Key words : ballot counting is just
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Ballot counting is just getting underway in Japan.
Thousands of seats are up for grabs across the country, including for governors, mayors and local assembly members.
National parties have campaigned fiercely framing the local elections as a bellwether for Upper House elections this summer.
Even though the polls have just closed, NHK's election desk is already projecting some winners based on exit polls and information gathered before voting day.
Here are the projected winners in 10 out of the 11 prefectural gubernatorial races.
In Hokkaido, Naomichi Suzuki is projected to win. He was supported by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito.
It was the only race where ruling and opposition blocs directly faced off.
In Kanagawa, incumbent Yuji Kuroiwa is projected to win a third consecutive term in office.
In Fukui, former vice governor Tatsuji Sugimoto is projected to win for the first time.
In Mie, incumbent Eikei Suzuki is projected to secure his third term.
Former Osaka mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura is projected to become the next governor of Osaka. He's a member of Osaka Ishin no Kai, which campaigned on what's known as the "Osaka metropolis plan".
The plan would abolish Osaka City and reorganize it into special wards just like Tokyo.
Former governor Ichiro Matsui also ran under the party banner and is projected to win the mayoral race. The two politicians had stepped down to run for each other's post to bolster support for their metropolis plan.
Incumbent Nara governor Shogo Arai is projected to secure his fourth term.
In Tottori, incumbent Shinji Hirai is projected to secure his fourth term.
Incumbent Kamon Iizumi is projected to win in Tokushima for the fifth consecutive time.
In Fukuoka, incumbent Hiroshi Ogawa is projected to win for the third time in a row.
And in Oita, incumbent Katsusada Hirose is projected to secure his fifth term.
Sunday's elections will also determine the mayors of 6 big cities, along with 17 municipal and 41 prefectural assemblies.
Key words : finance minister
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Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 major economies will meet this week to discuss the world economy.
The meeting will take place on Thursday and Friday in Washington. It will be the first ministerial-level meeting in the run-up to the G20 leaders' summit in June in Osaka.
Finance Minister Taro Aso and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda will lead the discussion, as Japan assumed the presidency of the group this year.
On the first day, the topic of Brexit will likely come up as ministers discuss the current state of the world economy and its prospects. British Prime Minister Theresa May has not been able to get Parliament to approve her deal with the EU.
On the second day, the ministers are expected to discuss the current-account imbalances that are at the root of US-China trade friction.
Japan plans to stress the importance of international cooperation to fix those imbalances.
Other topics to be discussed include how to regulate cryptocurrencies. The G20 countries plan to share a list of oversight offices to block the use of virtual currencies for money laundering.
Key words : occupied
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he is willing to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins in Tuesday's general election.
In an interview with Israeli television on Saturday, Netanyahu was asked why he had not annexed the settlements like East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
He replied that extending Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank settlements is "the next stage.".
About 400,000 Israelis now live in the West Bank. The settlements are illegal under international law.
Palestinians reacted sharply to Netanyahu's comment.
Senior Palestinian official said that Israel will continue to violate international law as long as the international community continues to give Israel impunity.
Netanyahu's Likud Party is said to be in a tight race.
Netanyahu apparently wanted to shore up more support from his right-wing power base with strong rhetoric as Tuesday's election draws near.
Key words : prosecutor judge
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Prosecutors in Tokyo have asked judges to question the wife of Carlos Ghosn in connection with funds allegedly misappropriated by the former Nissan Motor chairman.
Ghosn was arrested on Thursday for the fourth time on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust involving Nissan funds sent to the automaker's Omani dealership.
Prosecutors suspect that Ghosn siphoned off part of the payments through a company where his wife, Carole, is an executive to purchase a yacht and a boat.
NHK has learned that the prosecutors asked her to meet them for voluntary questioning as an unsworn witness, but the request was turned down.
This prompted them to ask judges to question her on their behalf before they open the first hearing on the allegations.
Such a request gives judges the power to question on a mandatory basis witnesses who refuse to testify.
Ghosn's lawyer has criticized prosecutors for confiscating the wife's passport and mobile phone when they rearrested Ghosn.
Key words : turkey
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The new international airport in Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, has become fully operational.
The new Istanbul Airport is initially expected to handle 90 million passengers a year. Authorities plan to expand the capacity to 200 million to make it the largest airport in the world.
The replacement for Ataturk Airport partially opened last October. The new facility covers 76.5 million square meters and is 35 kilometers from the city center.
On Saturday afternoon, all flights of the national flag carrier Turkish Airlines were moved to the new airport.
As the clock ticked toward the start of full service at midnight Sunday, passengers in lines at check-in counters grew more and more excited about departing from the new airport.
Both domestic and international flights leave and land on two runways leading to a huge main terminal.
Four runways will be added in phases by 2028 to boost the capacity to 200 million passengers a year.
And the airport is projected to accelerate the country's economic growth.
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