China says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has indicated that his country is willing to work toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
NATO is expelling 7 Russian diplomats as part of the international response to the nerve-agent attack against a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain.
The number of foreign residents in Japan has hit a new record high.
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Key words : China says indicated
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China says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has indicated that his country is willing to work toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
China's state-run Xinhua News Agency says Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a summit in Beijing. The report says Kim was in China from Sunday to Wednesday.
Xi reportedly welcomed what he said were positive changes that have taken place on the Korean Peninsula this year.
Xi said China is adhering to the goal of denuclearizing the peninsula, safeguarding its peace and stability, and solving problems through dialogue.
He added that China will continue to play a constructive role on the issue, and work with all parties.
Xinhua quoted Kim as saying that it is North Korea's consistent stand to be committed to the denuclearization of the peninsula, in accordance with the will of late President Kim Il Sung and late General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
Kim said North Korea is determined to transform inter-Korean ties into a relationship of reconciliation, and is willing to have a dialogue and hold a summit with the United States.
Kim is due to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in late April and with US President Donald Trump by the end of May.
Xinhua quotes Kim as saying that the issue of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula can be resolved if South Korea and the US respond to its efforts of goodwill while taking progressive and synchronous measures for the realization of peace.
Kim's trip to China was his first to a foreign country since he became North Korea's supreme leader in April of 2012, and the meeting with Xi his first summit.
Key words : Abe gather analyze
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan will gather and analyze information on the recent China-North Korea summit, while asking China to give details.
Abe made the comment at an Upper House committee meeting on Wednesday.
Abe said it was disclosed that North Korea had asked China for a dialogue prior to the planned inter-Korean and US-North Korea summit meetings.
He said such a change in North Korea's attitude is the result of an unwavering international campaign to apply maximum pressure on the country, in which even China and Russia participated. He added that Japan has taken the leadership in making it a worldwide campaign.
Abe also said the emphasis should not be on just holding talks, but on forcing North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and missiles.
He said he will continue working with other countries to have Pyongyang take concrete actions toward denuclearization, and stressed that sanctions should be kept in place until it happens.
Key words : NATO expelling nerve-agent
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NATO is expelling 7 Russian diplomats as part of the international response to the nerve-agent attack against a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain.
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on Tuesday that the attack was the first use of a nerve agent on the soil of the alliance's member states.
The 7 diplomats are among the roughly 30 officials working at the Russian mission in Brussels.
NATO took the step after 19 of its 29 member countries decided to expel Russian diplomats.
Despite the expulsion, Stoltenberg announced that NATO will maintain a framework for political dialogue with Russia. He indicated that the alliance wants to avoid an escalation of tensions.
So far, 26 countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany and Ukraine, have decided to expel Russian diplomats.
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Key words : foreign resident
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The number of foreign residents in Japan has hit a new record high, but there are also more cases of people overstaying their visas.
The Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau says about 2.56 million foreigners were living in Japan at the end of last year.
That's up 7.5 percent from the year before and is the highest figure since record-taking began in 1959.
Chinese are the largest group with more than 730,000 residents, followed by about 450,000 South Koreans. The number of Vietnamese residents surged 31.2 percent last year to more than 262,000.
The bureau says the number of foreigners who overstayed their visas increased for the 4th straight year to about 66,500.
In many of these cases, people entered Japan on tourist or other types of short-term visas, but stayed in the country after finding work.
Officials plan to intensify their crackdown on illegal foreign residents. They are also encouraging visa violators to voluntarily visit an immigration office. Under the "departure order" system, they will be able to leave Japan without being detained.
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Key words : watchdog reactor
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Japan's nuclear watchdog has approved a detailed plan for decommissioning the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor.
Dismantling of the plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, will take 30 years to complete.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority approved the plan submitted by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency at a regular meeting on Wednesday.
It calls for dismantling the reactor in 4 phases, ending by March, 2048.
The first phase aims to remove all the nuclear fuel in about 5 years, and is expected to start this year in July.
Questions remain about whether fuel removal from a fast-breeder reactor can be done safely. Removal and safe disposal of liquid sodium coolant is also a concern, as it burns furiously in contact with air or water.
The cost of the decommissioning is estimated to exceed 3.5 billion dollars, and it could go higher if earthquake proofing measures are included.
The government decided in December 2016 to scrap the reactor after a series of accidents and other safety problems.
The Monju was once considered a pillar of Japan's nuclear fuel recycling policy. The project has cost taxpayers 9.4 billion dollars so far.
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