South Korean President Moon Jae-in has expressed hope that historical issues won't sour relations between his country and Japan.
US President Donald Trump says China has agreed to lower tariffs on US automobiles from the current 40 percent.
Tokyo stocks surged on Monday after Trump shelved a planned tariff-hike on Chinese imports.
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Key words : Moon expressed hope
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in has expressed hope that historical issues won't sour relations between his country and Japan.
Moon spoke to reporters Saturday on his flight to New Zealand following the Group of 20 summit in Argentina.
He said historical disputes shouldn't undermine cooperative ties between Japan and South Korea. He said the 2 countries should focus on the future in their relations.
It's the first time Moon has publicly referred to bilateral relations since the South Korean Supreme Court ordered a Japanese company in October to pay compensation to wartime laborers. The Japanese government has strongly protested the decision.
Moon also talked about his meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
He said Trump asked him to deliver a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Trump's message, Moon said, conveys his liking for Kim and expresses hope that the North Korean leader will implement the rest of their agreement. Moon said Trump told Kim he would like to help him realize his goals.
Moon stressed that Trump supports a planned visit by Kim to Seoul. The South Korean government wants Kim to visit by the end of the year.
Key words : Trump says China
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US President Donald Trump says China has agreed to lower tariffs on US automobiles from the current 40 percent.
Trump made the announcement on his Twitter account on Sunday.
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer had taken issue with China's auto tariffs, calling them too high. He said the US administration was considering all possible countermeasures.
China's reported decision is believed to be one of the reasons why the United States is postponing its plan to impose additional tariffs on Chinese imports from January.
The US announced the postponement following a summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday.
The trade dispute between the world's 2 largest economies appears to be affecting American businesses.
The top US automaker, General Motors, has announced that it will close 5 factories in North America.
The Trump administration apparently hopes to use the Chinese decision to highlight its efforts to protect the US auto industry.
Key words : Tokyo stocks surged
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Tokyo stocks surged on Monday after US President Donald Trump shelved a planned tariff-hike on Chinese imports. The Nikkei Average extended its winning streak to a 7th day.
The index ended at 22,574, up 223 points, or one percent higher from Friday, and the highest close since October.
Analysts said market sentiment improved after the US-China summit on Saturday in Buenos Aires. Many investors felt trade tensions between the world's 2 biggest economies had eased, for the time being.
But the gains were capped as some investors sold to book profits from the continuing rally.
Key words : Japanese government protest gas field
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The Japanese government has lodged a protest with China over its apparent test drilling in a gas field near the 2 countries' median line in the East China Sea.
Japan and China in 2008 agreed to jointly develop the region's gas fields. While negotiations for a related treaty remain stalled, China has unilaterally continued to develop the fields, including building structures near the median line.
The Japanese Foreign Ministry says Japan has learned that a Chinese ship was engaged in what appeared to be experimental drilling for resources on the Chinese side of the median line in mid-November.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Monday that it is extremely regrettable that China has continued to unilaterally develop the gas fields despite Japan's repeated requests to stop. He added that the 2 countries have yet to establish a marine boundary in the East China Sea.
Suga also said the leaders of Japan and China have said they would work toward resuming negotiations soon on implementing the agreement to jointly develop resources in the East China Sea.
He added that the government will continue to strongly urge China to resume the talks.
Key words : Iwaya landfill work vessel
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Japan's Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya says his ministry plans to start landfill work in Okinawa Prefecture next week in order to relocate a US base.
Iwaya spoke to reporters on Monday, after his ministry's regional bureau in Okinawa began loading soil and sand onto a vessel at a pier in Nago City for transport to the landfill site.
He said the ministry informed Okinawa that it will start landfill work Friday next week. The work is related to moving the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station from Ginowan City to the less populated coastal area of Henoko in Nago.
He said the decision was made based on the progress in the construction of seawalls.
This comes days after the central and Okinawa governments ended their month-long talks on the relocation plan without narrowing their differences. Okinawa opposes the plan.
Iwaya said the central government has carefully taken sufficient steps, including talks between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki.
He said the government is determined to continue giving detailed explanations and moving forward step by step to achieve the ultimate goal of reducing the burden on Okinawa.
Near the pier in Nago, about 50 protesters gathered and called for a stop to what they call "illegal work." They briefly skirmished with riot police.
The Okinawa prefectural government has asked the Central and Local Government Dispute Management Council to look at the relocation issue. It also plans to hold a referendum on the matter in February.
Key words : Suga says
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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says landfill work in Okinawa Prefecture for the planned relocation of a US base will proceed based on relevant laws.
Suga made the remark after Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Monday that his ministry plans to start the landfill work next week.
Suga referred to a recent meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki.
