The US military and Japanese Personnel are searching for 5 American service members after the 2 military planes collided mid-air earlier Thursday morning.
Russian President has warned that his country will develop intermediate-range nuclear missiles if the US withdraws from a bilateral arms control treaty.
US experts say North Korea built and continues to expand a long-range missile base months after the summit between the 2 countries' leaders.
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Key words : US military 5 American service
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The US military and Japan's Self-Defense Forces are searching for 5 American service members off the coast of western Japan. 7 members were on board 2 military planes that collided mid-air Thursday morning, but 2 of them have been rescued.
Japan's Defense Ministry says an FA-18 fighter jet and a KC-130 refueling aircraft, both from the US Marine Corps Iwakuni Air Station, collided around 100 kilometers south of Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture at around 1:40 AM and crashed into waters.
It says there were 2 crew members on the fighter jet and 5 on the tanker. One from the fighter jet was rescued by a Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter about 4 hours later and transported to the Iwakuni base, and is reportedly conscious.
Another crew member was rescued more than 10 hours after the accident but his or her condition is so far unknown.
The 2 aircraft were reportedly conducting training, but details remain unknown. The Defense Ministry is asking the US forces to provide more information.
Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters that 6 helicopters and 3 vessels from the Self-Defense Forces are currently taking part in search and rescue operations.
Iwaya said the accident is regrettable, but added that all-out efforts should be made to find the missing crew members. He said the ministry will promptly communicate any new information to relevant local authorities. He vowed that the ministry will take appropriate action as soon as specific information is made available.
Key words : Russia warned
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that his country will develop intermediate-range nuclear missiles if the United States withdraws from a bilateral arms control treaty with Russia.
Putin was responding to Tuesday's announcement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Washington will start a process to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty unless Russia moves to comply with the terms of the pact within 60 days.
Putin told Russian media on Wednesday that there is no evidence to back up the US claim that Russia violated the nuclear arms control treaty.
He went on to say that Russia opposes the scrapping of the treaty, but if the US takes that course, Russia will respond accordingly, indicating his country will possess intermediate nuclear missiles.
Putin had planned to meet US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit meeting last week to discuss the treaty. But the United States cancelled the meeting, citing the situation in Ukraine.
Key words : US navy
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The US Navy has sent one of its destroyers to waters claimed by Russia in the Russian Far East in what is known as a freedom of navigation operation.
The US Pacific Fleet said the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell conducted the operation in the Sea of Japan on Wednesday. The destroyer is stationed in Japan at the Yokosuka Naval Base near Tokyo.
In a statement, the Pacific Fleet said the destroyer sailed in the vicinity of Peter the Great Bay, near Vladivostok, "to challenge Russia's excessive maritime claims."
Under international law, a nation's territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles from the coast. The US objects to Russia's claim to an area of the bay beyond the 12 nautical miles.
The US Navy also conducts freedom of navigation operations in an area of the South China Sea claimed by China.
The Pacific Fleet says these operations demonstrate that the United States will fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows, including in the Sea of Japan and elsewhere around the globe.
The US naval operation in Russian-claimed waters comes amid deepening tension between the 2 countries over Russia's seizure last month of Ukrainian naval vessels.
US media say the US Navy is also planning a similar operation in the Black Sea, where Crimea is located. Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.
Key words : US experts
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US experts say North Korea built and continues to expand a long-range missile base months after the summit between the 2 countries' leaders.
A team from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey on Wednesday revealed its analysis of satellite images of a North Korean missile base in the mountains near the border with China.
The images show a valley dotted with buildings, which experts say include the base headquarters and the entrance to a tunnel housing the missiles.
The team also points out that workers began digging a tunnel on the mountainside last year at another location about 10 kilometers from the base.
Experts say they are likely building a large underground facility, and that the work was continuing in August this year. This was after US President Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June.
The experts say these facilities should be examined because long-range missiles capable of hitting the US may be deployed there.
Reports of continued activity at North Korean missile facilities have fueled skepticism over the country's denuclearization.
