Sources say former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn may have shifted a private investment loss onto the automaker.
Japan's Okinawa Prefecture has decided to hold a referendum on the possible relocation of a US air base within the prefecture.
Japan's government is considering tweaking its method for calculating defense spending.
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Key words : shifted
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Sources say former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn may have shifted a private investment loss onto the automaker.
Sources claim that Ghosn incurred a private loss during the financial crisis 10 years ago. It was to the tune of about 1.7 billion yen, or 15 million dollars at the current exchange rate. He reportedly invested in financial derivatives.
Ghosn is suspected of having shifted all rights from the investment, including the loss, to Nissan.
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission apparently knew about the transaction at the time. And it told banks involved in the deal that it could be illegal.
Ghosn is suspected of underreporting his earnings in Nissan's securities reports. He is reportedly denying the charges.
Key words : ghosn is denying allegations
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Former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn is reportedly denying allegations of financial misconduct, claiming he had asked that post-retirement payments at issue be arranged legally.
Ghosn and former Nissan representative director Greg Kelly were arrested on suspicion of understating Ghosn's remuneration in the firm's securities reports in violation of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
Sources say Ghosn had exchanged documents with Nissan setting his annual salary at around 18 million dollars.
But he allegedly instructed Kelly to write about half that amount in securities reports, and arranged to receive the difference between the reported sum and promised compensation after his retirement.
Ghosn has admitted to the arrangement, but is reportedly telling investigators that he asked Kelly, a lawyer, to work things out legally.
He claims Kelly assured him the arrangement was legal. Ghosn is said to be denying that he was aware of any crime.
Tokyo prosecutors have apparently judged that post-retirement payments must be written in securities reports.
Ghosn is now at the Tokyo Detention House. He is said to be eating well, with no health problems.
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Key words : Okinawa decided
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Okinawa Prefecture has decided to hold a referendum on the relocation of a US air base within the prefecture on February 24th.
Governor Denny Tamaki made the announcement on Tuesday. Tamaki, who was elected in the gubernatorial election in September, opposes the plan to relocate the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to the coastal area of Henoko in Nago City.
The southwestern prefecture announced an ordinance on October 31st, calling for a referendum on the plan by the central government. The vote must take place within 6 months, or by the end of April.
Prefectural officials have concluded that a high turnout could be expected for a vote in late February as there are no major events at the time.
Forty-one municipalities in the prefecture are supposed to provide staff for the referendum. But 4 cities, including Ginowan that hosts the Futenma base, have still not made clear whether they will do so.
Prefectural officials are trying to coordinate with the 4 cities in an effort to hold the vote in every municipality.
Governor Tamaki told reporters the referendum will be an important opportunity for people in Okinawa to make themselves heard, and that he hopes as many residents as possible will take part in the vote.
Key words : government considering calculating
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Japan's government is considering tweaking its method for calculating defense spending, amid calls by the United States for allies to shoulder more of the burden.
President Donald Trump's administration has urged allies to commit more money. This call came despite NATO countries setting the target for defense spending at 2 percent of their GDP.
Japan has been spending more than 5 trillion yen, or 44 billion dollars, on defense in recent years. But the figure amounts to less than one percent of its GDP.
Tokyo believes a significant increase in spending is unlikely, given the country's fiscal situation.
The Japanese government is contemplating counting other expenses as part of its defense spending, as NATO countries do.
They may include pension payouts to soldiers of the now-defunct Japanese Imperial Army or to their bereaved families, as well as expenditures related to UN peacekeeping operations.
According to the new calculation method, the country's defense spending is expected to rise to around 1.3 percent of its GDP.
Key words : transport ministry
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Transport ministry officials have entered a Japan Airlines office in Tokyo to investigate how the company tests pilots for alcohol consumption before flying.
The investigation comes after a JAL co-pilot was arrested last month in London for exceeding alcohol limits before a Tokyo-bound flight.
On Tuesday morning, 7 transport ministry officials entered JAL's pilot management division at Haneda Airport. They will continue the inspection through Thursday.
They plan to look into whether alcohol consumption tests are being conducted in accordance with prevention recurrence measures the airline presented to the ministry.
