Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba have made thier pitches during the policy debate on how they would lead the counry's main governing party.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticized Russia for attempting to undermine UN Security Council sanctions resolutions against North Korea.
US media are reporting that President Donald Trump has instructed aides to go ahead with imposing additional tariffs on about 200 billion dollars' worth of Chinese imports.
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Key words : Abe Ishiba
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba have held a wide-ranging policy debate as they campaign in the leadership election of Japan's main governing Liberal Democratic Party.
The race will effectively decide who leads Japan. Abe is seeking a 3rd straight term. Ishiba is a former LDP secretary general. He has also held cabinet posts.
Social welfare was one of the main topics in the debate, amid Japan's aging population and declining birthrate.
Abe proposed allowing people aged over 70 to choose when to start receiving their pensions.
He said he will realize a society in which elderly people, with their experience and wisdom, can live life to the fullest regardless of age. He also said he will carry out social security reforms in the next 3 years to prepare for an age of centenarians.
Ishiba noted the importance of helping everyone lead happy lives. He said 6-million elderly people in Japan live alone, with half surviving on the same or lower income levels as those of people on welfare.
Ishiba said nearly 9.3 million people who were unable to land regular jobs in the past tight labor market earn no more than about 16,700 dollars annually. He also said support must be provided as part of work-style reforms, to help workers enhance their skills.
Abe reiterated that he is resolved to amend the Constitution, a task he said has not been achieved in the 70 years since the end of World War Two.
He said he's determined to carve out a new era with the people of Japan.
Ishiba countered that the charter should never be amended without a sincere explanation to all of the public. He said he disagrees with Abe on methodology, and that they have a duty to present their differences to the people, with whom sovereignty resides.
Another key topic was dealing with natural disasters, as Japan has experienced record rainfall, deadly typhoons and earthquakes in recent months.
Abe promised to work intensively to carry out emergency measures in the next 3 years, for the purpose of disaster prevention and mitigation and to improve the nation's resiliency.
He said disaster prevention must be tackled by all government offices, with the prime minister at the helm. He said he won't rule out the creation of a new ministry to prepare for and respond to disasters.
Ishiba said a government office specializing in disaster preparedness must be established. He added that natural disasters require a dedicated minister and staff preparing around the clock, all year long.
Votes for the LDP presidential election are to be counted on September 20th, with the winner announced immediately.
Key words : Mike
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticized Russia for attempting to undermine UN Security Council sanctions resolutions against North Korea. He says enforcement of the resolutions is essential to achieving the North's denuclearization.
Pompeo's remarks follow Russian moves to block the publication of a report into how sanctions are being implemented. A UN Security Council committee was due to publish the report in early September, but was prevented from doing so by objections from Russia.
The United States says Russia pressured the committee into rewriting the report, which referred to Moscow's sanctions violations.
At a news conference on Friday, Pompeo expressed hope the Security Council committee would remain independent and not allow a single country to draft language and have it inserted.
He said the UN Security Council resolutions are central to President Donald Trump's efforts to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong Un of the necessity of full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Key words : united nation
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The United Nations Security Council is set to meet next week to discuss sanctions against North Korea.
The United States Mission to the UN said in a statement on Friday that Washington has called for an urgent meeting for Monday to discuss the enforcement of UN sanctions on the North.
The mission said its action was prompted by recent efforts by some Security Council member states to undermine and obstruct North Korea sanctions.
The US has blacklisted information technology companies in China and Russia, saying they helped the North evade sanctions.
Washington is also accusing Moscow of pressuring a Security Council committee to change the content of a report on the sanctions written by a panel of independent experts.
Key words : US special reaffirm
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US special envoy on North Korea Stephen Biegun and his Japanese counterpart, Kenji Kanasugi, have reaffirmed that they will cooperate over North Korea's alleged evasion of UN sanctions.
Biegun met the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau chief on Saturday in Tokyo.
The diplomats agreed that UN member countries need to implement sanctions resolutions adopted by the Security Council to achieve the North's denuclearization.
They confirmed that Japan and the US should work with South Korea and other countries to prevent ship-to-ship transfers of energy supplies by Pyongyang.
Biegun and Kanasugi also agreed to coordinate their countries' responses to North Korean issues, including the abduction issue, in the run-up to the inter-Korean summit scheduled to start on Tuesday.
Biegun has been on a tour of South Korea, China and Japan this week.
He met Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Friday.
Key words : relatives
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Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea have asked the new US special representative for the North to help bring their loved ones back to Japan.
The relatives met Stephen Biegun in Tokyo on Friday.
Takuya Yokota, whose sister Megumi was abducted in 1977 at the age of 13, said the only wish of the abductees' families is early return of all the abductees.
Koichiro Iizuka said he has not seen his mother for 40 years since she was snatched by North Korea when he was one year old.
He also said the families of abductees cannot compromise on the issue, just like the United States cannot compromise on the issues of nuclear arms and missiles.
Biegun pledged that the US will do everything within its sphere of influence to realize the return of the abductees to Japan.
The Japanese government says at least 17 of its citizens were abducted during the 1970s and 1980s.
Five were returned after a 2002 summit between the leaders of Japan and North Korea. But the other 12 remain unaccounted for.
Key words : US media Trump instructed
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US media are reporting that President Donald Trump has instructed aides to go ahead with imposing additional tariffs on about 200 billion dollars' worth of Chinese imports.
Bloomberg and several media outlets reported on the move. The reports say Trump directed the third and largest-ever duties against China during a meeting on Thursday with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Trump's instruction came as Mnuchin was leading efforts to restart trade talks with Chinese officials.
Reports said the timing for activating the tariffs is unclear as it has taken some time for the administration to revise the list of products to be targeted.
The Trump government has been listening to the opinions of industry insiders and others to decide what will be on the list.
Some observers say the tariffs will likely cover a wide range of consumer goods, and that possible increases in their prices may severely impact US consumers.
Trump has reportedly said he is not worried about the potential impact.
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