Japan's Prime Minister has departed for the United States to hold talks with US President Donald Trump ahead of the planned US-North Korea summit.
US President Trump plans to have his top trade officials join the upcoming summit with the Japanese prime minister. His national security team will take part in talks on North Korea.
Leaders of the G7 countries have expressed full support for the coordinated air strikes in Syria by the United States, Britain and France.
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Key words : prime departed
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has departed for the United States to hold talks with US President Donald Trump ahead of the planned US-North Korea summit.
Before leaving Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon, Abe told reporters that he wants to confirm with Trump their cooperation on issues such as North Korea and the economy, as well as the strength of their bilateral alliance.
Abe also said he wants to confirm that the 2 countries will work together to make North Korea abandon its nuclear and missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.
Abe added that the abduction issue, involving Japanese nationals taken by the North's agents decades ago, is very important. He vowed to do his best in talks with Trump to ensure that the meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make progress toward resolution of the issue.
Abe and Trump are scheduled to meet at the president's retreat in Florida on Tuesday and Wednesday local time.
They are expected to play golf as they did during Trump's visit to Japan in November last year.
Key words : Trump trade official
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US President Donald Trump plans to have his top trade officials join the upcoming summit with the Japanese prime minister. His national security team will take part in talks on North Korea.
Trump arrived on Monday at his Florida retreat, where he will host Shinzo Abe on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The president announced that Vice President Mike Pence and National Security Adviser John Bolton, a hardline conservative, will attend the meetings.
The 2 leaders are expected to discuss how to deal with North Korea, and reaffirm their plan to maintain maximum pressure on the nation to denuclearize.
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow will be joining the 2 leaders' discussions on trade.
Trump recently pointed to Japan as one of the friendly nations with which the US trade deficit is worsening. He stressed his determination to cut the deficit.
Trump has been demanding that Japan open its automobile and agricultural markets. He also wants to start negotiating a free trade agreement between the US and Japan.
Key words : Insight significant upcoming summit
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Key words : G7
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Leaders of the Group of 7 industrialized countries have expressed full support for the coordinated air strikes in Syria by the United States, Britain and France.
The G7 leaders issued a joint statement on Monday. In it, they said they are united in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the use of chemical weapons in Syria by the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
They also gave their full support to efforts by the US, Britain and France to degrade the Assad regime's ability to use chemical weapons and to deter any future use.
They called the military response limited, proportionate and necessary.
They said it came only after every possible diplomatic option to uphold international norms against the use of chemical weapons had been exhausted.
They called the use of such weapons a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention and a threat to international peace and security.
They said the Assad regime's repeated use of chemical weapons has been confirmed.
And they condemned what they called the deliberate strategy to terrorize local populations and force them into submission.
Russia and China have harshly criticized the missile attacks, calling them illegal and unacceptable.
Key words : US commerce
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The US Commerce Department has banned a Chinese telecom-equipment maker from buying American components.
Department officials said on Monday that ZTE violated an agreement both sides reached in March last year.
The agreement was put in place after officials found that ZTE was illegally exporting telecom equipment to Iran and North Korea.
The Chinese company agreed to pay large penalties. It also agreed to cut bonuses to employees involved in the illegal exports. But US officials said ZTE did not fully reduce bonuses and made false statements to the Commerce Department.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement that ZTE misled the department and its behavior cannot be ignored.
The latest measure is expected to be a major blow to ZTE. It could worsen the trade row between the United States and China.
Key words : Taiwan left
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Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has left for the African nation of Swaziland to strengthen bilateral ties amid China's growing influence on the continent.
Tsai left Taipei on Tuesday for a 5-day trip to the southern African country.
Some African countries have cut off diplomatic relations with Taiwan while China, touting a "One China" principle, expands its economic and military influence in the region.
Taiwan has diplomatic ties with 2 African nations -- Swaziland and Burkina Faso in the west. That's down from 8 in 2000.
Tsai has vowed efforts to win support for Taiwan's position, saying that going out into the world will give Taiwan a boundless future.
China's military plans to hold a live-fire exercise in the Taiwan Strait, near Fujian Province, from Wednesday.
