It's been one month since the powerful Typhoon Hagibis caused extensive damage in many parts of Japan.
The top US military officer has expressed plans to urge South Korea to stay in an intelligence sharing pact with Japan.
An annual cherry blossom viewing party organized by the Japanese prime minister has come under scrutiny by opposition members of the Parliament.
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Key words : one month caused extensive many parts
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It's been one month since the powerful Typhoon Hagibis caused extensive damage in many parts of Japan. The storm, one of the strongest to hit the country in decades, left 91 people dead, while four remain missing.
Hagibis flooded or damaged more than 85,000 homes. Clean-up is still happening, such as this area of Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture.
The waste is taking up nearby pedestrian roads -- a constant reminder for residents of the storm's impact.
A barber who lives in the district say he's still recovering. The 81-year-old says his house and shop were flooded, and only managed to remove the floor for repairing a few days ago.
He said, "It's been a month now, but I still can't reopen my shop. My place is a total mess and I just don't have the energy to get back to work."
On Monday, Land and Infrastructure Ministry officials updated the extent of the Hagibis damage.
Nearly 300 rivers overflowed and at least 25,000 hectares of land were flooded.
Eastern and Northern Japan also saw levees collapse.
Officials confirmed more than 850 cases of landslides and mud flow -- the largest number on record since 1982.
The government's next steps include reviewing its disaster prevention policy. Officials will also re-examine current measures on infrastructure based on the latest damage.
Key words : a month after
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A month after Typhoon Hagibis caused extensive damage to many parts of Japan, total losses to farming and industry are not fully known yet, and are still rising.
According to the agriculture ministry, losses caused by the severe storms in September and October to farming, fisheries and forestry are now at 2.8 billion dollars.
That is the second-highest figure for typhoon-related losses since records began in 1964. The ministry is currently putting together an aid package for farmers.
Small and medium-sized businesses were also badly hit. The industry ministry says losses to these enterprises rose to 4.4 billion dollars as of the end of October. That is the highest figure since a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan in 2011.
As to which prefectures were hit hardest, Fukushima suffered 980 million dollars in damage. Miyagi was close behind, at about 890 million dollars. Nagano and Tochigi both suffered around 700 million dollars in damage.
The government's aid package is worth about 460 million dollars.
Key words : some business
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Some businesses and farmers are still struggling one month after Typhoon Hagibis tore through parts of Japan.
A flood as high as 3 meters inundated a greenhouse in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The damage is estimated at more than 1.8 million dollars.
Clean-up work has finished. But Marusen Farm, which operates the facility in Osaki City, says it will take a while before growing can resume.
The head of the company, Takuya Chiba, said, "We want to produce vegetables that will make our customers happy. We can't stop now. We'll do what we can to keep moving forward."
The Agriculture Ministry says Typhoon Hagibis and heavy rains that came later have caused losses of about 2.3 billion dollars to farming, fisheries and forestry.
The Abukuma and other rivers in Fukushima Prefecture burst their banks in the storm, sending torrents of water into an industrial park in Koriyama City. Many of its roughly 150 companies suffered damage.
One is electronics maker Panasonic. Its production lines remain halted. Company officials say they've finished cleaning-up the inside of their factory. They are now repairing equipment, with the aim of restarting operations within a month.
The Industry Ministry says damage to small- and medium-sized companies had totaled about 4.4 billion dollars as of the end of October.
The government is putting together aid packages so workers and farmers can get back on the job.
Key words : top US
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The top US military officer has expressed plans to urge South Korea to stay in an intelligence sharing pact with Japan.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, met in Tokyo on Tuesday morning.
They agreed to express serious concern for and opposition to the unilateral changes to the status quo in the East and South China Seas, with China's maritime military ambitions in mind.
Abe and Milley confirmed that they would continue to demand the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile development program.
They agreed that their three-way partnership with South Korea is important for Pyongyang's denuclearization.
Milley also expressed gratitude for Japan's consideration to dispatch of its Self-Defense Forces to the Middle East.
After the meeting, Milley disclosed to reporters that they discussed the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA.
South Korea announced in August that it will leave GSOMIA when the pact expires on November 23.
Milley is scheduled to visit South Korea on Wednesday. He said, "It'll be the point of discussion there," and added, "We want to try to resolve that issue before it expires."
Key words : annual cherry come under
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An annual cherry blossom viewing party organized by the Japanese prime minister has come under scrutiny.
The opposition Japanese Communist Party says the number of guests and cost of holding it have been increasing year after year.
It also criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for inviting many of his supporters from his local constituency.
Senior officials from four opposition parties, including the Japanese Communist Party, agreed in a meeting on Monday that if it's true, Abe has been mixing public and private interests.
The four parties said they will set up a panel to study what's behind the increase in the number of participants.
They also agreed to demand that the government disclose its criteria for inviting guests.
