Key words : north plans to send
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200621_21/
A group of North Korean defectors in South Korea says it plans to send leaflets criticizing the North's leader Kim Jong Un again, although the same act has caused bilateral relations to worsen.
The group says balloons carrying leaflets will be set aloft to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War on Thursday.
Its leader says the group has been preparing for the occasion since March, and it has nothing to fear.
Pyongyang reacted angrily after the group sent leaflets towards North Korea on May 31.
It blew up a liaison office with the South in the border city of Kaesong last Tuesday and is threatening to take military countermeasures.
Some people in South Korea say sending leaflets should not be restricted based on the principle of the freedom of expression.
But an opinion poll shows that 57 percent of respondents think the government should stop the group.
The government has suggested that it will prevent the group from sending leaflets again, arguing that it could put the lives of residents near the military demarcation line at risk.
Key words : Trump smaller
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200622_08/
US President Donald Trump's first re-election campaign event in three months has drawn a smaller than expected crowd.
The rally was held on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma state, at the Bank of Oklahoma Center which can seat 19,000.
His campaign said that they expected about one million participants and set up outdoor venue to accommodate the overflow.
But there were empty seats at the rally at the center. The US media quoted local fire department which said the crowd was about 6,200.
The Trump campaign claimed radical protestors blocked the entry to the rally venue.
Media reports say young social media users placed ticket reservations which inflated the expected attendance.
Although the Trump campaign denies the impact, it is believed that some of those who registered for tickets are critical of Trump.
Some Trump supporters complained the actions are an obstruction of the election.
Key words : Britain killed
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200622_02/
British police are investigating a deadly weekend stabbing spree as an act of terrorism.
The country's most senior counter-terrorism officer made the announcement on Sunday. But he did not elaborate on why police consider the attack to be terrorism.
The assault occurred at a park in Reading, about 65 kilometers west of London. Three people were killed and three others were seriously wounded.
Police arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of murder. Multiple British media reports say he is from Libya.
Police say they have found nothing to suggest others were involved in the attack.
They also deny any link between the assault and an anti-racism rally in the park that ended a few hours earlier. The motivation for the assault remains uncertain.
There have been other knife attacks in Britain recently. Last November, a man allegedly inspired by Islamic extremism went on a stabbing spree in central London, killing two people.
In February this year, another knife attack occurred in south London. Police have been investigating those cases on suspicion of acts of terrorism.
Key words : united nations afghan
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200622_05/
The United Nations has called for Afghan government forces and the Taliban to immediately cease hostilities.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan made the appeal in a report on Sunday. It warns a growing number of healthcare personnel have been bearing the brunt of the poor security situation.
The report says fighting between the two sides has continued even after the United States and the Taliban signed a peace agreement in February.
The report says that in March, a group of Taliban members in the eastern province of Kunar abducted five healthcare workers carrying out government-mandated services.
The report says that in April, an improvised explosive device planted by the Taliban exploded inside a pharmacy in the eastern province of Nangarhar, wounding eight people, including a doctor.
The report mentions an Afghan Air Force plane that conducted an airstrike in May targeting Taliban members outside of a health clinic in the northern province of Kunduz. The attack left two health workers slightly wounded and damaged the facility.
In the midst of these attacks, Afghanistan faces the challenge of improving its vulnerable medical system to deal with the growing spread of the coronavirus.
Key words : In Japan eased sapporo
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200622_14/
More people in Japan crossed prefectural borders on the first weekend since the government eased restrictions on such travel.
Cell phone data show the number of people who went from Tokyo to other prefectures on Saturday and Sunday rose 11 percent from the previous week. Travel to Tokyo from other prefectures grew by 14 percent.
Trips made from nearby Kanagawa to other prefectures increased by 12 percent, and travel to Kanagawa gained by 19 percent.
In the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, outbound travel climbed 7 percent, while inbound trips rose 19 percent.
Meanwhile, weekend foot traffic in some popular areas recovered to about 70 to 90 percent of the levels posted during a one-month period from mid-January, before the spread of the coronavirus in Japan.
Around Tokyo's Shinjuku station as of 3 p.m. on Sunday, crowd levels were down by 25.4 percent from that period. Numbers were 29.3 percent lower in the vicinity of Nagoya station in central Japan, and in areas surrounding Sapporo station in Hokkaido the drop was just 5.7 percent.
Compared with a week earlier, foot traffic in these areas was up by 2.5 to 5 percentage points.
Key words : tankan
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200622_07/
Analysts are predicting a sharp decline in business confidence when the Bank of Japan releases its next Tankan survey on July 1.
The quarterly survey covers about 10,000 businesses and measures how executives feel about the economy.
Analysts at 10 private-sector think tanks say the index for large manufacturers will fall to between minus 23 and minus 38. This will be the lowest since 2009 when the economy plummeted in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. The reading in the previous Tankan survey in March was minus 8.
Analysts forecast that the index for large non-manufacturers will also show a plunge of between minus 7 and minus 30.
They also expect a sharp decline in the auto sector as exports to Europe and the United States have shown a large reduction due to the pandemic, which is also impacting parts makers.
Analysts say various sectors including tourism, restaurant and retail suffered as their sales dropped sharply due to restrictions under the state of emergency.
Economic activity in Japan is gradually coming back with the easing of restrictions. But analysts say the next Tankan is likely to reflect difficult business situations in April and May.
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