Asian View
Key words : human rights group myanmar
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210322_06/
Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations has urged the international community to toughen its sanctions against his country's military, and not to recognize its rule over the nation.
Kyaw Moe Tun spoke to NHK in an interview. He has been staying on as UN ambassador although he was reportedly dismissed by the military after condemning it at the UN General Assembly. He is facing an arrest warrant after being charged with high treason.
Kyaw Moe Tun said the international community should take action against Myanmar's military by all means. He added that sanctions against the military should be "coordinated, targeted, and tougher."
Meanwhile, Myanmar's state-run TV quoted a speech by the military's leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, in which he said the country must be protected from external threats.
Analysts say severe crackdowns on anti-coup protesters may happen in the run-up to a ceremony planned for Saturday to mark a military commemoration.
Demonstrators in the central city of Monywa and elsewhere faced crackdowns on Sunday. Local media reported two people being killed.
A local human rights group issued a statement that said the death toll linked to crackdowns since the February 1 coup has risen to 247.
Key words : Japanese researcher
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210322_12/
A group of Japanese researchers says a newborn baby is believed to have contracted the coronavirus from its mother.
Members of the Japan Pediatric Society conducted a survey of 1,124 medical facilities across Japan that have pediatric wards.
It shows that by the end of last August, a total of 52 newborns at 31 facilities had mothers with COVID-19.
One of the newborns tested positive for the coronavirus, but the baby is said to have had no health problems.
The group says there have been overseas reports of suspected mother-to-baby transmission of the coronavirus.
The group's leader, Professor Morioka Ichiro of Nihon University School of Medicine, says the likelihood of mothers passing the virus on to their babies is low and infected babies tend to develop light symptoms. He said pregnant women do not have to worry too much, but they should take sufficient anti-virus precautions on a constant basis.
Key words : china and russia
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210323_04/
The foreign ministers of China and Russia have agreed to take a stand against moves by the administration of US President Joe Biden to confront other countries.
China's Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, met in the city of Guilin in southern China on Monday.
China's foreign ministry said the two exchanged views on the Biden administration. They agreed that the US should stop forming cliques to confront other countries.
Beijing appears wary of the US-led apparent "containment strategy" in the Indo-Pacific region directed at China. Senior US administration officials have recently visited Japan and South Korea.
In addition, the foreign ministers expressed grave concern about the situation in Myanmar. They also agreed to press the US to return to Iran's nuclear deal unconditionally as soon as possible, and lift sanctions against Tehran.
They are scheduled to meet again on Tuesday to continue their discussion.
Key words : two US
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210322_21/
Tokyo prosecutors have indicted two US citizens for helping former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan to Lebanon.
Michael Taylor, a former Green Beret, and his adult son Peter Taylor were indicted on Monday. They were extradited to Japan in early March.
Prosecutors say the two men hid Ghosn in a large container and smuggled him out of the country on a private jet in December 2019. Ghosn had been awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct. He was out on bail at the time.
Sources say the Taylors, who were detained in the US state of Massachusetts last May, admitted their charges and told investigators that Ghosn's wife Carole asked them to help him escape.
Investigative materials submitted to a US court show that Peter Taylor met one of Ghosn's daughters and received baggage at a hotel in Tokyo on the day of the escape.
The materials also show that he received cryptocurrency worth nearly 500,000 dollars from Ghosn's son after his father fled.
The two men's trial could shed light on how the escape was plotted, including possible involvement of Ghosn's family.
Key words : two japanese
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210323_03/
Two Japanese pharmaceutical companies started clinical trials of their coronavirus vaccines on Monday.
In total, four firms are carrying out trials of domestically-produced vaccines in Japan.
Daiichi Sankyo said a total of 152 healthy adults are enrolled in the trial. It said researchers will check the safety of its vaccine and whether antibodies are created, as well as try to determine how many doses should be recommended.
The Daiichi Sankyo product is of the same type as the Pfizer vaccine that uses mRNA. Inoculations with the Pfizer vaccine are already underway in Japan.
KM Biologics also started a clinical trial of its vaccine, with 210 healthy adults taking part. It is an inactivated vaccine, of the same type as influenza shots.
The health ministry says the two have become the third and fourth firms to carry out such tests with domestically-developed vaccines, following Shionogi and AnGes.
Key words : taiwan started
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Taiwan has started inoculating its citizens with the coronavirus vaccine developed by British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
Medical workers began receiving the AstraZeneca shot at hospitals across Taiwan on Monday.
Taiwan has received 116,500 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine so far.
Premier Su Tseng-chang was among the first to get vaccinated. After receiving the jab, he said that he wanted everyone to see him and feel safe about getting inoculated.
Su promised to verify the safety of the vaccines that are being imported. He also vowed to protect the health of frontline medical workers.
Authorities in Taiwan say only about 30 percent of healthcare workers were willing to get a shot, as of last week. The authorities are encouraging people to get vaccinated.
The use of the AstraZeneca shot in Taiwan comes after some European countries temporarily stopped administering the firm's vaccine. The suspensions followed reports that some people developed blood clots after receiving the jab.
The European Medicines Agency investigated the cases and said on Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe. France and Germany resumed using it, after the drug regulatory agency's announcement.
Key words : japanese automaker
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Japanese automakers are assessing the impact of a fire at a major domestic maker of semiconductors. This comes with the industry already facing a global shortage.
The fire broke out last Friday at a factory of Renesas Electronics north of Tokyo. Some of the equipment was damaged, and chip production for automobiles was partially halted.
Renesas aims to return to full production within a month. Automakers have sent people to the factory to help out.
Among the companies that use Renesas chips are Toyota, Nissan and Honda. Japanese carmakers have already had to reduce output due to a global chip shortage.
Other chipmakers have limited capacity to make up the shortfall.
Analysts say the Renesas fire could force automakers to cut output further.
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