Asian View
Key words : Japan and China agreed business
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201125_10/
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tokyo later on Wednesday. Japan is aiming to continue high-level bilateral talks.
Wang is the first Chinese high-ranking official to visit Japan since the launch of Suga's Cabinet.
The meeting comes at a time when concerns are growing over China's maritime activities in the East and South China Seas. Human rights issues in Hong Kong have also become an agenda.
On Tuesday, Wang met with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu.
Motegi and Wang agreed that the two nations will work together to control the coronavirus pandemic.
They also decided to resume allowing business trips between Japan and China by the end of November.
Motegi explained Japan's position on the Senkaku Islands, where Chinese vessels repeatedly enter.
Motegi urged China to take the matter seriously, but Wang reportedly reasserted his country's sovereignty over the islands.
Japan controls the islands. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory. China and Taiwan also claim them.
During the talk, Motegi conveyed his concern about recent developments in Hong Kong, including disqualification of four pro-democracy lawmakers from the territory's Legislative Council.
Motegi also urged China for more transparency about its policy in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Key words : Taiwan submarine
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Taiwan has started building its first domestically-developed submarine. President Tsai Ing-wen signaled that this will enhance deterrence against Chinese military activity near the island.
Members of the media were allowed to cover only Tsai's speech in a ceremony to launch the project outside a new exclusive submarine construction facility in Kaohsiung city on Tuesday.
Tsai said the project will demonstrate to the world Taiwan's strong will to defend its sovereignty. She said submarines are important equipment for the navy's deterrence of enemy ships surrounding Taiwan.
Tsai indicated that China's military is stepping up pressure by continuing to build up its forces and sending aircraft carriers to navigate waters near Taiwan.
Taiwan currently possesses four foreign-made older submarines.
Past administrations have been unsuccessful in their attempts to acquire new ones from overseas, partly due to China's influence.
The new vessel is expected to be delivered to Taiwan's military in 2025.
Key words : Noguchi
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201125_02/
Japanese astronaut Noguchi Soichi says he is calling home every day from the International Space Station, just like fathers who have to live apart from their families because of job transfers.
Noguchi spoke to reporters on Tuesday, one week after starting a six-month stay at the ISS. This is his third space mission and first in about a decade.
He said he needs more time to get used to the space environment. He also said he misses the Earth and does his job thinking about home.
Noguchi and three others arrived at the ISS aboard US company SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule.
Now a record seven crew members are staying at the station.
Noguchi said they are making sure that they don't bump into each other when moving around.
He disclosed that Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins is sleeping in a cargo space because there are only six sleep stations.
Noguchi said there seems to be more items on the ISS than there were during his last stay, adding that his mission is to lay the groundwork for people to stay comfortably in space in the future.
Key words : China unmanned
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201124_23/
China has launched an unmanned spacecraft to the moon, on a mission to bring back samples from the lunar surface.
State-run China Central Television reported that a rocket carrying the Chang'e 5 spacecraft blasted off from a space center on the southern Chinese island of Hainan at 4:30 a.m. Beijing time on Tuesday.
China considers lunar missions to be key to its space program. Last year, China became the first country to land an unmanned probe on the far side of the moon. Communication between a spacecraft on the far side of the moon and the mission control on Earth is difficult because radio waves cannot reach there.
Interest in missions to the moon has been surging. The United States is leading the Artemis program, which is an international program to build a new outpost that will orbit the moon and will send astronauts to the moon again. Japan has announced its participation in the program.
The Chinese government has an ambition of becoming a space power by 2030. Competition among China, the US and Russia is expected to intensify.
Key words : report Ishikawa Chiaki
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20201118143202417/
The head of the International Olympic Committee visited Japan early this week to show support for hosting the Games...with fans in attendance. But protecting athletes and spectators will be key for success. NHK World's Ishikawa Chiaki has more.
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