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Key words : resignation mori too much
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210212_27/
The embattled head of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has offered his resignation.
Mori Yoshiro made the announcement at a hastily arranged joint session of the committee's executives and the board of councilors. It comes more than a week after the 83-year-old made demeaning remarks about women, sparking a global outcry.
Mori said, "My inappropriate remarks caused a lot of confusion. I feel extremely sorry for causing so much trouble for the executives, the board of councilors and many others. So today, I'm offering my resignation as president of the Tokyo organizing committee."
The controversy began when Mori said that meetings with women take too long because they talk too much.
He apologized, but continued to face criticism both in Japan and abroad. Hundreds of Olympic volunteers have quit in protest.
Kawabuchi Saburo says Mori asked him to take over as president of the committee. But sources say the 84-year-old former chairman of Japan's professional soccer league won't seek the position.
Some members of the executive board and the International Olympic Committee say the process for choosing Mori's successor needs to be transparent. That issue is likely on the agenda at Friday's meeting.
The upheaval comes as preparations for the Tokyo Games ramp up. They are scheduled to start on July 23rd, after being delayed by a year due to the pandemic.
Committee officials will hold a news conference later on Friday.
Key words : myanmar took to the street
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210211_05/
Government officials and police officers in Myanmar are taking part in protests against the February 1 coup, while the military is warning it will strictly punish those calling for people to join demonstrations.
Large numbers of people took to the streets in the largest city of Yangon, the capital, Naypyitaw, and other parts of the country on Wednesday. Massive protests have continued for five straight days since last Saturday.
In the eastern state of Kayah, about 50 police officers in uniform refused to perform their duties and staged a protest. They held a banner reading, "We oppose the military's dictatorship" and chanted pro-democracy slogans.
A group of civil servants leading the protests says more than half of the officials of at least five ministries, including the electricity and energy ministry, and the construction ministry, are taking part in demonstrations. The group says they aim to stop the military-led government from functioning.
In response, the military said in a statement on Wednesday night that it will identify people who call on civil servants to participate in demonstrations and strictly punish them in accordance with the law.
Observers say the military is showing the tough stance as civil servants' refusal to carry out their duties has affected economic activities, including causing delays in customs clearance procedures.
Key words : cabinet member
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210211_24/
Myanmar's political party led by Aung San Suu Kyi says authorities have detained at least six of its senior members in a new crackdown.
The military is believed to be ramping up pressure on the National League for Democracy party as massive protests continue against the February 1 coup.
The NLD says the authorities held at least six of its officials, including a Cabinet member of the administration led by Aung San Suu Kyi, on Wednesday night.
They say many other people related to the party have been detained as well.
On Tuesday, police and military personnel raided the party's headquarters in the largest city of Yangon.
The party says they seized bankbooks and cash.
Protests continued on Thursday in Yangon and the capital Naypyitaw for a sixth day in a row, calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other figures. Some government workers and police officers in uniform joined the protests and refused to continue their duties.
The military is apparently tightening control with the new detentions. It is attempting to stem the further spread of the protests as the NLD still commands high support among the people.
Key words : china banned
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210212_07/
The Chinese government says it has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in China.
China's National Radio and Television Administration made the announcement on Friday. It says the British television channel has violated the regulation that news must be truthful, and has harmed China's national interest.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab denounced the decision as an unacceptable curtailing of media freedom. He said, "China has some of the most severe restrictions on media and internet freedom across the globe, and this latest step will only damage China's reputation in the eyes of the world."
China's decision comes after a series of moves in Britain earlier this month.
The BBC reported that Uighur women had been sexually abused in China's re-education camps in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Chinese foreign ministry said the report has no factual basis at all.
China has also expressed strong opposition to Britain's revocation of the license of China Global Television Network to broadcast in the United Kingdom.
The foreign ministry accused Britain of flouting freedom of the press on one hand while obstructing the operation of the Chinese broadcaster.
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