Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that he will seek a third consecutive term of the presidency of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan plans to extend emergency aid to a UN agency for Palestinian refugees amid growing concern over the agency's financial difficulties caused by the US freezing its financial assistance.
Nissan Motor has launched a production of new electric vehicles that plant in China.
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Key words : Abe seek
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that he will seek a third consecutive term of the presidency of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
He will face off against former LDP Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba, the only other candidate who has entered the race so far.
The vote is set to take place on September 20th, and will be the party's first contested election in 6 years. Abe was re-elected without opposition 3 years ago.
Abe, who was visiting the southern prefecture of Kagoshima on Sunday, said he's ready to lead efforts to prepare the country for the future and that the election centers on how this should be done.
Meanwhile, Ishiba said he hopes to have a good debate on key issues such as social security and economic policy.
The winner will be decided by votes cast by party members of the Diet and rank-and-file members.
Abe, who seems to have already secured a majority of the lawmakers' support, also hopes to win more than half the votes of the party members.
Key words : chief cabinet discuss
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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary says ministers will meet on Tuesday to discuss ways to ensure that employment quotas will be met for people with disabilities.
Yoshihide Suga announced the step on Monday following the recent revelation that government ministries and local authorities inflated their disabled staff numbers.
Administrative bodies and businesses are required by law to include a certain percentage of people with disabilities in their workforces.
The labor and welfare ministry has been investigating the alleged practice. Suga told reporters that the results of the probe will be made public at Tuesday's meeting.
He added that the relevant ministers will use the results to discuss ways to prevent a recurrence and ensure the quotas will be met at government offices.
Key words : Japan plans to emergency
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Japan plans to extend emergency aid to a UN agency for Palestinian refugees amid growing concern over the agency's financial difficulties caused by the US freezing its financial assistance.
Sources say the Japanese government will release the aid by the end of this week, extending 5.4 million dollars to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
The funds will be used to provide food aid to one million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who are facing one of the most serious humanitarian crises in the region.
UNRWA could be forced to suspend its activities by the end of next month if it fails to fill a more than 200 million dollars shortfall.
Before it halted the funding, the United States had provided 30 percent of the UN agency's operating costs to provide food, education and medicine for 5.3 million Palestinian refugees.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has hardened its stance against the Palestinian leadership to secure support from pro-Israel voters in the upcoming midterm Congressional elections.
The United Nations is calling on the international community to step up and provide emergency aid for UNRWA.
The Japanese government appears to have decided to respond to the UN call from a humanitarian viewpoint, despite the US decision.
Key words : Insight clean up pollution in India
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Key words : registration
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Registration of candidates for local elections has begun in Taiwan ahead of voting day on November 24th. Posts up for grabs include the mayor's offices of Taipei and Kaohsiung.
Candidates began filing their candidacy for 22 gubernatorial and mayoral posts on Monday, the start of the 5-day election registration period.
Major parties view the upcoming elections as a prelude to the presidential election in 2020.
Members and affiliates of political parties were seen chanting their parties' slogans in a show of support as candidates registered.
Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party, led by President Tsai Ing-wen, won 13 of the 22 posts in the elections held 4 years ago.
Eager to maintain the momentum, members are campaigning on the party's efforts to reform Taiwan's pension system and labor standards.
The ruling party is also calling for solidarity, as China continues its efforts to isolate Taiwan.
Meanwhile, the main opposition Nationalist Party, which has for long held the helm of Taiwan, has launched a campaign against the Tsai administration in a bid to win back power.
Nearly half of voters do not support any party. How these independent voters evaluate the Tsai administration will likely determine who wins the local elections.
Key words : Nissan
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Japanese automakers see big opportunities in China's growing market for electric vehicles. Nissan Motor is planning to roll out some of its latest models from a local factory.
Nissan is the first Japanese carmaker to produce EVs under its own brand in China. Production has gotten underway in Guangzhou in the south of the country.
Nissan says the "Sylphy Zero Emission" can run about 340 kilometers on a single charge. It goes on sale next month.
Company officials also say they're going to expand their local EV line-up with 5 new models by the end of next year.
Nissan Motor President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa said, "China is the world's biggest auto market. The country is also starting to lead the world in the development of new technologies. We will sell EVs that are attractive to consumers in China."
Honda will introduce EVs in the country by the end of the year. Toyota and Mazda plan to do so in 2020.
Over 650,000 electric vehicles were sold in China last year. The government has set a sales target for eco-friendly cars that run on electricity and other alternative power sources of 7 million units in 2025.
Key words : self-driving
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A self-driving taxi has started cruising the streets of central Tokyo. The cab is on a 2-week trial run, picking up passengers.
Japanese venture firm ZMP developed the vehicle. The company has teamed up with local taxi operator Hinomaru Kotsu.
The first passengers were a family of 3. They used a smartphone app to open the doors.
The cab is making 4 round-trips a day between an office building near Tokyo station and a major commercial tower about 5 kilometers away in the Roppongi area.
There's a driver on board just in case. But most of the navigation is done automatically, including turning at intersections and changing lanes.
Officials at the companies say this is the first time in the world for a self-driving taxi to carry paying customers.
One of the passengers said, "The ride was quite smooth. It was amazing that driving was done almost automatically."
Hinomaru Kotsu President & CEO Kazutaka Tomita said, "We're facing a severe challenge from labor shortages. So we hope to tap self-driving technology to make up for a lack of drivers, as well as improving convenience."
The company is aiming to commercialize autonomous taxis by the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The trial runs until September 8th.
Key words : temperature
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Temperatures topped 35 degrees Celsius on Monday across much of western and eastern Japan.
Japan's Meteorological Agency says a high pressure system pushed up the mercury.
The day's highest temperature was 37.8 degrees in Koshigaya City in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, and Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture, central Japan.
It reached 36.7 degrees in Nagoya City. This was the 33rd day this year the city has seen heat of over 35 degrees. It's the longest heatwave since record-keeping began in 1910.
Elsewhere, temperatures hit 36.4 degrees in the city of Kyoto and 35.8 degrees in central Tokyo.
As children return to classes in the city of Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, elementary and junior high schools are taking measures to protect them. Teachers at one school handed out ice packs for pupils to wrap around their necks.
One of the school principals said he hoped to help children avoid heatstroke through the use of refrigerants.
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