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Key words : myanmar expected video link
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210216_04/
The court hearing for Myanmar's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is expected to take place soon via video link.
She was detained in a military coup on February 1.
According to police documents submitted to a judge, she is suspected of illegally importing handheld radios and using them without permission.
Her detention was supposed to expire on Monday. But her lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, was told by a judge that she will be remanded in detention until Wednesday.
The lawyer was also told that her hearing is expected to take place within days via video conferencing.
Khin Maung Zaw stressed that, if Aung San Suu Kyi makes clear her intention to hire a lawyer, that lawyer will be allowed to meet her.
Aung San Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since she was detained. The lawyer said he wants to check in on her.
Protests continued nationwide on Monday. Crowds outside the Chinese embassy in Yangon called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. China is said by some to have close links with Myanmar's military.
The military is strengthening its crackdown on citizens. Officials have obtained arrest warrants for a former democratic movement leader and others for stirring up protests.
State-run television reported on remarks by the military's leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who lashed out at Western countries.
The television also said the military has boosted its efforts to restore order, and suggested that troops are being deployed.
Key words : about 10,000
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The Japanese government says it will keep the public well-informed about coronavirus vaccinations, which start on Wednesday.
About 10,000 to 20,000 medical workers are the first in line to get their shots, followed by elderly people and others.
Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on Monday said he wants officials to rally behind the efforts to carry out the vaccination program swiftly and smoothly.
The government says it will provide easy-to-understand, science-based information about vaccines, including their efficacy and side effects. It will shoulder all the costs of the vaccinations.
The government believes that a smooth implementation of the vaccination plan is essential to prevent the spread of the virus while keeping the economy going.
The coronavirus state of emergency is currently in place for Tokyo, Osaka and eight other prefectures. Government officials say the pace of decline in the number of new cases of infection is slowing.
The officials ask that people continue to refrain from non-essential outings, as well as to work from home to reduce commuter movement by 70 percent.
Key words : check side effect
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Japan's health ministry plans to conduct a follow-up survey of up to 3 million people who receive coronavirus vaccines to check on any side effects.
Inoculation of medical workers using the Pfizer vaccine will start on Wednesday. The elderly are due to start receiving the shots, possibly in April.
The health ministry plans to begin the survey in April or later, initially targeting one million vaccine recipients to be chosen at random.
The subjects will be asked through social media if they have developed any post-injection symptoms, such as swelling, fatigue and fever of at least 37.5 degrees Celsius.
An expert panel will evaluate the data.
The survey will be expanded to around 3 million people, once the government authorizes and rolls out vaccines developed by Moderna and AstraZeneca.
Key words : olympic guideline
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210215_24/
Working-level talks have begun for anti-coronavirus measures for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Officials from the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the International Olympic and Paralympic committees opened their three-day online meeting on Monday.
They will work out details for the guidelines, called the "playbook," describing anti-infection measures and rules released by Olympic officials earlier this month.
There are separate playbooks for athletes, international sports organizations, and the media.
The participants in the meeting are expected to discuss issues related to the entry into and departure from Japan, virus test procedures, the management of the Olympic village, and transportation.
The officials are also likely to take up coronavirus measures for the Olympic torch relay, due to start on March 25, and test events that are scheduled to resume in April.
The organizing committee's Director General, Muto Toshiro, is scheduled to give a news conference on the final day.
Key words : who visited
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An Australian member of the WHO team that visited the Chinese city of Wuhan to investigate the origin of the coronavirus says China did not provide them with some key data.
NHK interviewed University of Sydney Professor Dominic Dwyer on Monday.
Dwyer said the team was interested in the first 174 cases that were reported in the city in December 2019.
He said that the Chinese side did provide all the aggregated data, but the team was interested in going deeper into that data. He added they didn't supply it during the four-week period of investigation.
Dwyer suggested that pressure from Chinese authorities may have led people to being overly sensitive in giving data to the team.
He said that if data was hidden, there's no way of finding it without China disclosing it.
Key words : south february
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The South Korean government has announced that it will begin inoculations against the coronavirus on February 26 with the vaccine developed by British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.
The government said on Monday that more than 270,000 inpatients at hospitals, residents of nursing homes and medical workers, who are under 65, will get the first batch of the vaccine.
Officials explained they initially excluded people aged 65 and older because of the vaccine's limited efficacy data on the elderly. They added they will consider vaccination of the elderly after gathering more data.
South Korea's government has secured enough doses for 56 million people, more than the country's population, by signing contracts with AstraZeneca, US firm Pfizer and others.
The government plans to gradually expand the target groups of inoculation until it will have more than 70 percent of the population vaccinated by November.
Key words : north accused
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A UN Security Council panel has accused North Korea of illegally importing refined petroleum products in amounts that dramatically exceed the cap set by UN sanctions.
NHK has obtained the latest report by the panel of experts monitoring sanctions on Pyongyang. The report is due to be made public next month.
It says information from a relevant country showed that between January and September last year the North received via ship-to-ship transfers at least 121 tanker deliveries of petroleum products, such as gasoline and kerosene.
The report adds that the total amount would be about 4.4 million barrels, if it is assumed that 90 percent of each tanker's loading capacity was used.
That is about nine times the annual ceiling set by the Security Council sanctions resolution.
The panel also says North Korea may have repeatedly conducted ship-to-ship transfers by illegally using the identification number of a Panamanian-registered tanker that has already been scrapped.
The panel is calling on governments around the world to take thorough measures to manage vessels.
Japan and the United States have been conducting surveillance of North Korea's illegal ship-to-ship transfers from the sea and air. But it is difficult to prevent Pyongyang from evading the sanctions.
China and Russia are permanent members of the Security Council and have close ties to the North. They argue that there is insufficient evidence that illegal ship-to-ship transfers have been carried out.
Key words : steel industry
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Japan's steel industry says it will aim to virtually eliminate CO2 emissions by 2050, much earlier than its initial target of 2100.
The Japan Iron and Steel Federation says its member companies will step up research into technology that uses hydrogen rather than coal.
In theory, this would eliminate CO2 emissions. But it will involve major challenges, because the field is still in its infancy.
The industry also plans to develop technology to collect gases released during the production process, so they can be contained underground rather than emitted.
Industry officials say they are committed to achieving the goal of a carbon neutral society.
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