A senior official of South Korea's presidential office has rejected Japan's request to set up an arbitration panel on the issue of wartime labor.
Japan's top government spokesperson has described the South Korean President's criticism of Tokyo's restrictions on some exports to the country as unfounded.
Japan's Defense Minister says there is no plans to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces personnel to Strait of Hormuz to join a US-proposed coalition.
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Key words : senior official south
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A senior official of South Korea's presidential office has rejected Japan's request to set up an arbitration panel on the issue of wartime labor.
On Monday, South Korean plaintiffs seeking damages for wartime labor announced that they will soon begin court procedures to sell assets seized from Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
The plaintiffs say they were forced to work for the Japanese firm during World War Two. Last November, South Korea's Supreme Court finalized lower court rulings awarding them compensation.
Other South Korean plaintiffs have already begun procedures to sell assets seized from Japan's Nippon Steel and machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi.
Japan has been asking South Korea's government to launch an arbitration panel involving third countries based on an agreement reached in 1965, when the two countries normalized diplomatic ties.
Thursday is the deadline for choosing a third country to join Japan and South Korea on such a panel.
The senior official at the South Korean presidential office told reporters on Tuesday that the government cannot accept the panel request.
A source with South Korea's Foreign Ministry also said the country is not obliged to accept the request, judging from how the 1965 agreement was discussed and preparatory documents. The source said experts have the same view.
Japan has suggested it will take countermeasures or bring the matter to the International Court of Justice if South Korea rejects the panel request.
Key words : Kono must take
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Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono says the country must take a step in case a Japanese company suffers damage from a move by South Korean plaintiffs. Kono says the government is strongly asking Seoul to respond to prevent such a situation.
Kono was speaking to reporters on Tuesday after South Korean plaintiffs seeking damages for wartime labor announced that they will soon begin court procedures to sell assets from Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Kono also said the government has been asking South Korea to improve the situation in which the country remains in violation of international law.
Japan's government maintains that the issue of the right to claim damages was settled completely and finally under an agreement the two countries signed in 1965 to normalize their ties. It also says a series of South Korean court rulings on wartime labor since last October violate the agreement.
Key words : top government
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Japan's top government spokesperson has described the South Korean President's criticism of Japan's tightening of restrictions on some high-tech exports to the country as unfounded.
Moon Jae-in commented on Monday that it is unprecedented and unwise for Japan to connect a dispute over history with economic matters. He warned that the action runs counter to the development of bilateral ties.
Moon was apparently referring to the issue of compensation demands by South Koreans who claim they were forced to work for Japanese companies during World War Two.
The president criticized what he called a unilateral move by Japan without diplomatic efforts or consultations.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Tuesday that Japan is reviewing its export controls from the viewpoint of national security, and that the tightening is not a reaction to the wartime labor issue.
Thursday is the deadline for procedures for an arbitration panel that Japan has been asking South Korea to set up to discuss the issue of wartime labor.
Suga said the Japanese government will continue to urge the South Korean government to take the necessary steps immediately and agree to arbitration that's mandated by an agreement reached in 1965, when the two countries normalized diplomatic ties.
Key words : defense minister
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Japan's Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya says Japan has no plans to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to the Middle East to join a US-proposed coalition designed to ensure safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, said on July 9 that Washington is engaging with a number of countries to see if it can set up the coalition.
Iwaya told reporters on Tuesday that the Japanese government is seriously concerned about the mounting tensions in the area, but thinks threats are in a temporary lull for now.
Iwaya said the government has been in frequent contact with the US administration, but it is not considering dispatching the Self-Defense Forces to participate to the coalition.
The Defense Minister stressed the importance of the region for the security of energy resources and said that various options may be considered if needed, suggesting that Japan will act flexibly depending on the situation.
Key words : pacific rim
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Pacific Rim countries are holding a fisheries conference on measures to maintain the stocks of Pacific saury in the North Pacific. The focus of the discussion is whether to introduce regulations on catches of the fish.
A meeting of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission began in Tokyo on Tuesday, with Japan serving as the chair. Delegates from seven countries and a territory, including China and Russia, are taking part.
At the start of the meeting, Deputy Director-General of Japan's Fisheries Agency Masaki Hoshina said he hopes that participants will understand the importance of maintaining Pacific saury stocks and that catch regulations will soon be introduced to sustain the resources.