The Diet affairs chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Jun Azumi, described the matter as "extremely grave," as public money may have been used for private purposes.
Azumi said Abe needs to explain it himself.
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Key words : Japanese immigration
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Japanese immigration authorities have announced steps to halt a steady rise in the number of foreign technical trainees who flee their workplaces.
The Immigration Services Agency says 9,052 foreign trainees went missing in 2018. That's nearly double the figure five years ago.
The agency said on Tuesday that businesses and supervisory organizations that had mass escapes will be suspended from accepting new trainees.
They will be banned from the internship program altogether if they are found to have engaged in illegal practices, such as not paying wages.
The agency will also consider publicly naming companies that employed trainees who have fled.
Justice Minister Masako Mori told reporters that immigration authorities will steadily carry out the new measures to reduce the number of missing interns.
Key words : government will consult
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Japan's government says it will consult the International Council on Monuments and Sites, or ICOMOS, on how to rebuild fire-hit Shuri Castle.
ICOMOS is an advisory body to UNESCO and plays a major role in the World Heritage site registration process.
Japan hopes to maintain World Heritage status for the site where Shuri Castle used to stand.
The ruins of the original castle have been on the World Heritage list, but the fire-hit structures, which were rebuilt after World War Two, were not.
Despite this, Tokyo feels it necessary to consult ICOMOS about its reconstruction blueprint in order to keep the area on the list.
One of the key items Tokyo hopes to discuss with ICOMOS is how to install a fire prevention system so as not to impair the landscape as a World Heritage site.
The government also began studying whether it's possible to rebuild the destroyed buildings based on remaining design drawings and how to procure lumber needed for the enormous pillars.
Key words : central hong kong thousands of male student
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Pro-democracy demonstrators continued their protests in central Hong Kong on Tuesday, temporarily occupying parts of the financial district.
Thousands of people gathered in the district in the afternoon, chanting slogans calling for greater democracy.
Some young protesters brought traffic to a halt as they destroyed street lights and dug up sidewalk bricks to scatter on the roads.
One person said many people are angry with the government for doing nothing about police actions against the protesters.
On Monday, a 21-year-old male student was shot and seriously wounded by a police officer. Last week saw the first fatality in the months-long protests. Such incidents have caused people to become increasingly defiant toward the police and the government.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has indicated that the government will strengthen the police crackdown.
Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute said on Tuesday that the latest approval rating for the Chief Executive stood at 11 percent. That's the lowest the territory has ever seen since Britain returned it to Chinese rule in 1997.
Key words : Xi belt and
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged his country's continued investment in Greece as a successful part of China's Belt and Road economic initiative.
Xi is currently on an official visit to Greece. China's state-run TV said he visited Greece's largest port Piraeus, near Athens, on Monday with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
A Chinese state-owned company has been managing and upgrading shipping facilities at Piraeus since acquiring a majority stake of the port in 2016.
Xi described the port project as a successful example of China-Greece cooperation.
He said he has seen that the Belt and Road initiative is no longer a slogan, but a brilliant reality.
Xi earlier told Mitsotakis of his plan to make Piraeus the biggest transshipment port in the Mediterranean and expand transport between China and Europe.
China hopes to make the port project a foothold for increasing its economic influence in Europe, but some on the European side are wary of China's ambitions.
Key words : killed a leader
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Israeli forces have killed a leader of Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group with deep ties to Iran.
Israel's military carried out predawn airstrikes in the Palestinian territory of Gaza on Tuesday, killing one of the group's leaders.
Meanwhile, the home of another leader in the Syrian capital Damascus was similarly attacked, leaving his son dead.
The Islamic Jihad issued a statement blaming Israel for the deaths, and launched more than 50 rockets in retaliation.
Some of the rockets targeted Israel's Tel Aviv commercial hub, more than 70 kilometers from Gaza.
The rockets were reportedly intercepted by Israel's missile defense system. There have been no reports of casualties.
Opposition members in Israel say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu carried out the attacks to assert his power at a time when he is struggling to build a governing coalition. Netanyahu is facing possible indictment for corruption before the year's end.
Key words : Turkey started
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Turkey says it has started repatriating foreign members of the Islamic State militant group whom it has kept in custody.
More than 40,000 people from over 80 countries are said to have joined the militant group. Turkey holds about 1,200 of them in custody.
A Turkish interior ministry spokesperson told local media outlets on Monday that a US national who was an Islamic State member had been deported from Turkey.
The spokesperson also said a German and a Danish national would be also deported later on Monday and that preparations to repatriate 11 French citizens are underway.
European nations have refused to take back citizens fighting for the group and stripped them of their citizenship, out of fear that their return would contribute to the spread of extremism in their countries.
Ankara criticized such a move, saying Turkey is not a "hotel" for foreign terrorists.
It is unclear whether Turkey is repatriating the foreign militants in coordination with the countries of their origin. Experts say some countries may have trouble accepting them.
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