3 religions.
The Turkish presidential office says that the two opposed Trump's decision, agreeing that any change to the status of Jerusalem was unacceptable.
The Holy See says that both agreed on the need to promote peace in the Middle East through dialogue and negotiation, with respect for human rights and international law.
Turkey chairs the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which is made up of Muslim countries and territories.
Erdogan's visit to the Vatican was apparently aimed at consolidating opposition to the US decision with the pope, the top leader of Catholic churches across the world.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Pope Francis on Monday, marking the first visit of a Turkish head of state to the Vatican in 59 years.
Erdogan and the pope discussed the status of Jerusalem, which has long been regarded sacred by 3 religions.
The Turkish presidential office says that the two opposed Trump's decision, agreeing that any change to the status of Jerusalem was unacceptable.
The Holy See says that both agreed on the need to promote peace in the Middle East through dialogue and negotiation, with respect for human rights and international law.
Turkey chairs the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which is made up of Muslim countries and territories.
Erdogan's visit to the Vatican was apparently aimed at consolidating opposition to the US decision with the pope, the top leader of Catholic churches across the world.
Key words : wedding postpone
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Key words : heavy snow disruption
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Heavy snow, some on a record scale, hitting the Sea of Japan coast is continuing to cause widespread disruption to lives and transportation.
The Meteorological Agency says snow clouds are persisting due to a minus 12 degrees Celsius air mass hovering some 1,500 meters above the region. It says this kind of cold air mass usually comes just once in several years.
As of 1PM Tuesday, 1.58 meters of snowfall had accumulated in Hakusan City, 1.34 meters in Fukui City, and 68 centimeters in Kanazawa City.
In Fukui, the snowfall was the heaviest since 1981 and more than 6 times the average.
Traffic in the region has been paralyzed. Many railway services, except for the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, remain suspended. Motorways are closed and local roads are clogged as snow removal cannot catch up with falling snow. Almost all flights to and from 2 local airports in the region have been canceled.
Many elementary and junior high schools are closed. Five people were injured overnight on Monday and about 150 households were hit by power outages.
The agency warns that fresh snow of up to 80 centimeters is expected in some parts of the region for 24 hours until Wednesday morning.
The Meteorological Agency says snow clouds are persisting due to a minus 12 degrees Celsius air mass hovering some 1,500 meters above the region. It says this kind of cold air mass usually comes just once in several years.
As of 1PM Tuesday, 1.58 meters of snowfall had accumulated in Hakusan City, 1.34 meters in Fukui City, and 68 centimeters in Kanazawa City.
In Fukui, the snowfall was the heaviest since 1981 and more than 6 times the average.
Traffic in the region has been paralyzed. Many railway services, except for the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, remain suspended. Motorways are closed and local roads are clogged as snow removal cannot catch up with falling snow. Almost all flights to and from 2 local airports in the region have been canceled.
Many elementary and junior high schools are closed. Five people were injured overnight on Monday and about 150 households were hit by power outages.
The agency warns that fresh snow of up to 80 centimeters is expected in some parts of the region for 24 hours until Wednesday morning.
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