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Key words : at least 15
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210324_08/
The UN refugee agency says a huge fire at a camp for Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 560. It says an estimated 400 people are missing.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR, made the announcement on Tuesday, one day after the blaze started at the camp in Cox's Bazar, southern Bangladesh.
The agency said an estimated 10,000 or more shelters have been destroyed or damaged, displacing some 45,000 refugees. It remains unclear what caused the disaster.
The largest medical institution in the camp was also damaged. It is run by the International Organization for Migration.
Camps in southern Bangladesh are home to roughly 870,000 Rohingya refugees who fled neighboring Myanmar amid crackdowns by the country's military. Their shelters are made from simple materials, such as bamboo and plastic sheets.
The UNHCR is asking for international support.
Key words : chinese foreign minister EU
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210323_34/
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has denounced EU sanctions over alleged human-rights abuses in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The EU imposed sanctions on Monday, barring four Chinese officials from traveling to the bloc and freezing their assets there. An entity was also sanctioned.
Wang commented on the measure after meeting his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in the southern Chinese city of Guilin on Tuesday.
He said sanctions based on lies are not acceptable. He said all sensible countries and people should oppose any form of unilateral sanctions and interference in internal affairs.
Lavrov said sanctions against Russia and China are unilateral and illegitimate. He said Russia and China are in the same position in that they cannot accept such measures.
The EU has repeatedly imposed sanctions on Russia, including one over its unilateral annexation of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea seven years ago. The EU also imposed sanctions over the detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in January.
In a joint statement, the Chinese and Russian foreign ministers said they oppose politicizing human-rights issues. They also said that interference in internal affairs under the pretext of promoting democracy is unacceptable.
Beijing has announced sanctions on some EU lawmakers and organizations in retaliation.
It also lodged a protest with the EU ambassador to China.
Key words : senior citizen
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210323_19/
The impact of stay-at-home measures against the coronavirus has been detrimental to the health of senior citizens, according to a Japanese survey.
The University of Tsukuba and six municipalities surveyed about 8,000 people. About one in five septuagenarians said they leave the house either once a week or not at all. That figure doubled for people in their 90s, with nearly 50 percent saying they don't go out at all, or only once a week.
Ninety-five-year-old Ohara Yoshihiro is one of those affected seniors, whose weekly exercise class was temporarily canceled due to the pandemic. He gradually had difficulty moving his legs, and now he cannot walk without a cane.
"You don't even notice how it gets harder and harder to move," he said. "Then you're in the situation where you don't move because it gets worse, and it gets worse because you don't move."
Eighty-seven-year-old Saito Kazuko said she's been staying home most of the time without talking to anyone since her choir group stopped last March. She said she's been struggling with forgetfulness.
"I'll write my shopping list and have my wallet beside me," she said. "And on the way to the store, I suddenly realize I didn't bring my wallet. I left it at home."
In the survey, about 30 percent of people over 60 said they are more concerned now with their memory.
Kuno Shinya, a professor at the University of Tsukuba who conducted the survey, says a lack of exercise and limited interaction can cause a decline in cognitive function. He adds it's important to have a safe place for people to meet and talk in local communities.
Key words : fukushima radiation rice
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20210308102445465/
A group of rice farmers in Fukushima Prefecture, where a nuclear disaster occurred in 2011, is trying new ways to overcome reputational damage to their product.
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