Tokyo is expected to call for understanding from Washington over Japan's growing plutonium stockpile as a nuclear cooperation agreement with the US renews on Tuesday.
People in western and eastern Japan are dealing with sweltering heat as temperatures have soared to nearly 40 degrees Celsius.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the government will provide financial support to areas in western Japan that were hit hard recently by record-high rainfall.
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Key words : tokyo expected
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Tokyo is expected to call for understanding from Washington over Japan's growing plutonium stockpile as a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States renews on Tuesday.
The agreement authorizes Japan to reprocess spent nuclear fuel and recycle plutonium for use in reactors.
The initial 30-year term ends on Monday.
The pact is set to be renewed automatically the next day, because neither side objects to it. However, should either side object from now on, it will be rendered invalid 6 months from that point.
The US is concerned about Japan's growing stockpile of plutonium amid difficulties over its reuse.
The Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor, which was to serve as the core of Japan's nuclear recycling program, is set to be dismantled following a series of problems.
Tokyo officials are likely to explain to Washington that they will try to reduce the amount of plutonium Japan is stockpiling, and also ensure better safekeeping.
The US is expected to continue to demand a transparent nuclear energy policy from Japan, including a specific strategy for recycling nuclear fuel.
Key words : chief negotiator
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Chief negotiators from the 11 countries that signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement will hold talks in Japan this week.
The officials will gather on Wednesday and Thursday in Hakone, west of Tokyo.
It will be the first such meeting since they signed the free trade pact in March.
The TPP deal will go into force 60 days after at least 6 of the 11 countries ratify the agreement.
Mexico and Japan have completed procedures required to ratify the trade deal. It will come into force with 4 more countries ratifying.
Japan wants to discuss how preliminary talks should be handled with countries that hope to join the pact.
Thailand, Colombia and Britain have expressed interest in joining.
Key words : nearly 40 degrees
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People in many parts of Japan are sweltering as temperatures have soared to nearly 40 degrees Celsius. The heatwave is likely to continue this week with the risk of heatstroke remaining high in areas including those hit by recent heavy rain.
Japan's Meteorological Agency says powerful high-pressure systems over Japan are bringing scorching weather to a wide part of the country.
The daytime high in Ibigawa Town in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Monday hit this year's national high of 39.3 degrees Celsius.
In central Tokyo, the mercury rose to 34.4 degrees.
Temperatures above 35 degrees were recorded in and around areas where recent downpours caused disasters.
The risk of heatstroke is particularly high in disaster zones in western Japan, where evacuees are living in unfamiliar environments.
Authorities are advising survivors, volunteers and recovery workers to take precautionary measures including resting in shade from time to time.
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Key words : Abe financial support hit hard
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the government will provide financial support to areas in western Japan that were hit hard recently by record-high rainfall.
Abe unveiled the first set of such measures at a meeting of the government's emergency taskforce on Monday.
They include offering interest-free loans to disaster-affected farmers and fishers for 5 years.
The measures also include extending moratoriums on debt repayment for smaller businesses.
Abe said the government will do all it can to make sure affected business owners can begin efforts to recover from the disaster to restart business as soon as possible.
He said the government will continue to take a hands-on approach from the affected areas' viewpoints and implement concrete measures to quickly repair damage and rebuild survivors' lives.
Key words : relief effort continuing
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People across western and eastern Japan have been contending with intense summer heat as temperatures have soared to nearly 40 degrees Celsius.
Relief efforts are continuing in areas affected by the torrential rains.
Local health officials say dust flying in the air is now adding to the residents' woes.
They say the dust from dried mud contains bacteria and viruses. If breathed in for long periods, it can accumulate in the lungs and pose health risks.
The authorities are distributing masks to households in areas that have been left without tap water.
In the disaster-stricken areas, more than 4,700 people are still in shelters.
Some evacuees have chosen to sleep in their vehicles at night. They say the shelters are hot and noisy, so they cannot sleep there.
