South Korea's Supreme Court has ordered a Japanese steelmaker to pay 4 Korean men about 88 thousand dollars each in compensation for wartime labor.
Japan's Prime Minister says Tokyo will respond firmly to the South Korean Supreme Court ruling.
Japan's Defense Ministry is set to resume reclamation work in Okinawa for the view to relocating a US military base within the southern island prefecture.
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Key words : south supreme court pay 4 korean men
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South Korea's Supreme Court has ordered a Japanese steelmaker to pay 4 Korean men 88 thousand dollars each. In upholding a lower court decision, it says they were forced to work for the company during colonial rule decades ago and therefore have the right to seek compensation.
Only one of the men has survived long enough to see the conclusion of the case. He went with supporters to hear the long-awaited ruling.
The court says the men have the right to seek compensation because of the company's inhumane and illegal acts against them.
This is the court's first ruling ordering Japanese companies to compensate Korean workers.
In 1997, some of the men launched a lawsuit with a Japanese court. But they lost.
So they filed the same lawsuit at home in 2005.
South Korea's lower courts had previously ruled against them because of a decades-old agreement that was made when the two countries normalized ties in the 60s.
But the country's Supreme Court upended those rulings in 2012 and said individual workers still have the right to seek compensation.
After hearing the ruling, the only remaining plaintiff told reporters he cried thinking about the long journey to this point and the fact the others weren't able to live to see their victory.
A wife of one of them says she wishes she could have told her husband about the ruling.
Key words : Abe respond firmly
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan will respond firmly to the South Korean Supreme Court ruling on wartime compensation.
Abe told reporters on Tuesday that the 1965 bilateral agreement had already settled the issue of the right to seek compensation in a complete and final way.
He said the ruling is impossible in light of international law.
Key words : Kono respond appropriately
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has urged South Korea to respond appropriately to Tuesday's ruling by the country's Supreme Court on wartime compensation.
The court ordered a Japanese firm to compensate 4 Korean men who say they were forced to work at steel mills during World War Two.
Kono summoned South Korean Ambassador to Japan Lee Su-hoon on Tuesday afternoon.
He said South Korea's government should take measures sternly and immediately so Japanese businesses or nationals will not be put at an unfair disadvantage.
Kono said the ruling obviously goes against a bilateral agreement that finally and fully settled the issue of the right to seek compensation.
He said it also fundamentally overturns the legal foundation of the friendly relations Japan and South Korea have built since normalizing ties in 1965.
Kono said this is unbelievable from the norm of the international community in which the rule of law prevails.
He added that it is extremely regrettable that he has to say this, given the efforts Tokyo and Seoul have made to develop future-oriented relations.
Key words : justice more foreign worker
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Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita says he wants to have this Diet session pass a bill that will allow more foreign workers in Japan.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's judicial affairs panel approved a bill to revise the immigration control law on Monday.
After 4 hours of deliberation, the panel agreed to establish a new residency status with the aim of increasing the number of foreign workers from April next year.
But the panel also approved a resolution, seeking stricter conditions to acquire the status.
Yamashita told reporters on Tuesday that he seriously accepts the various opinions and the resolution that were presented in the panel meeting.
He said he will make steady preparations for the system to be implemented.
The LDP is expected to complete in-party procedures by the end of the day.
The government is scheduled to gain Cabinet approval on Friday and then will submit the bill to the Diet.
Key words : defense ministry resume reclamation reduce accident
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Japan's Defense Ministry is set to resume reclamation work in Okinawa to relocate a US military base within the southern island prefecture.
Land minister Keiichi Ishii issued an injunction on Tuesday giving a green light to the work. His ministry has jurisdiction over the land reclamation law.
The Defense Ministry wants to build an airfield in Henoko, Nago City to relocate the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station. It is presently located in a densely populated area.
But Okinawa Prefecture revoked the landfill permit for Henoko in August, honoring the wishes of late governor Takeshi Onaga who opposed the relocation plan.
The Defense Ministry responded by filing an objection in mid-October under the administrative complaint review act.
Land minister Ishii said his ministry studied documents presented by both sides of the dispute and decided to temporarily suspend Okinawa's decision.
Ishii said halting the reclamation work will cause economic losses and make it difficult to reduce accidents and noise near the Futenma base at an early date.
He also cited the possible adverse effect on the Japan-US alliance and other defense and diplomatic interests.
Following the land ministry's decision, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said he intends to move ahead quickly with preparations to resume reclamation work. He said his ministry is proceeding under a consistent policy of easing the burden on Okinawa.
Meanwhile, Okinawa's Vice Governor Moritake Tomikawa says the land ministry's injunction that will allow reclamation work for a US military base is unreasonable.
He told reporters that he would determine whether the injunction has legal authority and if there are any other legal options and then brief the governor.
Key words : Tamaki
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Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki has criticized the land minister's injunction that gives a green light to reclamation work necessary to relocate a US military base within the prefecture. He suggested that the prefecture would consider referring the case to a governmental dispute management council.
Tamaki told reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday that the injunction has no substance and cannot be justified. He expressed anger at what he described as a decision that lacks fairness and impartiality.
