Japan's opposition parties are boycotting Diet deliberations after the government refused their demand that Finance Minister Taro Aso resign.
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The Meteorological Agency is keeping access restrictions in place for Mount Io in southwest Japan, after the volcano erupted on Thursday for the first time in 250 years.
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Key words : opposition boycot
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Japan's opposition parties are boycotting Diet deliberations after the government refused their demand that Finance Minister Taro Aso resign.
The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito says it will carry on deliberations regardless.
The largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party and 5 other parties are demanding Aso step down.
They want the finance minister to take responsibility for alleged sexual harassment by a top bureaucrat and the falsification of official documents by ministry officials.
On Friday, the opposition parties met and confirmed that they will seek Aso's resignation.
They also demanded the summoning of key figures as sworn witnesses in an alleged favoritism scandal, in a bid to clarify the truth and normalize Diet operations.
Most female lawmakers who attended the gathering wore black clothes to protest the alleged sexual harassment by the ministry' top bureaucrat, who announced his resignation this week.
Meanwhile, 2 Lower House committees met on Friday morning with only members of the ruling coalition and Nippon Ishin attending.
The ruling parties plan to go ahead with Diet deliberations despite the opposition boycott.
Key words : Aso listen no intention
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Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso says his ministry will listen to what TV Asahi has to say about the alleged sexual harassment of one of its female reporters by a top bureaucrat. Aso says he has no intention of stepping down himself.
Aso was speaking to reporters in Washington, where he is attending a G20 finance meeting.
He said he knows that TV Asahi has sent a letter of protest to the ministry. He said he takes the protest seriously and that it is necessary to listen to the broadcaster's side of the story as a first step of the ministry's investigation. The interviews will be carried out by lawyers.
Aso said it is still unclear whether a weekly magazine's article about the case is accurate.
He said the ministry must look into what happened because the context of the alleged harassment is not clear, and Administrative Vice Finance Minister Junichi Fukuda denies the allegations. Fukuda tendered his resignation on Wednesday, saying it is difficult for him to perform his duties.
Asked about his responsibility for appointing Fukuda, Aso said he has no intention of resigning himself.
Key words : education minister
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Education minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says his ministry has discovered an email it received 3 years ago in relation to a controversial project to open a private veterinary school in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan.
Hayashi told reporters on Friday that the ministry had found the email sent by the Cabinet Office on April 2nd, 2015. Ehime prefectural officials visited the prime minister's office on that day to discuss the project.
Last week, Ehime Governor Tokihiro Nakamura said a prefectural official had created a document about the meeting to discuss a project by Kake Educational Institution to open the vet school. The school operator is headed by a close friend of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Hayashi earlier said the ministry did not have such a document.
The newly-discovered email says that Ehime officials, representatives of the school operator and others visited the Cabinet Office on April 2nd, 2015, to meet a senior official in charge of regional revitalization.
The email states that on the same day the Ehime officials were to meet Tadao Yanase, who was the prime minister's secretary at the time.
Hayashi also revealed that an education ministry official was contacted by a colleague at the prime minister's office before the visit to ask what the ministry thought about the plan to open the school.
Hayashi says he believes all those involved will do their best to explain the matter.
The Ehime document quotes Yanase as saying the school project was a "matter related to the prime minister."
Yanase says he did not meet the Ehime officials as far as he can recall.
Key words : central bank meeting lasted
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Key words : north decision-making
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North Korea's ruling Workers' Party is believed to have held a plenary meeting of its decision-making Central Committee for the first time in 6 months on Friday.
The country's leader, Kim Jong Un, may have presented specific plans for a summit with US President Donald Trump that could be held by early June. Kim is due to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in next Friday.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Thursday that the Central Committee will convene to discuss and decide policy issues on a new level, in line with the demands of important historic developments.
At a meeting of the Workers' Party Politburo last week, Kim reportedly assessed the outlook for inter-Korean relations and dialogue with the US.
It was revealed this week that the CIA Director and Secretary of State nominee, Mike Pompeo, met Kim during a secret visit to Pyongyang.
Kim has given speeches on important policies at previous plenary meetings of the Central Committee.
In March 2013, he launched the "byongjin" policy of advancing nuclear and economic development at the same time. Last October, he promised to uphold the policy and called for speeding up the development of nuclear weapons and missiles.
Key words : outbreak
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An outbreak of measles in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa is affecting local tourism ahead of the spring holiday season.
Okinawa officials say that by Thursday, 65 people had been confirmed infected with the disease. The outbreak started when a male tourist from Taiwan tested positive on March 20th.
The officials also say more than 170 people have cancelled trips to Okinawa.
The prefectural government is receiving about 30 inquiries a day from people and travel agencies about where infections are rampant and how to protect against the virus.
Prefectural official Masaru Itokazu says it's deeply regrettable that the outbreak started before the holiday season, but that the prefecture will give people accurate information.
Some schools in Okinawa are cancelling classes.
The prefectural government plans to hold an emergency meeting of all its division chiefs on Monday.
Measles causes high fever and rashes. It can be fatal for infants and toddlers, and may result in miscarriages.
Key words : Insight what's behind latest measles outbreak
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Key words : meteorological keeping
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The Meteorological Agency is keeping access restrictions in place for Mount Io in southwest Japan, after the volcano erupted on Thursday for the first time in 250 years.
Mount Io is part of the Kirishima Mountain Range, which straddles Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan.
Agency officials said on Friday that the eruptions stopped early in the morning, but that the volcano continues to spew white smoke.
The officials said the eruption of Mount Io was the first to be observed since 1768.
They kept the volcanic alert level at 3 on a scale of 1 to 5, and restricted entry to the mountain.
The agency said it has been detecting volcanic tremors since Thursday that indicate movements of underground gases and superheated water.
The officials warn of the danger of falling rocks and pyroclastic flows within a 2-kilometer radius of the crater.
Local authorities have also banned entry into the area.
Key words : Abe Son
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son are on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2018.
Abe was included in the US weekly's list for the first time in 4 years.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull writes that Abe's "confident and dynamic leadership has revived Japan's economy." He also praises Abe's contribution to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.
US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un also made the list.
Masayoshi Son is described as one of the rare people who sees where the world is going more clearly than others.
In the category of pioneers, Time named 5 student survivors of February's mass shooting in Florida who are appealing for stricter gun control regulations.
Former US President Barack Obama praised them in his commentary. He wrote that "they have the power so often inherent in youth: to see the world anew; to reject the old constraints, outdated conventions and cowardice too often dressed up as wisdom."
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