China has posted its slowest economic growth since the country began releasing its quarterly GDP data in 1992.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is stepping up opposition to the federal police over a request to fingerprint two of its journalists.
Sixteen-year-old Shintaro Mochizuki has become the first Japanese tennis player to win a junior boys' championship at a Grand Slam.
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Key words : china has posted slowest growth target
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China has posted its slowest economic growth since the country began releasing its quarterly GDP data in 1992.
The National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday the country's GDP grew 6.2 percent in the April to June period from a year ago.
That's down 0.2 percentage points from the previous three months. It also marks the first fall since the fourth quarter of last year.
Economists say regional governments are cutting back on infrastructure spending due to financial difficulties.
They point out that a sharp decline in exports to the US dampened industrial production and investment in equipment and facilities.
They say consumer spending also remains low in some areas, including the purchase of new vehicles.
China has set this year's growth target at 6 to 6.5 percent. Observers say the country is likely to take additional stimulus measures if its economy continues to slow.
There is no end in sight to the US-China trade dispute.
Key words : people protesting
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People protesting the controversial extradition bill in Hong Kong have clashed with police, resulting in injuries.
Protesters rallied in the district of Sha Tin on Sunday. Organizers say 115,000 people took part.
After a march, some protesters occupied a road and other areas. Police tried to drive them off, leading to skirmishes.
More scuffles broke out when police attempted to remove protesters from a shopping mall.
The first rally against the bill took place more than a month ago. Protesters are also critical of police actions during the demonstrations.
The legislation was designed to allow crime suspects in Hong Kong to be sent to mainland China.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said last week that "the bill is dead." But protesters are demanding its formal withdrawal.
Key words : Australian
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is stepping up opposition to the federal police over a request to fingerprint two of its journalists. The request was made in connection with the alleged leak of classified documents about Australian troops in Afghanistan.
Based on the leaked documents, the public broadcaster reported in 2017 that Australian troops allegedly killed Afghan civilians.
The federal police raided ABC headquarters last month on suspicion that classified information had been leaked. The police are believed to be investigating the two journalists who reported the stories.
ABC has reported that federal police sent emails to the two reporters in April requesting that they agree to provide their finger and palm prints.
ABC reported that the email specifically said the two journalists were suspected of crimes, including unlawfully obtaining information.
ABC said the journalists were being treated "the same way as someone suspected of breaking into a house."
ABC has launched a federal court action challenging the constitutionality of the search warrant. ABC argues it inhibits freedom of "political communication."
The broadcaster has also sent a letter to a cabinet minister demanding that the police halt any probe into its journalists over the alleged leak, saying press freedom must be protected.
Key words : moon warned
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in has warned that Tokyo's export restrictions could cause greater economic damage to Japan.
Moon made the comment in a meeting at the presidential office on Monday.
Japan tightened export controls over sensitive, high-tech materials to South Korea on July 4.
Moon said it is unprecedented and unwise for Japan to connect a dispute over history with economic matters. He described the action as counter to the development of relations between the two countries.
Moon was apparently referring to tensions that have arisen due to claims for compensation by South Koreans who say they were forced to work for a Japanese company during World War II.
He criticized what he called Japan's surprise, unilateral move without diplomatic efforts or consultations.
He said it will prompt South Korean firms to diversify their supply chains for essential materials, or to localize production.
Seoul says it was told by Tokyo that exports of sensitive materials have ended up in North Korea. Moon called this a serious affront to his government. He says Seoul is doing all it can to improve inter-Korean relations and bring peace to the Korean Peninsula, while honoring UN sanctions.
Bilateral working-level talks last week highlighted the differences between the two sides. Observers say Moon is trying to show a hard line at home, where anti-Japan sentiment has been rising.
Key words : Taiwan opposition party
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Taiwan's main opposition party has announced the mayor of the southern city of Kaohsiung will represent the party in next year's presidential election.
The Nationalist Party, or KMT, announced on Monday that polls it conducted have found Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu has the highest support rate of 44.8 percent.
Han beat his four contenders, including his closest challenger, former Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Chairman Terry Gou.
Han is 62 years old. In November last year, the former legislator won the mayoral election in Kaohsiung, where the governing Democratic Progressive Party has a firm presence.
He has gained popularity for his frankness and for breaking away from traditional politics.
The pro-China KMT aims to take power from the DPP by endorsing Han. However, the decision comes as distrust towards China grows within the younger generation following a series of protests in Hong Kong.
Critics are also concerned that Han has expressed his intention to run in the presidential race despite serving the post of Kaohsiung mayor for less than a year.
Voters in Taiwan will go to the polls to elect its president in January next year.
Key words : British tabloid
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A British tabloid says a memo written by a former British ambassador to the US claims that President Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite his predecessor, Barack Obama.
The Mail on Sunday said Kim Darroch wrote the diplomatic telegram in May last year after then British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was dispatched to Washington to convince Trump not to pull the US out of the nuclear deal.
The newspaper said the memo claims that Trump's administration was "set upon an act of diplomatic vandalism."
The newspaper added that Darroch also wrote that Trump appeared to be abandoning the deal for "personality reasons" because it had been agreed on by Obama.
The newspaper said the memo claims that the White House lacked a "day-after" strategy on what to do following its withdrawal from the deal.
