Asian View
Key words : labor ministry
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201222_12/
Japan's labor ministry says nearly 80,000 people in the country have lost or are about to lose their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The ministry has been checking for cases of workers who were laid off or did not have their contracts renewed because their employers are struggling with deteriorating business performance.
Officials found that 78,153 people faced or were about to face unemployment between the end of January and December 21.
They believe the actual figure is likely higher, as the number includes only cases known to regional labor bureaus and public job placement offices.
Data as of last Friday show the manufacturing sector was hit the hardest, with 15,672 jobs lost. Pubs and restaurants were next, with 10,935 workers let go.
In the retail sector, 10,384 people were laid off, while 9,605 hotel workers and 5,084 workers at temp agencies also lost their jobs.
By prefecture, Tokyo had the largest number of people laid off, at 19,005, followed by Osaka with 6,581.
The number of non-regular workers, including part-timers, who faced unemployment due to the pandemic between May 25 and last Friday stood at 37,460.
Ministry officials are urging businesses to use government subsidy programs to keep employees on their payroll. The government is also providing support to help the unemployed find new jobs.
Key words : china rocket
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201223_03/
China says it has launched a new carrier rocket as part of efforts to develop reusable launch vehicles.
The China National Space Administration announced the Long March-8 rocket made its maiden flight from a launch site in the southern Chinese island of Hainan, on Tuesday.
The just over 50-meter-long rocket uses liquid fuel, which is said have relatively low impact on the environment.
The rocket is said to be capable of carrying a payload of at least 4.5 tons to an altitude of 700 kilometers.
China's state-run Xinhua news agency quotes a designer from a firm producing the rocket as saying the "Long March-8 will offer a platform for applications and experiments" involving "recycling, intelligent and automatic technologies."
China reportedly aims to develop reusable rockets, like those produced by US aerospace venture SpaceX.
The country is accelerating its space development efforts to achieve a goal of becoming a major space power by 2030.
Last week, China announced its lunar mission brought back a capsule containing rocks from the moon.
Key words : south table tennis
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20201223_06/
The International Table Tennis Federation says it will cancel the World Championships in South Korea due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The federation made the decision on Tuesday, citing the increasing number of infections in South Korea and many other parts of the world.
The World Team Table Tennis Championships were to be held in Busan from February 28 to March 7 in 2021. They were originally scheduled in March 2020, but were postponed three times.
World championships alternate between individual and team events every year.
The federation says it's the first time the world championships have been canceled since World War Two.
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