Indonesian authorities say Saturday's tsunami has left 281 people dead.
Sources have told NHK that former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn caused losses for the Japanese automaker despite his denial that he did so.
US President Donald Trump has announced that he is replacing Secretary of Defense James Mattis two months earlier than scheduled, and will appoint Mattis' deputy in an acting capacity at the start of next month.
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Key words : Indonesian authorities say 281 people
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Indonesian authorities say the death toll from Saturday's tsunami has topped 280.
They say the tsunami has left 281 people dead, 1,016 others injured, and 57 missing on the islands of Java and Sumatra.
The authorities say the death toll may rise further, as the full extent of the damage remains unknown.
Early on Monday, soldiers started a search for missing people around collapsed buildings near the coast in Pandeglang, western Java.
Rescue workers in some areas are said to be sifting through debris manually because there is not enough heavy machinery.
Indonesian authorities have moved residents away from the coastal areas. They say another tsunami may hit, as a volcano in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra remains active.
Experts suspect Saturday's tsunami was triggered by landslides caused by the volcano's eruption.
Key words : Indonesia president
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Key words : Tsunami expert
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A tsunami expert says two tsunami waves hit coastal areas on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra on Saturday.
Professor Hamzah Latief of Indonesia's Bandung Institute of Technology told a local TV station on Monday that, in the hard-hit areas, the first wave was two to three meters high and the second was four meters high.
Latief said the first wave arrived about 28 minutes after a volcano in the Sunda Strait erupted. He said authorities might have had at least 15 minutes to urge residents to evacuate, if sensors for volcanic activity had been working properly.
The professor stressed that there is a need for a system, which monitors tsunamis triggered by volcanic activity.
Key words : Kono ready to provide
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono says Japan is ready to provide as much support as it can to the areas hit by Saturday's tsunami in Indonesia.
On Monday, two days after the tsunami struck the islands of Java and Sumatra, Kono sent a message to his Indonesian counterpart, Retno Marsudi.
The disaster has left more than 280 people dead and over 1000 others injured.
In the message, Kono offered his sympathies to the government and people of Indonesia. He extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed by the disaster. He also said he hopes the survivors will recover swiftly, and that the affected areas will be reconstructed quickly.
Key words : Carlos caused losses his denial
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Sources have told NHK that former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn caused losses for the Japanese automaker despite his denial that he did so.
Ghosn was served a fresh warrant on Friday for aggravated breach of trust. He's suspected of transferring trading rights to Nissan after his asset management firm incurred unrealized losses of about 16 million dollars during the global financial crisis about a decade ago. The asset management company had a currency swap contract with Tokyo-based Shinsei Bank.
Sources say unrealized losses were piling up in the order of hundreds of thousands of dollars at that time because of sharp appreciation of the yen in the wake of the crisis.
The sources say that when the bank requested a huge amount of additional collateral, Ghosn temporarily shifted the trading rights to Nissan. They say Nissan provided the bank with the money related to loss-covering during that time.
The sources also say other board members did not know about the transfer of the rights and the shift of investment losses.
Ghosn's lawyer quotes him as saying he briefly used Nissan's solid credit rating as collateral but covered any losses resulting from trading even though money was sent to the bank in Nissan's name.
Ghosn reportedly denied causing losses for Nissan, on which the aggravated breach of trust charge is based.
Meanwhile, the Tokyo District Court is likely to decide as early as Tuesday whether to release Greg Kelly on bail.
Kelly is a former Nissan representative director and Ghosn's close aide.
Kelly was indicted with Ghosn on charges of underreporting Ghosn's remuneration, and has been detained for about a month.
But the court decided to allow detention of Ghosn at least through January first after he was re-arrested for aggravated breach of trust.
Key words : Trump James months earlier
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US President Donald Trump has announced that he is replacing Secretary of Defense James Mattis two months earlier than scheduled, and will appoint Mattis' deputy in an acting capacity at the start of next month.
In a Twitter post on Sunday, Trump wrote that he is glad to announce that Patrick Shanahan will take over as acting secretary on January 1st. With this announcement, Mattis is due to resign by that date.
In a resignation letter to Trump, Mattis stressed the importance of US ties with its allies. He wrote that a president has the right to choose a defense secretary with whom he can share the same views.