They will also examine how the airline responded when pilots failed alcohol checks in the past.
Officials are expected to question 2 pilots present when the arrested co-pilot was tested in London. Both pilots say they failed to notice that their coworker had consumed alcohol.
JAL said it has confirmed nearly 20 other instances of pilots exceeding the in-house alcohol limit.
The ministry is also planning to inspect the offices of All Nippon Airways and Skymark Airlines, whose pilots have exceeded in-house alcohol limits in pre-flight tests.
Key words : ukraine parliament
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Ukraine's parliament has approved a plan to introduce martial law for a period of 30 days starting Wednesday.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed implementing martial law on Monday after Russian coast guard patrol boats opened fire and seized 3 Ukrainian vessels near the coast of Crimea on Sunday night, wounding 6 sailors.
Lawmakers voted to back the proposal for martial law in some areas, including along the border Russia.
Russia says its patrol boats used weapons, but stresses that they stopped the Ukrainian ships as the vessels intruded into Russian waters.
Russian deputy foreign minister Grigory Karasin criticized Poroshenko.
He said Poroshenko is trying to use martial law to gain support by spreading anti-Russia sentiment ahead of the presidential election scheduled for March next year.
Key words : China ordered
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China's government has ordered a probe into a Chinese university professor's claims of creating genetically edited babies resistant to HIV infection.
Associate Professor He Jiankui of Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen posted footage online on Monday.
He said his operation involved editing the genes of embryos and that it resulted in the delivery this month of twin babies.
Many hope such gene-editing will eventually lead to the development of cures for hereditary diseases. But his claim has sparked ethical concerns. Experts are worried about unforeseen effects of the procedure.
In the US, transparency, follow-up assessments for many generations, and other stringent conditions are considered necessary for the future use of this practice.
He's alleged achievement has not been published in a journal. It is unclear whether he observed any ethical guidelines.
His university has launched an investigation. It said in a statement that his research work seriously violates academic ethics and norms.
Key words : Japanese gene
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Japanese gene therapists plan to issue a statement opposing the genome editing of fertilized human eggs.
A Chinese university researcher posted an online video on Monday claiming to have created genetically edited twin girls. His university has launched an investigation into a possible breach of ethics.
The Japan Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, which focuses on the treatment of cancer and other diseases, is considering issuing a statement to prevent further research on gene-edited babies.
The society says genome editing is an incomplete technology, and could lead to unintended alterations.
It warns that such alterations could be passed on to future generations and affect human evolution.
The society also says genome editing researchers should be mindful of social debate, and condemns the births of gene-edited babies, if true, as premature.
Society Chairman Tomoki Todo says they will confirm the facts as soon as possible and discuss the matter at a directors' meeting.
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Key words : Japan help Indonesia
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Japan has pledged to step up efforts to help Indonesia recover from a deadly earthquake that hit the island of Sulawesi 2 months ago.
The September 28th quake and tsunami killed more than 2,000 people.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency, or JICA, has been supporting recovery operations at the request of the Indonesian government.
At a news conference in Tokyo on Monday, a team of experts from JICA announced their analysis of how the tsunami was triggered.
They said the big waves could have been caused by liquefaction of the ground in coastal areas, a phenomenon that turns soil into mud in an earthquake.
They note soil liquefaction also occurred in inland areas, leaving many people buried under mud.
The experts said this kind of disaster is rare, as the damage was compounded by extensive liquefaction.
JICA said it is hoping to formulate a basic recovery plan by the end of December, including how to relocate residents from areas considered susceptible to liquefaction.
A senior JICA official said his agency will continue its technical and financial support in line with the plan.
Key words : Japanese railway
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A Japanese railway operator will soon start offering passengers the use of small office cubicles. The shared units will be available at 3 of its stations on a trial basis.
They will be open from Wednesday to the end of February. The office space is inside the ticket gates of the East Japan Railway stations in Tokyo. The units are sound-proof and each has a desk, chair, power outlet and Wi-Fi.
Passengers can reserve them with a smartphone app for up to 30 minutes.
JR officials say users can enjoy privacy, unlike at a cafe. The company will analyze how the cubicles are used and may then introduce them at 30 locations in the Tokyo area by 2020.
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