The participants are expected to discuss a recent report on the first scientific estimate of Pacific saury resources.
The report says saury stocks in the North Pacific have drastically declined over the past 20 years, with the average population from 2016 to 2018 being about 20 percent below the level considered sufficient to sustain the species.
Japan plans to propose regulations to decide on the upper limit of catches for the entire region.
Attention is focused on China and others which have opposed fishing restrictions, since the meeting requires a unanimous decision.
Key words : today's news keywords segment Pacific saury
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Key words : Trump rounding up
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US President Donald Trump says authorities have begun rounding up illegal immigrants across the United States as he announced last week.
Trump told reporters Monday that many people were "taken out" on Sunday, and that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency raids were very successful.
Trump apparently aims to appease his anti-immigrant support base in the run-up to next year's US presidential election, but the move has spurred protests nationwide.
In New York's Manhattan, some 80 people opposed to the deportation roundups staged a sit-in on Monday and criticized what they called inhumane action.
Organizers of the demonstration say about 40 of them were detained for blocking the streets.
Demonstrators also protested outside the New York home of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, claiming that the firm's cloud technology is being used by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency for deportation.
Key words : stocks expectation
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New York stocks managed to close at yet another all-time high, on continued expectation that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 27 points, or about one-tenth of a percent, to end the day at 27,359. The key index has now renewed its record intraday high for the fourth session in a row.
Market participants have been anticipating a rate cut in late July. Fed Chair Jerome Powell hinted at a congressional hearing last Wednesday that the central bank may lower rates to keep the economy from losing steam.
Analysts say corporate earnings released on Monday were less than rosy. But they added that optimism about a rate cut helped lift the market.
Key words : Japanese government issued
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The Japanese government has issued an ominous warning on the current state of protectionism around the world.
The report says the world is now witnessing one of three major surges of protectionism since the beginning of the 20th century. The first was the Great Depression of around 1930. The second came around 1980 when trade friction between Japan and the US escalated.
The report analyzes the factors behind today's rising tide of protectionism.
It says people, mainly in industrialized nations, have increasingly skeptical views on free trade. They blame globalization for declines in employment.
Another factor is that the US is growing alarmed that large subsidies from China's government are behind the country's rapid growth in IT and other industries.
The report points to a fear that retaliatory tariffs imposed by Washington and Beijing on each other could distort markets in other countries.
The white paper goes on to state the need to build a new, rules-based trade system.
Key words : survey shows
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A survey shows that nearly 40 percent of corporate employees in Japan have experience working a second job.
The online poll was carried out in March by Recruit Career, a Japanese company that provides human resources services.
It drew valid responses from 2,062 people who are working at companies that allow side jobs.
About 32 percent said they are currently working a side job. Nearly 7 percent said they used to do so.
Asked why they decided to pursue such a career, about 40 percent of respondents who have or had second jobs said they know someone with similar experience. Over 28 percent said they were told by their employers about a system that allows them to do so.
The poll also asked what impact such experience has had on their main job.
More than 31 percent said they came to realize how nice their main job is. Twenty-eight percent said the experience gave them a new perspective and the ability to think flexibly.
A Recruit Career official said side jobs provide corporate workers with a chance to reflect on themselves.
The official added that employers are seeing it as an opportunity for employees to hone their skills.
Key words : the number of suicides
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The number of suicides in Japan has fallen for the ninth consecutive year, according to a new government report. However, it warned that suicides among youths remain a serious issue, requiring careful preventative measures.
The latest report on suicide prevention said a total of 20,840 people took their own lives last year. This marks a drop of around 480 suicides compared to the previous year.
It said, however, that the number of suicides among people younger than 20 years old was 599, up by 32 from a year earlier.
The report said the number of suicides in this age bracket has remained almost unchanged since 1998, which poses a serious problem.
The report said elementary school children who killed themselves did so most likely due to being disciplined by relatives, or due to family discord.
Suicides among junior high and high school students were in many cases attributable to poor academic performance or worries about their future after leaving school.
The report urges that a wider social media counseling service should be set up for young people. It also calls for coordination among related agencies to offer support tailored to different generations.
The report adds that community-level support is also necessary, as some cases are rooted in family problems.
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