The letter revealed Mattis was resigning because of a difference of opinion between him and Trump.
Major US media have reported that Mattis decided to step down in protest against Trump's defense policies.
The New York Times says Trump decided to force Mattis to leave ahead of schedule because he was angered by critical media reports.
In a Twitter post on Saturday, Trump reacted sharply to Mattis' letter. Trump stressed that he had given Mattis a chance to make a fresh start after former president Barack Obama dismissed him from the top post of the US Central Command.
Trump said he is aware of the importance of US allies.
But he said if they try to use the US, that would be a different story.
Key words : south again denied
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South Korea has again denied that one of its destroyers directed its fire-control radar at a Japanese Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft flying over the Sea of Japan on Thursday.
Japan says the South Korean vessel leveled the radar at the SDF plane over waters off Ishikawa Prefecture. But South Korea says the destroyer was using radar to search for a drifting North Korean ship.
Deputy spokesman of South Korea's Defense Ministry Lee Jin-woo spoke at a news conference on Monday.
Lee said the South Korean military's actions were normal for a humanitarian rescue operation, and involved nothing the Japanese side would have considered a threat.
Lee acknowledged that the destroyer used a camera to monitor the SDF aircraft as it flew at a low altitude and approached the vessel. But he denied the vessel emitted radio waves from its tracking radar.
Lee also commented on what Japan says was the destroyer's failure to respond to a radio request for an explanation sent by the SDF plane.
He said the conditions for communication were poor at the time, which misled the destroyer's crew into believing the request was for the South Korean coast guard, also engaged in the rescue mission.
Lee added that South Korea will provide its explanation to Japan.
Key words : China started
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China's government has started working on new legislation to ban forced technology transfers from foreign companies operating in China.
The state-run Xinhua News Agency says the government on Sunday submitted a new bill on the rights of foreign firms to the standing committee of the National People's Congress.
The bill stipulates that administrative measures must not be used to force foreign companies to transfer their technology to Chinese companies. It says the aim is to protect their intellectual property rights.
Foreign companies are required by law to operate in China via their joint ventures with Chinese partners.
The administration of US President Donald Trump complained that the requirement has forced foreign firms to transfer technology through such ventures to Chinese companies.
China insisted such technology transfers were made voluntarily based on corporate contracts, and not forced by the Chinese government.
China's recent move shows its willingness to concede to the US complaint.
Analysts say China is trying to ease trade friction with the US through negotiations ahead of the deadline on March 1st next year.
Key words : organization
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The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says Japan should change its mandatory retirement age and wage systems to encourage older people to continue working.
The OECD made the recommendation in a new report released last week.
The report says Japan is among a number of countries that have high employment rates for older workers.
However, the report points out that, due to Japanese employment practices, these workers are often re-hired as non-regular workers. They are often given low-paid jobs, where the working conditions are poor, and there is little job security.
The report also says that, even if the age limit for re-hiring is raised to 70, the same problems will remain.
It recommends that Japan consider abolishing the mandatory retirement system and introduce wage systems that are based on a worker's performance and skills.
It also says that Japan should tackle excessive hours of work so that elderly people can continue to work.
OECD Chief of Staff Gabriela Ramos told reporters that she hopes Japan will accept the recommendations. She also said she hopes all people in Japan will have better jobs and live better lives.
The Japanese government is considering raising the coverage of the continued employment system, as part of its initiatives for social welfare reform.
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Key words : train loaded
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A train loaded with tourists made its way through the snowscapes of Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture on Christmas Eve.
The jaunt was part of an attempt to boost interest in the northern region, which has seen a dip in visitor numbers since a strong earthquake struck in September.
Tourists from places such as China and the Philippines were on board, along with 39 residents of the towns hardest hit by the jolt, who were specially invited.
The train was adorned with Christmas decorations for its journey from Asahikawa in central Hokkaido to Wakkanai in the north.
Foreign passengers took photos of snow-blanketed landscapes while local children handed out cookies and folded-paper cranes.
A tourist from Vietnam said the white scenery was impressive as she rarely sees snow in her home country.
A six-year-old girl from the quake-stricken area said it was fun to make sketches of the landscape, adding that there was enough snow for Santa Claus to pay a visit.
Passengers were even able to sample local delicacies at stations on the way to the train's destination.
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