NHK has learned about the document indicating that money must be paid to a Saudi Arabian businessman for help in dealing with the investment losses clued former chairman.
Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei Average rose above the key-20,000 mark on Thursday for the first time in three sessions.
The Japanese government has filed a complaint with China for alleged misconduct by crew members of a Chinese fishing boat.
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Key words : learned
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_16/
NHK has learned that an influential Saudi businessman was involved in a payment allegedly made to cover personal investment losses of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Ghosn, who is 64 years old, was rearrested by Tokyo prosecutors last week on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust in connection with the payment. He was initially arrested for allegations of underreporting his pay.
Ghosn is freshly accused of having a Nissan subsidiary illicitly channel around 15 million dollars to the firm of one of his acquaintances, who is alleged to have helped him get a credit guarantee for his personal financial deals.
Sources familiar with the matter say that the acquaintance is Khaled Al-Juffali, a businessman from the founding family of Saudi Arabian conglomerate E.A.Juffali and Brothers. He and Ghosn have known each other for 30 years.
Juffali has also maintained close ties with Nissan. In 2008, he founded a firm in the United Arab Emirates that handles marketing for Nissan in the entire Middle East region.
The prosecutors have learned that the money was transmitted to Juffali's company as "sales promotion expenses." They suspect the payment was made as a reward for Juffali's securing the credit guarantee for Ghosn.
However, Ghosn's defense team quoted him as saying the payment is a legitimate reward for Juffali's role in resolving problems for Nissan and lobbying the Saudi royal family.
Key words : benchmark first time three session
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_24/
Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei Average rose above the key-20,000 mark on Thursday for the first time in three sessions.
The index gained about 750 points, or 3.9 percent, to end at 20,077. The index had its biggest one-day jump this year.
All sectors were higher, as investors hunt for bargains.
Traders in Tokyo followed Wall Street's lead after the Dow soared by over 1,000 points, marking the largest-ever point gain for a single day.
Japan had been among the bourses recently suffering major losses due to worries about the political and economic situation in the United States.
On Wednesday, the Nikkei briefly sank below the 19,000 mark for the first time since April last year.
With only one trading day left in Tokyo, investors have high hopes that the New Year will bring better trade relations.
Key words : Japanese government withdraw
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_03/
The Japanese government has officially notified the US government of its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission. The US is in charge of accepting applications for joining or withdrawing from the organization.
The action will allow Japan to officially withdraw from the IWC at the end of June. Japan plans to resume commercial whaling from July.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says Japan has sought ways to promote sustainable whaling for more than 30 years, but has been unable to find common ground with anti-whaling countries. He said the outcome of the IWC's September general meeting made clear it was impossible to bridge the gap between pro- and anti-whaling countries in the forum.
Suga said Japan will hunt for whales only in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zones. He said the country would not hunt in the Antarctic Ocean and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere.
He also said Japan will use the IWC's method for calculating quotas to determine the number of whales it catches.
Japan suspended commercial whaling in 1988, in line with a 1982 IWC moratorium. The country currently says it catches whales for research purposes only.
Japan has proposed the resumption of commercial whaling more than 20 times in recent years, claiming the numbers of some species have recovered. But these attempts were blocked by anti-whaling nations.
The withdrawal is expected to draw sharp reactions from around the world. The government is planning to send delegations to some anti-whaling countries to seek their understanding.
Key words : Japanese government complain
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_17/
The Japanese government has filed a complaint with China for alleged misconduct by a crew of a Chinese fishing boat.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Thursday that a Chinese fishing boat continued to sail for more than half a day without stopping while officials of Japan's Fisheries Agency were on board. The officials boarded the vessel on November fifth to conduct an onsite inspection. The boat was suspected to have been illegally operating in Japan's exclusive economic zone off Kyushu.
Suga said he was briefed by the Fisheries Agency that it had handled the situation in coordination with the Japan Coast Guard while paying close attention to the safety of the officials.
He added that the government deemed the act as malicious and filed a complaint with the Chinese side through diplomatic channels.
The Fisheries Agency says the officials who boarded the Chinese fishing boat later returned to their vessel unharmed.
Key words : agency criticize
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_19/
Japan's Fisheries Agency has criticized the actions of a Chinese fishing boat crew last month in its own account of the events.
Agency officials say the incident started when one of the agency's patrol ships spotted a boat suspected of illegally fishing in Japan's exclusive economic zone.
They say it happened west of Kagoshima Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, on the morning of November 5th.
The agency sent about 10 members of its crew onto the fishing boat for a legal on-site inspection.
But the officials say the Chinese boat didn't stop, and instead sailed to waters where fishing boats of both countries are allowed to operate.
They say the boat was moving with Japanese inspectors still on board. The agency's patrol boat followed it.