Suga said Abe and Tamaki confirmed the need to remove risks posed by the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Ginowan City, but that they could not bridge their differences over the relocation of the base to the coastal area of Henoko in Nago City within the prefecture.
Suga said the government decided to proceed with the relocation plan, and that the ministry informed Okinawa that it will start the landfill work next week, as preparations are ready.
He said he believes that the ministry's regional bureau will continue work to prepare for the relocation, while ensuring workers' safety, observing relevant laws and giving the utmost consideration to the natural environment and surrounding residential areas.
Key words : organizer
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Officials from the organizer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the International Olympic Committee have begun discussing changing the times of some sports events to avoid the worst of expected high daytime temperatures.
They are meeting through Wednesday in Tokyo.
IOC President Thomas Bach praised Tokyo's preparations. He said he couldn't remember ever seeing a host city so prepared. He said he expects the organizer to continue getting ready.
Organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori thanked Bach for his encouragement and said he wants to start discussing concrete measures to tackle severe climate conditions.
Last week, IOC board members proposed changing the times of various outdoor events, including the marathon, race walking, rugby sevens and cycling.
Organizing officials say they want to make their final decisions this week because of the impact that changing times will have on overall management, including transportation schedules.
Key words : survey shows
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A government survey shows Japanese firms posted record ordinary profits in the July-to-September quarter. That was despite a spate of natural disasters during the period.
The Finance Ministry surveyed about 32,000 companies and 23,000 responded.
Their combined ordinary profits reached 18.28 trillion yen or about 161 billion dollars. That's up 2.2 percent in yen terms from the same period last year, and a record for the quarter since 1954.
Non-manufacturers did well, especially in postal, transportation and telecommunication services.
But profits at manufacturers fell due to higher costs for materials. Automakers were also hit by rising costs for recalls.
Companies spent about 100 billion dollars on plants and equipment. That's up 4.5 percent year-on-year. They invested mainly in new office buildings in Tokyo and facilities for car-parts materials.
Ministry officials said the economy continues to recover moderately, on the whole, although earthquakes and typhoons put a dent in hotel and retail sector profits.
Key words : lawyer fatal road
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The lawyer for a man charged with causing a fatal road rage accident last year says the defendant is not guilty of dangerous driving resulting in death.
The accident on the Tomei Expressway in Kanagawa Prefecture in June last year killed a married couple and injured their 2 daughters.
Prosecutors told the Yokohama District Court that Kazuho Ishibashi drove his car dangerously close to the couple's van, forcing it to a stop on the highway. It was then struck from behind by a truck.
Ishibashi has admitted to most of his alleged actions leading up to the crash.
However, Ishibashi's lawyer argues that the charge of dangerous driving does not apply because the crash occurred after the vehicles stopped.
The lawyer also claims that another charge, confinement resulting in death, does not apply either.
Key words : police arrested
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Police in northern Japan have arrested 11 Chinese for overstaying their visas.
The 11 were taken into custody on Monday of last week in Kikonai Town, Hokkaido.
Sources say they arrived in Japan at various times from June onward with short-term visas. They were sent by a staffing agency in Chiba, near Tokyo, to a construction site in a town neighboring Kikonai where a solar power station is being built.
Sources also say that another 46 Chinese working at the construction site have since gone missing.
An official of the project's contractor told NHK that the staffing agency had provided them with copies of documents that confirmed the workers' status of residence.
Police investigating the case suspect the illegal employment may have been an organized crime.
Key words : Miura
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Japanese adventurer and professional skier Yuichiro Miura says he will attempt to scale Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak on the South American Continent, next month. He turned 86 in October.
Miura made the announcement at a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.
He said that as his physical strength has declined, he may have to abandon the mission along the way. But he said he wants to keep trying until he reaches his limits.
In May of 2013, when he was 80, Miura became the oldest person to ever scale Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain.
Mount Aconcagua in the Andes in Argentina is about 6,960 meters high.
It's about 1,890 meters lower than Everest, but summiting it is said to be difficult due to strong winds and other factors. The rate of successful scalings is said to be about 30 percent.
In 1985, when he was 54, Miura succeeded in skiing down Aconcagua, after doing the same on the highest peaks of 6 other continents.
An 87-year-old climber is the oldest ever to have scaled Aconcagua. Miura says he wants to challenge his limits, rather than seek a record. He says nothing would be greater than pushing his own limits and succeeding.
A physical strength test in June showed that Miura's cardiac and pulmonary functions and his climbing muscles had markedly deteriorated since he scaled Everest at 80.
He says he started full-fledged training for the new mission around July.
Miura plans to arrive in Argentina with his second son Gota and other members of his support team early next month. He says he will set up a base camp at an altitude of around 4,000 meters and start climbing Aconcagua probably on January 21st.
He says that if he reaches the summit, he hopes to ski down part of the slope.
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