Key words : spokesperson canada arrested
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A spokesperson for Canada's Department of Justice has told NHK they've arrested the chief financial officer of Chinese firm Huawei Technologies.
The spokesperson said CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver on December 1st at the request of the US.
It has not been confirmed why she was detained. But local media are reporting it's connected to Huawei allegedly violating sanctions against Iran.
Meng is the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei.
A court hearing is set for Friday to decide whether to release her.
Huawei confirmed the arrest in a statement, saying they have been provided little information regarding the charges. It added that the company is unaware of any wrongdoing by Meng.
Meanwhile China's embassy in Canada said it resolutely opposed the arrest and called for her immediate release.
Meng's detainment could put a wedge between China and the US. It comes just days after President Trump and President Xi Jinping held talks in Argentina where they agreed to resolve their trade dispute.
Key words : Tokyo stocks plunged CFO
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Tokyo stocks plunged after news about the arrest of Huawei's CFO. That sparked fresh fears of a US-China trade war. The Nikkei Average briefly plunged more than 600 points.
The benchmark index ended Thursday's session at 21,501, its lowest close since late October. The index fell 417 points, or 1.9 percent.
Declines in other markets in the Asia-Pacific region also contributed to worsened investor sentiment in Tokyo.
All sectors ended in the negative. Semiconductor makers and other tech companies led the losses on worries about less demand. Shares in construction-machinery makers that operate in China also plunged.
Key words : learned retirement
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NHK has learned that retirement benefits set aside for former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn were sharply increased after 2010. In that year, disclosure of executive remunerations was made mandatory.
Tokyo prosecutors arrested Ghosn on suspicion that he understated his compensation in the carmaker's annual securities reports in violation of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. They suspect that he planned to receive the undeclared portion after his retirement.
Sources say Nissan's shareholders meeting in 2007 approved the payments of about 57 million dollars as retirement allowances for its executives. Ghosn was due to receive about 39 million dollars of it.
But the sources say the benefits for Ghosn were raised by more than 21 million dollars sometime after 2010. They say the amount was already booked as Nissan's expenses.
Prosecutors are looking into details of how the retirement allowances were raised so sharply.
Sources say Ghosn has denied allegations against him, saying he sees no illegality involved.
Key words : Japan has pledged
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Japan has pledged to pay 11.5 billion dollars to developing countries and to share its satellite data on greenhouse gases with them as part of its contribution to the fight against global warming.
Japan explained its efforts this week at the UN climate change conference in Katowice, Poland.
Japan's chief delegate Kenichi Suganuma on Tuesday stressed that his country will make the payment in 2020 as it pledged 3 years ago.
On Wednesday, Japan hosted an event at its pavilion to explain the mission of the Ibuki-2 greenhouse gas surveillance satellite that was launched in October.
The satellite can distinguish whether carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was produced naturally or artificially. Its observation data will be provided to other countries.
By emphasizing such contributions, Japan showed it is committed to fighting global warming as the United States announced its withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate change accord and a halt to its financial assistance for developing countries.
Foreign delegates welcomed Japan's efforts.
A Turkish diplomat noted that if the amount of carbon dioxide emissions can be known scientifically, more effective measures can be taken.
Key words : Chinese scientist
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A US researcher has said he was told in October by a Chinese scientist who says he helped make the world's first gene-edited babies that he would accept criticism.
Bioethicist William Hurlbut of Stanford University referred to the remark by He Jiankui in an interview with NHK on Wednesday.
The associate professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen triggered uproar in November when he announced that he'd produced genome-edited twin girls.
Chinese authorities later suspended He's research activities, citing violations of laws and regulations.
Hurlbut met He 4 times before he made his research public.
Hurlbut says He told him in January last year that he planned to gene-edit fertilized animal eggs.
This October, He told Hurlbut he would release an important thesis on his research by the year-end.
He was quoted as saying then that he would accept criticism because he thought it very important to move his research into the clinical arena.
The remark is taken to indicate that He would apply his method to humans, though Hurlbut says He did not specifically say he would genome-edit human fertilized eggs.
Hurlbut says He has had very good scientific training, but no exposure to the kinds of questions that his research provokes.
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