Tokyo prosecutors have arrested a lawmaker formally ruling democratic party on suspicion of recieving bribes.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang have held talks on Wednesday in China.
Nissan Motor's said third highest-ranking executive will leave the company.
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Key words : Tokyo prosecutor arrested in charge of
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Tokyo prosecutors have arrested a ruling party lawmaker on suspicion of taking bribes from a Chinese company hoping to invest in an integrated resort project.
Tsukasa Akimoto of the Liberal Democratic Party was in charge of such projects as state minister when the alleged bribery took place.
Sources say he may have received cash from the company, 500.com.
Prosecutors arrested Akimoto on Wednesday after asking him to turn himself in for questioning earlier in the day.
They also arrested three others, including an adviser to the Chinese firm who is alleged to have brought cash into Japan illegally.
Prosecutors suspect that Akimoto received 3 million yen, or about 27,400 dollars, in cash in September 2017. He was state minister at the Cabinet Office and the tourism ministry at the time.
Akimoto told NHK on Tuesday that he never accepted any requests from the company or gave it special treatment. In a tweet on Wednesday, he denied any involvement in wrongdoing.
Akimoto met the top executive of the Chinese company at its head office in Shenzhen in December 2017.
In February 2018, he visited Rusutsu Village in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido, meeting the mayor and senior prefectural officials. The company intended to invest in an integrated resort planned in the village.
Key words : Abe and Chinese exchange view
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang have agreed to keep communicating ahead of a state visit to Japan by Chinese President Xi Jinping next year.
The two leaders also exchanged views on North Korea.
Abe and Li met for about 50 minutes in the suburbs of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Wednesday. It was their seventh meeting, with the previous one taking place in November.
The leaders confirmed they will keep communicating in the run-up to Xi's visit next spring to open a new era of bilateral ties, as relations between their countries have returned to a normal track.
Abe also touched on the East China Sea, which includes the waters around the Senkaku Islands.
Japan controls the islands. The Japanese government maintains they are an inherent part of Japan's territory. China and Taiwan claim them.
Abe stressed that stability in the region is key to a genuine thaw in ties.
He urged the Chinese side to lift controls on Japanese food imports, and to expand imports of rice and resume imports of beef.
Abe also noted the importance of building an environment to promote innovation, including strengthening protection of intellectual property rights.
The two leaders confirmed they will promote negotiations for an early signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, and an early conclusion of free trade agreements between Japan, China and South Korea.
At a lunch meeting, they discussed the situation in North Korea. Abe said it is important that the North refrain from further provocations.
The leaders confirmed that Japan and China will work together toward the shared goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. They also agreed on the importance of fully implementing UN Security Council resolutions against Pyongyang.
Key words : Abe Moon social media
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in says Tuesday's meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe represents beneficial progress in bilateral ties.
The two leaders held an official one-on-one meeting for the first time in 15 months on the sidelines of the summit of Japan, South Korea and China in the Chinese city of Chengdu.
Later in the day, President Moon posted a message on a social media saying he hopes the meeting will give hope to the people of both countries.
The presidential office says Moon urged Abe to rescind the tightening of export controls on high-tech materials to the country.
It says the two leaders confirmed their differences over the wartime labor issue, but agreed on the need to resolve it through dialogue.
But sources close to the office say there is no change to the government's position to respect Supreme Court rulings that ordered Japanese companies to compensate South Koreans who say they were forced to work for those firms during World War Two.
Analysts say it is uncertain whether Seoul will propose solutions for the issue as it is likely to avoid moves that could be seen as concessions ahead of the National Assembly election next April.
Key words : south newspaper
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South Korean newspapers on Wednesday gave extensive coverage to the resumption of direct talks between President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Many expressed positive views of the meeting.
Abe and Moon held an official one-on-one meeting for the first time in 15 months on Tuesday. It took place alongside a three-way summit between Japan, South Korea and China in the Chinese city of Chengdu.
The reformist-minded Hankyoreh newspaper ran a headline saying Moon and Abe had opened a path to "dialogue-based resolution."
The paper saw the talks as an important turning point toward better ties, given how confrontational the relationship was a month or two ago.
The conservative JoongAng Daily said in an editorial that the fact a meeting was held signified progress.
While it noted that the meeting didn't produce any concrete achievements, it said the two leaders should meet at every opportunity to discuss matters of concern with open minds.
The JoongAng Daily said anti-Japanese sentiment and anti-South Korean sentiment shouldn't be used in domestic politics in ways that would harm bilateral relations and national interests.
Another conservative paper, Dong-A Ilbo, said the summit "set the tone for diminishing tensions," but the countries "still have a long way to go." It predicts that bilateral ties may further deteriorate if Tokyo does not comply with Seoul's request to relax its export controls to the original levels.