Local officials are advising evacuees to take precautions against economy class syndrome -- a condition in which people develop blood clots when they do not move for long periods of time.
Key words : Mike north resume
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his country and North Korea have agreed to resume field activities to search for the remains of US service members who died during the Korean War.
Pompeo issued a statement to the effect on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the 2 countries held a military general officer-level meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom on the military demarcation line that divides the 2 Koreas, the first such meeting in 9 years.
Pompeo said the US and North Korea will begin working-level talks on Monday to discuss the return of remains to the US.
The repatriation is one of the agreements reached during last month's US-North Korea summit in Singapore.
It's estimated that the remains of about 5,300 US service members are still in North Korea. The US sent search-and-retrieval inspectors to North Korea 33 times over the course of 9 years starting in 1996.
But Washington suspended the dispatch in response to Pyongyang declaring it possessed nuclear weapons.
In 2011, both sides agreed to resume the operation. But that did not materialize, as the North launched what it called a long-range ballistic missile.
It is yet to be seen whether Sunday's agreement will lead to progress in talks on the complete denuclearization of North Korea, over which the 2 sides remain divided.
Key words : China economic growth investment
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China's economic growth slowed slightly in the April to June period.
On Monday, Chinese officials said that the country's gross domestic product for the 2nd quarter grew 6.7 percent from a year ago.
That's a 0.1-percentage-point decrease from the first quarter, and it's the first time in 3 quarters that growth weakened. But the figure is higher than the government's target of 6.5 percent.
Spending continued to be robust, especially in the service sector. Capital investment was up for private firms, as they updated assembly lines.
But investments in infrastructure slowed as excess debts weighed down on local governments.
The latest figures come after US President Donald Trump imposed a 25 percent levy on Chinese products worth about 34 billion dollars. Trump cited violations of intellectual property rights as a reason.
China immediately responded with retaliatory tariffs of the same scale, prompting Washington to take steps to slap tariffs on a wider range of items.
Observers say an escalation of trade frictions between the two economies could hurt China's exports and industrial output.
Key words : Chicago
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Protesters in the US Midwestern city of Chicago have taken to the streets for a 2nd day over a fatal police shooting of a black man.
On Saturday, police officers stopped 37-year-old Harith Augustus for questioning. He was then shot several times and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Protesters say the officers overreacted and racially discriminated against the man.
The police say Augustus appeared to be reaching for a weapon as he broke free and ran. They released footage from a body camera carried by one of the officers, and also said Augustus was carrying 3 guns.
Key words : bankruptcies
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The number of Japanese corporate bankruptcies during the first 6 months of this year was the lowest in 10 years.
Credit research company Teikoku Databank says that 4,029 firms went under between January and June.
Each of the firms had debts of at least 10 million yen. That's about 89,000 dollars.
There were 218 fewer bankruptcies than the number recorded during the same time last year. That represents a drop of 5.1 percent.
The number of failures in the manufacturing sector fell by 11.6 percent, while the construction sector saw a 6.8 percent drop.
Automotive and semiconductor exports have remained strong, and an increase in the number of foreign visitors has led to the construction of more hotels.
But as far as the outlook for the future is concerned, analysts at the research firm say the global economy could be affected, if the trade frictions between the US and China intensify.
They also say that, if the US levies large tariffs on car imports from Japan, auto-related industries could be affected.
Key words : Koreeda
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Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda, whose film "Shoplifters" won the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year, will make his next film in France.
It will be a story of a French actress and her daughter who is a screen writer coming home from the United States.
Catherine Deneuve will play the actress and Juliette Binoche will play the daughter. It will be his 15th feature film.
The script is also written by the director.
It will be shot between October and December in France for a planned theater release next year.
Koreeda issued a comment on his first feature film outside of Japan, saying it will be a challenge to transcend differences of language and culture.
He added that he is looking forward to working with renowned actors and actresses.
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