A Japanese court has granted bail to Greg Kelly, a former representative director of Nissan Motor and a close aide to the company's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn.
Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei Average plummeted more than 1,000 points.
The Japanese government has approved a set of policy measures to make it easier for foreigners to live and work in Japan.
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Key words : Japanese court has granted
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A Japanese court has granted bail to Greg Kelly, a former representative director of Nissan Motor and a close aide to the company's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn.
Kelly and Ghosn were arrested more than a month ago and have been detained since. Kelly is expected to head to the hospital when he gets out. He will be treated for a neck problem that his wife says got worse in detention.
The court set bail at roughly 635,000 US dollars, and Kelly paid the amount. He is due to be released, but there are conditions. He may not travel outside Japan, and his contact with those involved in the case will be restricted.
The decision to grant bail comes after the court rejected a bid by prosecutors last week to continue holding Kelly and Ghosn.
The two have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to underreport Ghosn's compensation by tens of millions of dollars over a five-year period. They both deny any wrongdoing.
Many expected that Ghosn would also be allowed to post bail. But on Friday, prosecutors rearrested him on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust. They allege he shifted personal investment losses of over 16 million dollars onto Nissan.
Ghosn denies the allegation. He reportedly said he only briefly transferred the losses to Nissan. He is said to have added that he did not cause any damage to the company because he later covered the losses himself.
The court decided that his detention can be extended until at least January 1st.
Key words : benchmark 1,000 points 8 months
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Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei Average plummeted more than 1,000 points. The index finished below the key 20,000-mark for the first time since September 2017.
Investors sold shares on worries that the global economy may be slowing down. The Nikkei Average tumbled 1,010 points, or five percent, to finish at 19,155. That's the lowest close in a year and 8 months.
Political turmoil in the Unites States also fueled the sell-off.
President Donald Trump tweeted that the Federal Reserve is the only problem that the US economy has. Trump stepped up attacks against the Fed after it raised the key interest rate for the 4th time this year.
And the partial shutdown of the government didn't help matters. That will last until the US Congress can agree on a spending bill. But many are worried that won't happen with Trump insisting on funding for a border wall.
Key words : asian market
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Key words : government policy measures
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The Japanese government has approved a set of policy measures to make it easier for foreigners to live and work in Japan.
The package approved Tuesday is in line with a revised immigration law set to take effect in April marking a major policy change. Residential status now available only to high-skilled workers will become available to a much wider range of lower-skilled workers.
The measures include ones to prevent brokers from taking unfair advantage of foreign workers. To alleviate a labor shortages in rural areas, checks will be put in place to prevent an excessive concentration of foreigners in cities.
Up to 345,000 foreign workers are set to be allowed into 14 sectors of the economy over a five-year period starting in April. The limit will stay in place until economic needs change.
Among the 126 specific measures in the package are provisions for multilingual support in public services.
A Japanese-language proficiency test required for the new visa status will be offered in nine countries: Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Mongolia, and Nepal.
To prevent a concentration of workers in cities, the government will periodically announce information on the number of foreign workers in different regions and sectors.
Key words : Indonesian authorities say 429 people
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Key words : deadly tsunami that struck
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The deadly tsunami that struck the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra has prompted calls for strengthening the country's tsunami warning system.
Meteorological authorities have suggested that volcanic eruptions may have caused undersea landslides, which in turn led to the giant waves.
Some local media outlets have said the country's tsunami warning system is inadequate and are blaming it for the death toll. No warning was issued prior to the tsunami.
A spokesperson for Indonesia's disaster management agency said the warning system only detects earthquake-induced tsunamis.
The spokesperson said there is a need to set up a new one capable of detecting tsunamis generated by volcanic activity and undersea landslides.
Furthermore, a senior marine affairs ministry official acknowledged that the current system was not working properly at the time due to malfunctioning tsunami-sensing buoys. The official said there is a plan in the works to overhaul the system and make maintenance easier.
President Joko Widodo has also stressed that his country must improve its tsunami preparedness.
