Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the US Army are holding a large-scale computer-simulated joint drill in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido.
Thousands of protestors have marched through the Polish city of Katowice, where the UN climate conference is taking place, to demand countries do more to fight global warming.
Japanese figure skater Rika Kihira has won the women's event at the Grand Prix final in Vancouver, Canada, in her debut season.
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Key words : members of Japan
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Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the US Army are holding a large-scale computer-simulated joint drill in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido.
About 6,600 personnel are taking part in the annual exercise named Yama Sakura.
The drill is designed to enhance the ability of Japanese and US forces to deal with contingencies such as ballistic missile attacks and landings by special operations forces.
New features of this year's drill include responses to a cyber-attack. The US military has formed special units for the exercise.
The Japanese government is expected to list cyberspace as a priority area when the National Defense Program Guidelines are revised later this month.
Lieutenant General Masato Taura, commander of the Ground Self-Defense Force's Northern Army, stressed the increasing importance of Japanese and US personnel pooling resources and planning strategies efficiently together.
Lieutenant General Gary Volesky, commanding general of the US Army's First Corps, said new areas such as cyberspace were incorporated into the drill for the first time to develop cooperation between the US and Japan.
He said after reviewing the drill's outcome he hopes to begin the next exercise at a higher level.
Key words : thousands of protestors
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Thousands of protestors have marched through the Polish city of Katowice, where the UN climate conference is taking place, to demand countries do more to fight global warming.
People came from as far afield as India and the United States to protest. Some held signs with a picture of a clock and shouted "time is short" and "save the Earth."
Delegates at the COP24 conference are wrangling over rules to ensure the 2015 Paris climate accord is implemented. They are struggling to agree on how to finance efforts by developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Paris agreement is a framework to address global warming beyond 2020. It calls for all countries to strive to limit the rise in average global temperature to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level.
But a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said the targets countries have set are not enough to meet that goal.
An Austrian woman in her 20s said she came to protest to tell the delegates how urgent the situation is, and to urge them to speed up the negotiations.
Some protestors carried a large effigy of Brazil's President-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, who has threatened to roll back conservation efforts. The American woman who made the effigy said Bolsonaro is a threat to efforts against global warming.
Key words : antigovernment
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More than 1,700 people have been detained after widespread antigovernment protests caused damage throughout France.
125,000 demonstrators took to the streets across the country on Saturday. Some of the protests turned violent and parts of Paris were left in ruins. Shops on the Champs Elysees were looted and left with broken windows.
A man whose home was damaged says he is critical of the government but violence is unacceptable. He says he doesn't want to see anymore unrest.
Popular tourist spots like the Louvre Museum and the Eiffel Tower reopened on Sunday after having been closed for safety reasons the day before.
The protests kicked off last month over proposed fuel tax increases.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe issued a statement on Saturday saying President Emmanuel Macron will propose measures to foster dialogue toward national unity.
Key words : Trump shuffling
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US President Donald Trump is reshuffling key posts in his administration as he prepares for a challenging 2 years under a divided Congress.
Trump announced on Saturday that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly will leave his post at the end of the year.
Trump dismissed Jeff Sessions as attorney general last month, amid rumors of deteriorating relations between the two over the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
The president has asked former US attorney general William Barr to return to the post.
Trump also nominated State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert to replace Nikki Haley as US ambassador to the United Nations.
There is speculation that US Defense Secretary James Mattis might leave his post.
Trump on Saturday nominated Army General Mark Milley to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Mattis had reportedly wanted someone else to be the top military commander. Some media reports say his influence in the administration has been declining.
Media also say Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversees immigration policy, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke could be dismissed or resign from their posts.
The newly-elected US Congress will convene in January with the Democratic Party taking control of the lower house.
The Trump administration also has to deal with the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election and a rift with China over trade and security issues.
Observers say Trump is looking to deal with these difficulties by handing key posts to people he sees as loyal.
Key words : peace talks aimed
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Peace talks aimed at ending the civil war in Yemen continue in Sweden. One of the main focuses is the reopening of an airport in the capital, Sanaa.
Delegates from the Yemeni government and rebel forces are sitting down for UN-mediated talks that began on Thursday.
On Saturday, the two sides were unable to bridge their differences over the airport.
Houthi rebels supported by Iran are demanding it be fully reopened. But government delegates say it should reopen only to domestic flights, citing concerns about the possibility of weapons flooding into the country.
The government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, controls the air space and closed the airport to passenger planes.
Another focus of the talks is a proposal to put the port of Hodeidah under the temporary supervision of the United Nations. Government forces and rebels are engaged in fierce fighting over the port city, which is the country's main entry point for food aid.
The civil war has been raging for more than 3-and-a-half years. It has been called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The lack of access to food and other relief supplies has been blamed for the deaths of tens of thousands of children.
Key words : Japanese figure skater won
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Japanese figure skater Rika Kihira has won the women's event at the Grand Prix final in Vancouver, Canada, in her debut season.
16-year-old Kihira defeated PyeongChang Olympic champion Alina Zagitova of Russia on Saturday.
She took the lead after a stellar performance in Thursday's short program. In the free skate program on Saturday, Kihira overcame a stumble on her first triple axel by landing the jump later on in a combination. After also finishing first in the free skate, she dominated the competition with a combined score of 233.12 points.
Zagitova came in second with 226.53.
Japan's Kaori Sakamoto finished fourth with 211.68 while Satoko Miyahara was sixth with 201.31 points.
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