Key words : Trump successfully
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US President Donald Trump says the United States will successfully deal with any surprise from North Korea.
Trump referred to the recent threats by Pyongyang when he spoke to reporters at his Florida resort on Tuesday. Trump said, "Let's see what happens. I handle them as they come along." He also said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may send him "a beautiful vase, as opposed to a missile test."
North Korea has unilaterally set a year-end deadline for the US to lift sanctions or make other concessions in the denuclearization talks. Pyongyang warned it is entirely up to the US what kind of "Christmas gift" it gets.
Trump has previously hinted that the US could use military force against North Korea.
Key words : post group resign
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The heads of three Japan Post group firms are set to resign amid a scandal involving dubious sales of insurance policies.
Sources say Japan Post Holdings President Masatsugu Nagato, Japan Post President Kunio Yokoyama, and Japan Post Insurance President Mitsuhiko Uehira will step down to take responsibility. The whole group employs about 420,000 workers.
The group said last Wednesday that an internal investigation identified more than 12,000 cases of policy sales that are suspected of having broken the law or company rules, with 670 of them already confirmed of actually being in violation.
The Financial Services Agency is expected on Friday to order Japan Post Insurance and Japan Post, which sells the policies, to partially suspend their business operations.
The internal affairs ministry is also planning to take administrative disciplinary action against the two firms.
Japan Post Holdings president Nagato told a news conference last Wednesday that he would announce management's responsibility at an appropriate time.
Observers say the executives apparently decided that their resignations would be unavoidable as authorities are poised to demand that management's responsibility be clarified.
The announcement is expected to be made on Friday.
Key words : Nissan motor
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Nissan Motor's third highest-ranking executive will leave the company just weeks after it launched a new management team.
Sources say Vice Chief Operating Officer Jun Seki will resign to take up a senior post at electronic parts manufacturer Nidec.
Seki joined Nissan in 1986. As senior vice president, he was in charge of drawing up structural reform plans to turn around the business.
The management team of Seki, CEO Makoto Uchida and COO Ashwani Gupta was officially launched on December 1.
The reason for Seki's departure has not been disclosed.
Analysts say the move will be a serious blow to the automaker as it tries to revamp its business following a series of financial scandals, including the arrest of former chief Carlos Ghosn.
Key words : Japanese researcher
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A group of Japanese researchers has developed a device capable of detecting trace amounts of gas emitted from human skin and projecting it on a screen.
The group is led by Professor Koji Mitsubayashi at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
The researchers started their work by looking into the small amount of gas emitted by skin that is produced when blood components vaporize.
They then developed a sensor using a type of enzyme capable of connecting with the gas.
When the sensor detects the gas, it shines a blue light. The imaging device catches this light and produces a real-time image on screen.
The group says the device had successfully produced an image of gas being emitted from the palm of a person who had consumed alcohol.
The researchers say the device can be used to detect substances emanating from the skin of diabetes and cancer patients, and could help with early detection.
Mitsubayashi says a simple test, such as holding a hand up to the device, would be enough to detect an illness.
He says his group hopes to enhance the effectiveness of the sensor so it can accurately detect even the smallest amounts of gas.
Key words : UN spokesperson
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A UN spokesperson says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thinks 2019 was a "year of hope" despite crises across the globe.
Stephane Dujarric held his final regular news conference for the year at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
Dujarric said the secretary-general saw a lot of crises over the past year, including the "horrendous fighting" and loss of life in Syria. He said Guterres was "clearly disappointed" at the outcome of the UN conference on climate change.
But Dujarric said the secretary-general thinks 2019 was a "year of hope" because of the mobilization among young people around climate change and other issues.
The spokesperson said the drive of young people to make the world better and keep political leaders accountable is something that gives great hope.
The coming year will mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the UN.
The world body will start implementing plans in January to solicit opinions from people around the world through social media and other methods.
Key words : worship
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Worshippers in Bethlehem have celebrated Christmas with a mass at a church in the center of the West Bank town.
Christians and others prayed for peace during the Christmas mass that began at midnight on Tuesday.
Many Christian pilgrims and tourists from around the world gathered in Manger Square in front of the Church of the Nativity.
The Palestinian autonomous authority says about three- and-a-half million tourists have visited their territories this year, about 15 percent more than last year. Hotels in Bethlehem are said to be fully booked during the Christmas season.
Most of the approximately one thousand Christians living in the Palestinian Gaza Strip cannot visit Bethlehem or Jerusalem this year. This is because Israeli authorities issued permits to exit the territory to only about 300 residents, fewer than in a normal year.
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