Asian View
Key words : motegi
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210224_03/
Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu has expressed concerns over the human rights situations in China and Myanmar.
In a video message to the UN Human Rights Council, Motegi said, "while remarkable economic growth has been made in the Asia-Pacific, achieving democracy and protecting human rights remain ongoing challenges."
He also said, "Japan has grave concerns over the situation caused by the military coup in Myanmar."
He called for "the release of those who were detained, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as the swift restoration of the country's democratic political system."
On China, Motegi said "universal values such as freedom, respect for human rights, and the rule of law must also be protected in China including Hong Kong and Xinjiang."
He added that "Japan is deeply concerned about the recent situation in these areas and strongly urges China to take positive concrete actions."
On North Korea's abductions of Japanese citizens, Motegi said the government continues to "strongly urge North Korea to take concrete actions towards the early resolution" of the issue.
He stressed that Japan "will host the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games as an occasion both to prove the victory over the Covid-19 and to demonstrate Japan's reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake."
Key words : hong kong basic law
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210224_02/
The Hong Kong government has drafted a bill aimed at requiring council members to take an oath of allegiance to the Chinese constitution and the territory's Basic Law.
The bill unveiled at a news conference on Tuesday will oblige candidates for the Legislative Council and district assemblies to pledge that they will abide by the laws and not to engage in acts that threaten national security.
Violators will face criminal punishment, will be disqualified from councils or have their candidacy nullified. They will also be banned from running for public office for five years.
The bill is expected to be submitted to the Legislative Council in March and enacted.
In November, four members were removed from the Legislative Council based on new standards set by the Chinese government. The revision will give the standards a legal basis.
A senior government official told reporters that once the bill is enacted, district assembly members who were elected in the 2019 election will be asked to take the oath.
The revision was announced one day after a senior Chinese official said Hong Kong should always be governed by patriots, and indicated a need to revise the territory's electoral system.
Pro-democracy activists are expected to face more hurdles to participation in politics.
Key words : south fail surveillance
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210224_01/
South Korea's military says a North Korean defector was caught on surveillance cameras last week, but soldiers failed to notice him eight times over a period of about three hours.
The North Korean man in his 20s was taken into custody on February 16 near the military demarcation line in Gangwon Province, in the northeast of South Korea.
The man is believed to have swum ashore in the South wearing a diving suit.
The military on Tuesday announced the results of its probe into the incident.
It said the man appeared on coastal surveillance cameras eight times over a period of three hours from around 1 a.m. on Tuesday last week.
Alarm bells also rang in the monitoring room, but guards took no action.
It was not until around 4:16 a.m. that the soldiers detected him. But the military's response was delayed, and it took about three more hours to capture him.
Defense Minister Suh Wook apologized at the parliament for the military's handling of the case one day after the incident. South Korean media are criticizing the military for its lax security.
Key words : bullet train resumed earthquake
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210224_10/
The Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line has fully reopend after a section of the route was affected by a powerful earthquake earlier this month.
East Japan Railway reopened the entire line on Wednesday, 11 days after the quake struck northeastern Japan. Services between Sendai and Morioka stations had been restarted earlier.
The company had suspended services between Nasushiobara and Morioka stations because the tremor damaged utility poles supporting overhead wires and pillars of elevated tracks in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures.
At Tokyo Station, business travelers and people heading for their hometowns were seen climbing onto the first train leaving just after 6 a.m.
A 40-year-old office worker said he is glad that operations have resumed as he will no longer have to drive from Chiba, where he works, to see his family in Fukushima. He said the Shinkansen enables him to travel much more quickly.
The train operator says the number of trains will be cut to about 80 percent of normal levels for the time being for safety reasons.
It adds that trips between Tokyo and Sendai or Morioka will take about one hour longer than usual because trains will run at lower speeds.
The company says regular services will resume in about a month.
Key words : Nakamura Tetsu unique testament
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20210126112711023/
The late Dr. Nakamura Tetsu devoted his life to humanitarian projects in Afghanistan. His supporters in Japan are creating a unique testament to his legacy. The aim is to help a land devastated by civil war and drought and improve the Afghan people's quality of life.
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