Key words : north fired intelli
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190824_15/
Japan's Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya says North Korea fired two ballistic missiles on Saturday morning. He also says South Korea's notification that it will end an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan did not affect Tokyo's information gathering on the launch.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Iwaya said the missiles were launched from the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula at around 6:44 and 7:01 a.m. He said both missiles are believed to have fallen in the Sea of Japan, outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
Iwaya said North Korea's recent missile launches are a serious challenge to the international community and a clear violation of UN resolutions.
He said Tokyo will gather and analyze available information and continue its surveillance.
The latest launch comes one day after South Korea notified Japan of its decision to end the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA.
Iwaya said North Korea must be closely watching the regional situation and it may have tried to catch others off guard.
Asked whether South Korea's notification has had any impact on Japan's information gathering and analysis for the latest launch, Iwaya said it had not.
He said the pact will be effective until November. He expressed hope that cooperation with South Korea as well as trilateral cooperation with the United States will be sustained. He said he hopes to convey his wish to South Korea.
Key words : south military academy
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190824_05/
Japan's Defense Ministry says a South Korean military academy has cancelled an exchange visit by students that was to take place next week.
Officials say no detailed explanation was given, but believe the political animosity between the two countries may be behind the decision.
This development comes after South Korea's government decided on Thursday to terminate an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA.
The exchange program was meant to foster a relationship of trust among Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force officer's school and the South Korean army's military academy.
Up to several hundred students have been visiting each other's countries every year. This year, a South Korean delegation was scheduled to visit Japan at the end of August.
Even as bilateral ties became strained, Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the South Korean military have continued exchanges of students and researchers to uphold mutual understanding and trust.
Now that South Korea has decided to pull out of GSOMIA, concern is spreading that such activities will become even more restrained.
Key words : Narita
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190823_18/
The number of people arriving at Narita Airport east of Tokyo from South Korea during Japan's mid-August holiday period was down sharply from a year before amid worsening of the two countries' ties.
According to the Narita Airport branch of Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, more than 1.05 million people used the airport for international flights during the "bon" holidays from August 9 through 18. The figure is up 4.6 percent from the same period last year.
The most popular destinations were Hawaii and other places in the United States, at 110,000 departures.
More than 58,000 people left for South Korea. The figure is up 4.3 percent from last year.
But arrivals from the country were down 35 percent, to 12,000.
Koji Shiotani, a senior official of the bureau's Narita Airport branch, attributed the sharp decline to the impact of Japan-South Korea relations.
In South Korea, there are calls for people to refrain from traveling to Japan. Several South Korean airlines have suspended or cut the number of flights to the country.
Key words : Trump again federal
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190824_20/
US President Donald Trump has again criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, saying he wouldn't stop the central bank chief if he offered to resign.
Trump made the remarks on Friday after Powell delivered a speech in the US state of Wyoming.
The Fed chair expressed strong concerns about the state of the global economy, and suggested the possibility of further interest rate cuts next month.
But he stopped short of committing to a large additional cut which Trump is calling for.
Powell said the central bank is limited in countering with its monetary policy an economic slowdown caused by the US-China trade dispute.
Trump expressed displeasure with Powell's comments when he spoke to reporters later in the day.
Trump said he doesn't think the Fed chair is "much of a chess player".
Asked if he wants Powell to resign, the president replied that if he did, he wouldn't stop him.
A key index of New York share prices fell sharply on Friday due to US-China trade frictions. Trump appears to be increasingly frustrated with the Fed chair as he wants to keep the US economy from slowing down leading up to next year's presidential election.
Key words : US health
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190824_16/
US health officials are looking into a possible link between lung disease and electronic cigarettes. The move follows the death of an adult who was hospitalized for severe respiratory illness after vaping.
E-cigarettes vaporize liquid containing nicotine and aromatic substances for inhaling. They have been described as a less dangerous alternative to regular cigarettes. The popular devices have spread around the world, particularly among teenagers.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported on Friday that 22 people were treated in hospitals for respiratory illnesses after using e-cigarettes. One of them died.
Following the report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, announced it is investigating the cause of the lung illnesses.
The CDC says 193 people in 22 states since June 28 were treated for severe coughing or chest pains after vaping.
They say it is still unclear how often or how long the patients were vaping, and will work with state and local health departments to learn the causes of the outbreak.
Use of e-cigarettes by young people has been spreading as many states allow their purchase by users over the age of 18. Statistics suggest that one out of five high school students may be using e-cigarettes. Health experts have been warning of the potential hazards of the devices to health and growth.
Key words : Brazil military
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190824_13/
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro says he will send the military to the Amazon forest to help contain massive fires.
Bolsonaro said on Friday the military will be deployed to affected areas for one month starting on Saturday.
He also said he had agreed with US President Donald Trump that the two countries will work together on the matter.
Brazil's National Institute for Space Research says the number of wildfires in the Amazon is increasing at a record pace. It says there were 76,000 wildfires between January and August 22, up 85 percent from the same period last year.
More than two-thirds of the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, is in Brazil.
Brazilian farmers sometimes deliberately set fires to illegally clear land for livestock around this time of the year.
The forest fires have also burned through parts of neighboring Bolivia. Smoke from the fires has disrupted flight operations, prompting the Bolivian government to declare a state of emergency.
French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders have criticized Bolsonaro for favoring development over the protection of the Amazon.
Key words : self-defense Russia
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190824_12/
A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force band has performed at a Russian military music festival for the first time.
The Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival opened on Friday in the Russian capital Moscow. Bands from the military and security forces of 12 countries participated in the opening ceremony.
The performance by the Central Band of the JGSDF comes after an agreement between the governments of Japan and Russia in May to cultivate trust and push their relationship to a new level.
The 50-member band played three pieces. The audience applauded enthusiastically when a woman in kimono sang "By the Long Road" in Russian.
The song, also known as "Those Were the Days," was a hit in Europe, America, and Japan.
The crowd also enjoyed a performance of Firebird, by Russian composer Stravinsky, incorporating Japanese drumming.
The female sergeant who sang in Russian, Michiko Matsunaga, said she was encouraged by the applause. She said Russians are kind and she felt an affinity with them.
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