The newspaper said the memo is part of the leaked cache of diplomatic cables and briefing notes written by Darroch when he was the British ambassador to the US.
In it he described the White House as a "uniquely dysfunctional environment" and "diplomatically clumsy and inept." Darroch resigned last week.
The leak has been stirring up controversy in Britain.
London police are investigating it, with a senior official warning that publishing the contents of the leaked documents could be a "criminal matter."
But critics say the police move could infringe on press freedom.
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and incumbent Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt pledged to safeguard press freedom. They are the last remaining contenders in the leadership race of the ruling Conservative Party.
Key words : people in France
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People in France have commemorated the third anniversary of the deadly Bastille Day terror attack in the southern city of Nice.
A large truck driven by a Tunisian man rammed into a crowd of spectators watching a fireworks display on July 14, 2016. Eighty-six people were killed.
A ceremony to remember the victims took place near the site of the attack on Sunday.
Each name of the victims was read out. Mourners laid white roses at a memorial. They seemed to have renewed their defiance against terrorism.
France has witnessed a series of terror attacks in recent years. Coordinated attacks at a concert hall and elsewhere in Paris killed 130 people in 2015.
At least 20,000 people are on the government's watch list for their suspected links to extremism.
Key words : anti-Russia
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Anti-Russia protests continue in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
The nearly month-long demonstrations were sparked by a visiting Russian lawmaker who delivered a speech in Russian inside the Georgian parliament in the capital, Tbilisi, on June 20.
At least 200 people were injured as it turned into a large scale demonstration. Protesters have taken to the streets every day since then, but their numbers have declined.
On Sunday, about 200 people, including opposition members and their young supporters held a rally in front of the parliament building, calling for Georgia to join the NATO military alliance.
Protesters also held a flea market, selling hand-made goods such as accessories and bags, in an effort to raise funds for their campaign.
A man in his 30s said that NATO is like a national security umbrella for Georgians who believe joining the alliance will guarantee that their country will be part of Western civilization.
In Russia, there are calls for imposing sanctions against Georgia. But President Vladimir Putin has rejected the call apparently to prevent the bilateral relationship from further deteriorating.
Key words : Mochizuki
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Sixteen-year-old Shintaro Mochizuki has become the first Japanese tennis player to win a junior boys' championship at a Grand Slam.
The eighth-seeded Mochizuki defeated Spain's Carlos Gimeno Valero in Sunday's final of the Wimbledon boy's singles.
He aggressively came to the net to pressure his opponent and fired sharp backhands, winning the first set 6-3.
Mochizuki's tenacious footwork helped him win the second set 6-2.
Mochizuki began playing tennis at the age of three. He has been training at a tennis academy in the United States since he was 12 years old.
Japan's Kei Nishikori also honed his game at the same academy.
Mochizuki reached the junior semifinals of the French Open in June, when he made his debut in a Grand Slam boy's singles match.
In 1969, Kazuko Sawamatsu became the first Japanese female tennis player to win junior girls' titles at the French Open and Wimbledon.
Key words : mega
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A three-day event designed to allow participants to experience life in the aftermath of a mega-quake has been held in Tokyo.
The aim of the occasion was to provide food for thought to survivors of the disaster in three stages -- namely, seven days following the mega-quake, three months later and three years later.
The event, which wrapped up on Monday, was held in a park in Tokyo's Koganei City. It was the brainchild of a group of anti-disaster specialists and local government officials. About 100 people, including families and students, took part.
Participants spent three days living in tents under the assumption no evacuation centers would be available.
Experts gave them tips on hygiene issues that survivors may face just after the disaster, temporary housing units that will not be readily available to all, as well as specific steps for reconstructing their lives.
Tokyo Metropolitan University Professor Emeritus Itsuki Nakabayashi, who sponsored the event, said anti-disaster drills focus on how to respond to a disaster several days after it hits, but it is actually later when survivors face a grim reality.
He says as evacuation centers and temporary housing units will likely be significantly lacking, he wants people to learn about the severe consequences of disasters to be better prepared for them.
Key words : volunteer
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Volunteers have collected garbage from beaches across Japan in an effort to reduce plastic marine waste.
The beach cleaning activities were held on Monday, a national holiday in Japan known as Marine Day.
About 20 people gathered on a beach in Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. They picked up plastic waste, including packages of snacks and bottles, as well as empty cans that had washed ashore.
Divers later went into the sea to gather plastic containers and bags.
Plastic waste is difficult to retrieve once it drifts offshore.
At last month's G20 summit, leaders agreed to take steps to reduce additional plastic pollution in the ocean to zero by 2050.
A diver in his 30s says it's sad that fish eat plastic waste and become ill.
A woman in her 60s says she recently took up diving and was surprised to find how much waste there is in the sea. She says she'll keep collecting garbage.
Key words : Hakata
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The sounds of chanting men carrying huge, decorated floats signaled the climax of the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival. Each float weighs more than one ton.
The annual summer festival reached its climax in the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka early Monday morning.
Teams dressed in happi coats gathered around the starting point at Kushida Shrine before dawn on Monday.
The first group roared into the grounds of the shrine at 4:59, circling a flag and singing a celebratory song.
They then dashed out along a five-kilometer course hoisting a massive float on their shoulders. Other teams followed them.
Spectators splashed the float-bearers with water and cheered them on throughout the dynamic performance.
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