Tamaki said the prefectural government will study the decision carefully and consider applying for screening by the Central and Local Government Dispute Management Council. The council is under the jurisdiction of the Internal Affairs Ministry.
The governor added that he will do everything in his power to realize his campaign pledge to allow no base construction at Henoko, the planned site.
Key words : Japanese government reinforce
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The Japanese government plans to reinforce its counter-terrorism unit within the Foreign Ministry to prepare for upcoming international events in the country.
Japan is set to host the G20 summit and the Rugby World Cup next year, as well as the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020.
The government is planning to strengthen the structure of the intelligence unit that monitors international terrorism amid increasing concerns over terrorist and cyber attacks.
The unit, which was set up 3 years ago, currently consists of about 90 members from the Foreign and Defense ministries, the National Police Agency and other government bodies.
The members, who are dispatched to 17 diplomatic missions abroad, are exchanging information with the local security and intelligence agencies.
Japanese officials say the unit's efforts led to the recent release of journalist Jumpei Yasuda who had been held by militants in Syria.
The officials say they want to increase the number of the unit members, as well as the number deployed abroad.
Key words : with only one week to go deadly attack
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With only one week to go before the US midterm elections, candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties are fiercely vying for control of Congress.
The latest opinion polls show President Donald Trump's party will likely retain a majority in the Senate. But a neck-and-neck race is widely expected for control of the House of Representatives.
Election campaigning was overshadowed by a string of explosives sent by an alleged Trump supporter to Democrats and media outlets, as well as by a deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue.
Democrats are criticizing Trump's aggressive posture, saying it drives social division in the US and promotes such hate crimes.
Meanwhile, Trump argued Democrats' lax immigration policy allows migrants to invade the US, referring to a caravan of about 6,000 migrants making its way through Mexico toward the US.
Voters will head to the polls on November 6th.
Key words : Saudi joint investigation
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The chief prosecutors of Saudi Arabia and Turkey met in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Monday to discuss a joint investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The critic of the Saudi government was killed in the country's consulate in Istanbul. Turkish media report that a joint investigation is likely to include the consulate's premises.
Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters on Monday that cooperation between Turkish and Saudi investigators would benefit both countries and that the probe should be concluded as soon as possible.
He said the whole world is curious and all the truth should be revealed.
The foreign minister emphasized that his country would be pushing Saudi Arabia to reveal the truth, including the location of Khashoggi's body, which has not yet been found.
Saudi Arabia initially denied involvement of its officials in the killing but later acknowledged Turkish evidence showing it was premeditated.
Bargaining continues between the 2 countries as Saudi Arabia tries to draw the curtain on the case while Turkey presses for the truth.
Key words : China central bank
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China's central bank set the yuan's key rate at its lowest level in over 10 years. That's amid concerns about China's economy, on the back of the US-China trade disputes.
Officials at the People's Bank of China said on Tuesday they set the yuan's daily reference rate at 6.9574 per dollar, 0.28 percent lower from Monday's level. That's its lowest level since May 2008.
China's currency has been falling since April, when the trade friction with Washington started to take center stage.
Analysts say higher US treasury yields have also been putting pressure on the Renminbi.
Key words : Japanese doctor
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A Japanese doctor is warning about the risk of infectious diseases spreading among evacuees on the quake-and tsunami-stricken island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
The doctor and a staff member of the Japanese Red Cross Society have spent about 2 weeks aiding survivors of the disaster late last month.
Indonesian authorities have confirmed 2,081 deaths from the quake and tsunami. More than 1,300 people remain unaccounted for.
Speaking at the Japan National Press Club on Monday, the Red Cross staff member noted the need to provide psychological care to the survivors.
She referred to 6-year-old twins in a village near the quake's epicenter. She said the fear of earthquakes left the girls unable to sleep or stay inside their house, forcing the family to live in a tent.
Many of the more than 200,000 evacuees are said to be living outdoors without access to toilets or baths.
The doctor said it will take time to install facilities that use water. He added prolonged evacuation could lead to the spread of infectious diseases.
He said asbestos used in some of the destroyed buildings could also pose a health hazard, and that continuous support is necessary for the disaster survivors.
Key words : Hiroshima
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The city of Hiroshima has launched a new tourism campaign designed to encourage visitors to stay longer and explore its atomic bomb heritage.
The Hiroshima Peace Tourism guide map, launched on Monday, aims to help tourists understand the history of the city and the devastation of the 1945 bombing.
Tourists can choose from 6 sightseeing routes on the campaign's official website, one of which passes by buildings that survived the attack, including the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Another route revolves around the revival of civic life in Hiroshima in the aftermath of the bombing. Each route is accompanied by a map and tourism information in both Japanese and English.
On Monday, city officials placed campaign leaflets at a tourism information center in the Peace Memorial Park.
At the city's iconic Atomic Bomb Dome, visitors were seen scanning a campaign board with their smartphones in order to see inside the remains of the bomb-hit building.
A 37-year-old man from Tokyo, who was visiting the site for the first time, said he was able to gain a deeper understanding by exploring the interior three-dimensionally.
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