Okinawa Prefecture in southwestern Japan has marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of a battle that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the closing days of World War Two.
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis says his country will indefinitely suspended another 2 military exercises with South Korea.
OPEC member countries have agreed to increase oil output starting in July, in an apparent attempt to stem a further rise in crude prices. But they failed to announce a clear target.
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Key words : Okinawa marked
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Okinawa Prefecture in southwestern Japan has marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of a battle that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the closing days of World War Two.
The prefecture held a ceremony on Saturday at the Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itoman. About 5,100 took part. At noon, they offered a one-minute silent prayer.
June 23rd, 1945 is regarded as the final day of the Japanese military's organized combat against US forces in Okinawa. The battle killed more than 200,000 people, including a quarter of the entire population of Okinawa.
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga read out a declaration of peace. He said the tragedy of the Battle of Okinawa taught people lessons about the stupidity of war and the preciousness of life.
He said he opposed a plan by the Japanese and US governments to relocate a US airbase to a new site, also in Okinawa, calling it "totally impermissible."
Onaga said tensions in East Asia have been easing, referring to the US-North Korea summit earlier this month.
The governor called on the people to think hard about the situation of US bases in Okinawa and the Japan-US security relationship. The prefecture now hosts about 70 percent of facilities exclusively used by the US military in Japan.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan's peace and prosperity are built on Okinawa's suffering and sorrow.
He said he will do everything he can to ease the burden on Okinawa.
Key words : Mattis definitely
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US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has indefinitely suspended another 2 military exercises with South Korea.
Mattis met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House national security advisor John Bolton at the Defense Department on Friday. They discussed ways to implement the results of the June 12th US-North Korea summit.
In the days following the summit, the US and South Korea suspended the annual computer-simulated Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills.
A Pentagon spokesperson said Mattis had now decided to halt 2 more training exercises, which are part of a marine exchange program with South Korea. The exercises were scheduled to take place in the next 3 months.
The official said the decision was made in view of diplomatic negotiations with North Korea. He said additional decisions will depend on whether the North continues to negotiate in good faith.
Mattis has expressed support for the State Department's diplomatic engagement with North Korea. But some members of Congress say the US has made too many concessions.
Key words : Trump economic sanction north
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US President Donald Trump has decided to extend economic sanctions against North Korea for one year.
He notified Congress of his decision on Friday.
The measures include freezing the US assets of North Korea's government and individuals, and ban Americans from owning North Korea vessels.
The US government has extended the sanctions every year since they were first imposed in 2008.
Trump said the existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-grade fissile material on the Korean Peninsula, and the actions and policies of the North Korean government, continue to pose a threat to US security, foreign policy, and its economy.
Ahead of the June 12th summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Trump said that current sanctions will be maintained, but that he would no longer use the words, "maximum pressure," in referring to North Korea.
Key words : international olympic
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has pledged support for the peace process on the Korean Peninsula as well as North Korea's participation in the Olympics.
Bach spoke at an event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday to commemorate Olympic Day.
He said the joint march by the 2 Koreas at the opening ceremony of this year's PyeongChang Olympics was one example of how the Winter Games helped the countries come closer together.
Bach said the IOC will continue to back the peace process and do what it can to support North Korea's involvement in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.
In a rare move, the IOC invited officials of the Olympic committees of South and North Korea, Japan and China to attend this year's event at its headquarters.
At the event, star Japanese table tennis players Ai Fukuhara and Tomokazu Harimoto took part in mixed team games along with athletes from the 2 Koreas and China.
Fukuhara said she was honored to be invited. She said she's keen to help make the Tokyo Olympics a big success.
Key words : former died
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Former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil has died. He was 92. He played a key role in the process up to the normalization of diplomatic ties with Japan in 1965.
Kim is believed to have died of old age. South Korean media quote officials at a hospital in Seoul saying Kim was declared dead on arrival at the hospital from his home on Saturday morning.
Kim was a former military officer. He was involved in the 1961 coup led by former President Park Chung-hee. He entered politics after serving as South Korea's intelligence agency chief.
Kim met then Japanese Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira in 1962 to discuss diplomatic normalization between their countries.
A memorandum subsequently written on the scale of economic cooperation from Japan to South Korea led to the normalization in 1965.
Kim continued to keep close ties with Japan, serving as the first head of the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians' Union.
He was known as one of the "Three Kims," along with 2 former presidents, Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung.
Kim retired from politics after he lost a general election in 2004.
Key words : OPEC member countries oil output starting
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OPEC member countries have agreed to increase oil output starting in July, in an apparent attempt to stem a further rise in crude prices.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries made the announcement in Vienna on Friday. But the agreement failed to announce a clear target for the output increase.
The OPEC members, together with non-OPEC countries such as Russia, began cutting output in January of last year in an attempt to boost low crude prices. Last month, the price of crude briefly hit a 3-and-a-half-year high.
On Friday, OPEC officials said that current output represented a larger cut than originally planned, partly due to political uncertainties in Venezuela.
OPEC said it would increase output to the original target level. The scale of the increase will be about 600,000 barrels a day. But the agreement didn't give concrete figures, and avoided setting targets for individual countries.
Observers say that the scale of the output increase was less than market expectations.
OPEC and non-OPEC producers will meet again on Saturday and are expected sign-off on the output increase.
Key words : University Tokyo
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University of Tokyo Professor Yuji Iwasawa has been chosen to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands. He becomes the fourth Japanese judge at the ICJ.
The ICJ is a major entity of the United Nations composed of 15 judges chosen in elections held at the UN General Assembly and Security Council. It is set up to resolve disputes between nations under international laws.
Iwasawa was chosen at a by-election on Friday to replace former vice foreign minister Hisashi Owada who retired on June 7th before completing his term in office.
Iwasawa will serve out the remainder of Owada's term through February, 2021.
Owada served as a judge at ICJ from 2003. His daughter, Crown Princess Masako, will become Empress next year.
Iwasawa, a specialist on international law, was the only candidate in the running.
He won the votes of 184 countries of the 193 member nations in the UN General Assembly, and the support of all 15 member countries on the UN Security Council.
After his election, Iwasawa said he believes promotion of the rule of law in the international community will benefit Japan and the world. He promised to do his utmost, making use of his experience in the field of international law as a judge from Japan.
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