Key words : defense official rejected
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Japanese defense officials have rejected South Korea's denial that one of its ships recently directed military radar at a Japanese patrol aircraft. The officials say they have firmly identified characteristic signals of military radar in the incident.
Tokyo says a South Korean destroyer directed fire-control radar at the Japanese Self-Defense Force patrol plane on Thursday. Such action is considered hostile, as it is a prelude to an attack.
A South Korean defense official said Monday that one of its destroyers was using radar to search for a drifting North Korean ship. He acknowledged that the destroyer used a camera to monitor the Japanese plane as it approached at a low altitude. But he denied the vessel emitted radar tracking waves.
Japan's Defense Ministry said in a document Tuesday that signals particular to fire-control radar were directed repeatedly at the Japanese plane for a continuous period.
Defense officials say their conclusion is based on an analysis of the frequency range and strength of the signals collected by the aircraft.
They say the plane maintained a certain altitude and distance from the South Korean ship in line with international law. The aircraft was taking photographs as it patrolled the area.
The Japanese defense ministry calls the incident highly regrettable, and strongly urges South Korea to take measures against a recurrence.
Key words : south continue misunderstanding
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South Korea has said it will continue talks with Japan to remove any misunderstanding concerning last week's radar incident.
The Ministry of National Defense issued a comment on Tuesday after Japanese defense officials released a document rejecting South Korea's position on the incident.
Tokyo says a South Korean destroyer directed fire-control radar at a Japanese patrol plane in the Sea of Japan last Thursday. Such an act is considered hostile.
In the document, Japan turned down South Korea's explanation that the ship was using surface search radar to look for a drifting North Korean ship. It says characteristics of fire-control radar were firmly identified.
In issuing the comment, South Korean officials said the Japanese side informed them of the content of the document before releasing it. They say that was a gesture designed to ease tension.
The remark is apparently intended to stress that the relationship of trust between the countries' defense authorities remains intact.
Key words : Afghanistan
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An attack on a government building in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul has left 43 people dead after a seven-hour siege.
Authorities say the attack began on Monday when one attacker detonated a car bomb at the building's entrance.
They say three other attackers entered the building after the suicide bombing, and traded gunfire with security forces who rushed to the scene.
More than 300 government employees were kept inside the building during the standoff. Authorities say the dead include many government workers.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Security in Afghanistan has continued to deteriorate. There have been a series of terrorist attacks by Taliban and Islamic State militants.
The US military has made slow progress in its efforts to train local security forces.
The attack comes as US media say President Donald Trump plans to withdraw about half of the 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan.
Key words : United States ordered
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A United States federal court has ordered North Korea to pay more than 500 million dollars in damages for the death of the college student Otto Warmbier.
Warmbier died in 2017 shortly after being released from more than one and a half years of captivity in North Korea. He had been detained for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster. He was in a coma resulting from brain injuries when he was returned to the US.
Warmbier's parents sued North Korea, arguing their son had been tortured.
They argued that North Korea has been torturing political prisoners for years, and that their son's conditions upon his release show he was one such victim.
On Monday, a federal court in Washington ruled in favor of the Warmbiers and ordered North Korea to pay 501 million dollars in damages.
North Korea is on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. American courts can order countries on this list to compensate its citizens.
The ruling comes at a time when Washington and Pyongyang have made little progress in talks after their leaders agreed on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula at the first-ever US-North Korea summit in June.
Key words : christmas birth
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Christmas Mass has been held in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem venerated as the birthplace of Jesus Christ.
Local Christians and pilgrims from around the world offered prayers at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city after Christmas Mass on Tuesday. The church stands on a grotto where Jesus is believed to have been born.
Clashes have continued between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops ever since US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel a year ago.
At a square in the city center, a giant Christmas tree was lit up, and an overnight music concert held, to celebrate the Christian holy day.
A woman visiting from Ireland with her family said that she had long dreamed of seeing Jesus' birthplace, and that she was impressed by how wonderful it was.
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