Taiwanese defense authorities see it as a regular drill, but are stepping up their alert.
Key words : female journalist
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People have gathered in Malta to remember a female journalist who was killed 6 months ago while reporting on alleged corruption among Maltese politicians.
A mass was held at a church in the Maltese capital Valletta on Monday.
Daphne Caruana Galizia reported an allegation that the wife of Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat hid money in a secret bank account. This was in relation to leaked tax haven data known as the Panama Papers.
Caruana Galizia, who was active in Malta for 30 years, was killed by a booby-trapped bomb in her car last October. Three men have been indicted for murder, but they were apparently hired by someone else as they had no previous connections to the victim.
About a thousand people participated in a gathering organized by a civic group after the mass. Pauline Ades-Mevel from international organization Reporters Without Borders was invited to the event. She called out to the participants to commend the journalist's courage.
Ades-Mevel said a journalist should not be threatened for investigating and covering a story. The crowd responded with applause.
A female participant said the problem does not concern Malta alone, as journalists have been killed in other countries as well. She said she hopes the truth will be revealed on the murder of Caruana Galizia.
Key words : new york yorker
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The New York Times and The New Yorker have won this year's Pulitzer Prize for public service for their reports on sexual harassment and assault allegations against a Hollywood mogul. The reports helped lead to the global "MeToo" movement against such misconduct.
The Pulitzer Prizes recognize the best American works in 21 journalism and arts categories. The 2018 prize winners were announced at Columbia University in New York on Monday.
The New York Times and The New Yorker reported last year that Harvey Weinstein had allegedly subjected many women to sexual harassment and assault.
Their reports encouraged victims of similar conduct around the world to come forward on social media under the hashtag "MeToo."
Pulitzer Prize administrator Dana Canedy praised the 2 publications for producing "explosive, impactful journalism that exposed wealthy and powerful sexual predators."
The New York Times also won for national reporting, along with The Washington Post, for reports on alleged collusion between Russia and US President Donald Trump's election campaign.
Key words : major shipping
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Major Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen has unveiled a 5-year plan to reduce its environmental impact by operating more vessels powered by liquefied natural gas.
LNG-powered ships emit less carbon dioxide than their coal- or oil-powered counterparts.
Company executives also announced plans to speed up the introduction of refueling vessels that supply LNG to ships at sea.
They say about 93 million dollars of the cost of the initiative will be covered by so-called green bonds.
These will be used to finance environmental measures and are the first of their kind for the company.
Executives hope environmentally conscious investors around the world will buy the bonds.
Last week, the International Maritime Organization adopted a strategy to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from vessels in half by 2050.
Key words : NHK survey
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An NHK survey suggests that poor living conditions may have caused the deaths of nearly 100 people who survived devastating earthquakes in southwestern Japan 2 years ago.
A series of powerful earthquakes struck Kumamoto Prefecture and nearby areas from April 14th, 2016.
Local government officials designated the deaths of 211 people as disaster-related. That's more than 4 times the 50 fatalities caused by the direct effects of the tremors, such as being trapped under collapsed buildings.
At least 95 people who died disaster-related deaths had slept in their cars or at evacuation centers.
Some of them developed blood clots. Others became ill after not being able to get enough sleep or losing their appetites.
A man in his 90s in the hard-hit town of Mashiki stayed at an evacuation center after the quakes, but developed a fever 4 days later and was admitted to hospital.
He repeatedly developed pneumonia and died in August 2016. His death was designated as disaster-related.
The man's son says his father was in good health before the earthquake.
He says the evacuation center was overcrowded and everyone had to sleep in close proximity on the floor, making it difficult to even roll over. He says his father couldn't sleep well.
He also says there were not enough toilets, they were dirty, and people were always lining up to use them. He says his father didn't want to use the facilities so he tried to avoid eating or drinking.
Medical doctor Kazuhiko Hanzawa at Niigata University says tolerating shortcomings at evacuations centers has long been regarded as a virtue in Japan.
But, from now on, he says, the facilities must be created with more emphasis on how to prevent people from becoming sick.
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