The officials say their crew were not allowed to carry out compulsory inspections in such waters. The inspectors questioned the boat's captain on a voluntary basis, but were unable to gain sufficient evidence to prove illegal fishing.
The inspectors returned to their patrol vessel at night. They were reportedly on board the Chinese boat for 12 hours.
Agency officials criticized the Chinese crew for not cooperating with their inspections. They called it a malicious act that in effect allowed the crew to flee.
The Japanese government has filed a protest with Beijing through diplomatic channels.
Patrol boats of the Fisheries Agency conducted on-site inspections of foreign fishing boats in 24 cases last year. Of them, 19 involved Chinese boats.
Key words : Japan agreed to help
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_12/
Japan has agreed to help Tunisia improve the North African country's anti-terrorism capabilities.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, who's now touring North Africa, made the agreement on Wednesday, when he met with his Tunisian counterpart Khemaies Jhinaoui.
They also agreed to hold a further meeting on terrorism and security in Tunisia early next year.
The two countries have been holding the meetings since 2016.
In the latest talks, Kono said he respected Tunisia's determination to reform the country, after it transitioned to a democracy in the Arab spring movement.
Kono also said Japan is willing to contribute to furthering Tunisia's stability and development.
The ministers also agreed to begin negotiations at an early date toward concluding an investment treaty to promote the entry of Japanese firms into Tunisia.
The country has been cited as a success case for democracy in the Arab world.
But a worsening security situation has been affecting the economy.
In a terror incident three years ago, gunmen killed 22 people including three Japanese tourists at a museum.
Key words : Trump surprise visit no plan
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_06/
President Donald Trump has made a surprise visit to US troops in Iraq.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted on Wednesday that President Trump and the First Lady traveled to Iraq late on Christmas night to visit US troops and the senior military leadership to thank them for their success.
Trump visited an air base west of Baghdad. He spent three hours there, talking with senior officers and allowing soldiers to have their pictures taken with him.
Reuters quotes Trump as saying that he has no plans to pull US troops out of Iraq. He added that Iraq could be used as a base if the United States wants to do something in Syria.
This is Trump's first visit to American troops in overseas battlegrounds since he took office almost 2 years ago.
His visit comes at a time when criticism is growing even among Republican lawmakers over his decision to withdraw from Syria despite opposition from Secretary of Defense James Mattis.
Trump also faces discontent about his effective dismissal of the defense secretary, who is trusted in the military.
Key words : Indonesia raise
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_18/
Authorities in Indonesia have raised the alert level for an erupting volcano that likely triggered the deadly tsunami in the Sunda Strait last weekend.
Geological authorities on Thursday raised the level for Anak Krakatau to the second highest on a scale of four. They are issuing fresh alerts for possible tsunami as eruptions are becoming more frequent.
The tsunami occurred in the strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra on Saturday.
Disaster management authorities say 430 people have been confirmed dead, and 159 remain missing.
Meteorological officials say a section of the volcano may have collapsed, triggering the tsunami.
Authorities are telling people not to go within 5 kilometers of the crater. Off-limit areas were expanded from the 2-kilometer mark set earlier.
They are also advising people in western Java and elsewhere to wear surgical masks as volcanic ash has been observed.
The county's aviation authorities on Thursday ordered flights to stay clear of the volcano.
Key words : electrical utilities
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_01/
Electrical utilities across Japan are considering the adoption of a type of nuclear fuel that generates power for a longer time than varieties in current use.
Companies with nuclear plants that are back online keep spent fuel in storage pools. And those pools are now filling up.
The spent fuel is supposed to be taken to a reprocessing facility in the village of Rokkasho in Aomori Prefecture.
Completion of that facility is considerably behind schedule.
Against this backdrop, six utilities that use boiling water reactors have begun considering the possibility of introducing a new type of nuclear fuel that is both efficient and lasts longer.
That type of fuel is widely used in nuclear plants in the US and elsewhere.
Utilities that operate other types of reactors are also thinking of making the switch.
But long-term use of nuclear fuel has disadvantages as well, such as degradation of the cladding covering the fuel. Utility officials say they are carefully studying the matter.
Key words : heavy snow
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_07/
Japanese weather officials are warning of blizzards and heavy snow in many parts of the country during the year-end holiday season.
A powerful wintry pressure pattern is bringing snowstorms to the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. The coldest air mass this season is expected to blow above Japan between Thursday and Sunday.
Blizzards are expected from Thursday onwards in areas along the Sea of Japan coast in the central and northern regions.
Heavy snow is also expected in mountainous regions in eastern and western Japan.
Weather officials are warning that strong wind and heavy snow may disrupt transportation networks.
Key words : temple Kyoto
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