Key words : sources say to investigate allege
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190406_19/
Sources say Tokyo prosecutors are seeking help from outside Japan to investigate the financial transactions of former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Ghosn was arrested for the fourth time on Thursday, on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust.
Prosecutors are asking authorities in the Middle East, Switzerland and the United States to help track a series of transfers Ghosn allegedly orchestrated.
They say he directed Nissan funds to a dealership in Oman and then sent them to a bogus company in Lebanon that he virtually owns, causing Nissan to lose money.
About 27 million dollars was then transferred from the Lebanese company to US firm Shogun Investments, run by Ghosn's son. Another 8 million dollars was transferred to Beauty Yachts, a company where Ghosn's wife is an executive.
The funds were sent via multiple accounts at Swiss and other financial institutions. It's believed that Ghosn used the money to purchase an Italian-made yacht.
Ghosn is denying all charges brought against him.
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Key words : research group
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190406_11/
A US research group that monitors North Korea says it has observed new activity at the Nyongbyon nuclear complex.
The group, 38 North, said on Friday that commercial satellite imagery from March 22 shows a mobile boom crane next to the nuclear facility's experimental light water reactor. The equipment was not present in previous images.
The group says it is unclear what the purpose of the crane is, but it may have been used to load equipment or materials into the dome which houses the reactor.
The Nyongbyon complex was a focal point in the second US-North Korean summit in February.
Pyongyang says the light water reactor is for power generation, but observers say it could be used to produce weapons-grade plutonium.
After the collapse of the summit, North Korea restored operations at a rocket launch site that it had partly dismantled.
Key words : thailand arrested
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190406_16/
Police in Thailand say a group of Japanese men arrested last week for allegedly running a call center scam defrauded more than 100 people in Japan.
Fifteen Japanese men were arrested on March 29 on suspicion of working illegally in the country. They were captured in a raid on a house in the resort city of Pattaya.
The men range in age from 22 to 54.
The police have found, through interrogations and seized documents that the men defrauded their victims of at least 220 million yen, or more than 2 million dollars.
The police say the men were rarely seen by their neighbors as they seldom went outdoors and had their meals delivered.
The confiscated materials included data on the victims health and living conditions and information about nearby convenience stores.
The materials also indicate that the suspects thoroughly researched their victims beforehand.
The 15 suspects have reportedly declined to answer questions by Thai police.
A chief investigator told NHK that all the men, including the younger ones, appear to be calm. The officer described them a well-trained group.
The Thai investigators say they will hand over the confiscated materials to Japanese police and begin procedures to extradite the suspects to Japan.
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Key words : cut production
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190406_08/
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has announced that it will cut production of its 737 passenger planes in the wake of two recent crashes: one in Indonesia and the other in Ethiopia. Both crashes involved 737 MAX-8 models.
Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said in a statement on Friday that monthly production will be reduced from 52 to 42 starting in mid-April.
He said the temporary reduction is to accommodate the pause in deliveries, adding that the company will focus on software updates and certification for returning the aircraft back into service.
He added that the reduction will not result in layoffs.
A preliminary report by Ethiopian authorities said the crash in their country last month indicates an automatic system lowered the nose of the aircraft after the pilot tried to pull it up, just as it did in the Indonesia crash.
They urged Boeing to review its aircraft control systems.
Boeing had 5,012 orders of the 737 MAX at the end of February, and more than 4,600 backorders. It has delivered 376 of the planes.
Observers are waiting to see how the production cut will affect sales, of which the company had earlier forecasted a record high this year.
Key words : Saito
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190406_05/
Cats are notorious for ignoring their owners, but a new study suggests they recognize the sound of their names.
A group led by Sophia University Associate Professor Atsuko Saito has reported the results of its experiment in the online version of the British journal, Scientific Reports.
The group asked owners of 11 cats to repeat four words with the same length and stress as the cats' names. The owners then called out the actual names.
Nine of the cats gradually became less responsive to the four words, but displayed interest when their names were called, by moving their heads and bodies.
The scientists repeated the test with 20 pet cats and people unfamiliar to them, and found 13 respond to their names.
The researchers have concluded that cats can distinguish the sounds of their names from other words.
But they say the felines are most likely associating their names with rewards like food or caressing, and may not understand the idea that the names are assigned to them.
Sophia University's Saito says the latest experiment will provide clues about how cats developed the ability to communicate with humans.
Research on the subject has been scarce, compared to studies on dogs.
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Key words : cherry nuclear disaster
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190406_14/
Passengers on an exclusive cherry-blossom tour have ridden buses through a no-entry zone near the site of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Tomioka Town in Fukushima Prefecture is renowned for its two-kilometer stretch of about 400 cherry trees.
They are located in a part of the town that remains off-limits to the public due to high levels of radiation.
On Saturday,10 buses entered the zone for the day.
They drove through a pink tunnel formed by the arching branches.
One man from a nearby town said it was truly impressive to see the blossom tunnel, and it was his first time in 40 years.
A woman in her 70s said she had come from Iwaki City and is an evacuee from Tomioka Town, both in Fukushima prefecture.
She said the flowering cherries of the Yonomori district are the town's pride, and she was delighted people came from across Japan to view them.
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