Key words : northeastern Japan magnitude 7.2
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck northeastern Japan at around 6:09 p.m. Japan time on Saturday.
A tsunami advisory has been issued for Miyagi Prefecture.
The quake registered an intensity of 5-plus on the Japanese seismic scale of zero to 7 in the prefecture.
The quake's focus was off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture at a depth of 60 kilometers.
Key words : miyagi lifted
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Japan's Meteorological Agency has lifted a tsunami advisory that was issued after an earthquake hit northeastern Japan early Saturday evening.
The advisory for coastal areas in Miyagi Prefecture was lifted at 7:30 p.m.
Agency officials say there may be some changes in tidal levels, but there is no concern for damage from tsunami.
Key words : nuclear power fukushima
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Japan's nuclear regulator says there have been no reports of abnormalities at nuclear power plants in areas affected by an earthquake that hit northeastern Japan early Saturday evening.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority says no abnormalities had been found as of shortly before 7 p.m. at the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants in Fukushima Prefecture, the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture and the Tokai Daini nuclear plant in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Key words : olympic decision
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In a big decision on the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, top officials responsible for the events say overseas spectators won't be allowed to attend the Games.
Japan's minister for the Games, Marukawa Tamayo, announced the decision after a highly-anticipated meeting of organizers.
The online gathering brought together the heads of the organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee, the governor of Tokyo, and other officials.
Concerns have been mounting about allowing people into Japan for the Games due to the spread of unpredictable new coronavirus strains.
The Olympics are right around the corner now.
The torch relay starts next Thursday, and the Games are scheduled to open after a one-year delay, on July 23.
Key words : US face-to-face since president
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The United States and China have wrapped up their first face-to-face talks since President Joe Biden took office. Before sitting down, the two sides illustrated the poor health of their relationship by trading barbs in front of journalists.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met China's foreign policy chief Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday and Friday.
Afterward, Blinken said he was not surprised by China's "defensive response" to concerns about human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong, plus cyberattacks and Beijing's increasing pressure on Taiwan.
But he also said the two sides did find common ground elsewhere, including Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan and climate change.
China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reports that Yang said the talks were "candid, constructive and helpful, though there are still some important differences between the two sides."
Key words : vice president visit
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US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have denounced racism against Asian Americans during a visit to the southern state of Georgia.
The visit on Friday comes after eight people, including six of Asian descent, were shot dead in the state earlier this week. The killings occurred amid rising anti-Asian violence in the country.
Biden gave a speech after a meeting with Asian American community leaders.
He said, "Whatever the motivation, we know this: Too many Asian Americans have been walking up and down the streets and worrying, waking up each morning the past year feeling their safety and safety of their loved ones are at stake."
He called on people to speak out and act against racism. He said, "Hate can have no safe harbor in America," and that it was the duty of all Americans to make hatred stop.
Harris also spoke. The first Asian American to be vice president said racism in the US is real and has always been present, but "everyone has the right to go to work, to go to school, to walk down the street and be safe," and "to be recognized as an American."
Harris added, "The president and I will not be silent. We will not stand by. We will always speak out against violence, hate crimes and discrimination, wherever and whenever it occurs."
Key words : new york
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Hundreds of people have gathered in New York City to protest racism amid a rise in hate crimes against Asians in recent months in the United States.
More than 200 people, mostly of Asian descent, took part in the rally on Friday. They offered silent prayers for the eight victims in the gun attacks on Tuesday in the southern state of Georgia. Six of the victims were of Asian origin.
Holding up placards that read "Stop Asian hate," the participants vowed to unite to fight against racism.
An organization monitoring racism against Asians says there were 3,795 reports from across the country of discrimination or violence against Asians in an about one-year period through February.
Verbal harassment comprised 68 percent of the reported cases while physical attacks accounted for 11 percent.
Six percent involved Americans of Japanese descent or Japanese nationals.
Two sisters taking part in the New York rally said they feel people are looking at them differently nowadays because they're Asians, which makes them concerned. They said they're determined not to stay silent any more in order to make more people aware of the problems faced by Asians.
Key words : vaccine recommend
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An advisory panel to the World Health Organization says a review of available data on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine does not suggest any overall increase in blood clotting conditions in people who receive it.
The panel released a statement on Friday concerning the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford following reports that some people have developed clots.
The panel also recommended that countries continue to monitor the safety of all COVID-19 vaccines.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a regular briefing on Friday, "COVID-19 is a deadly disease, and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine can prevent it."
He urged countries to keep providing the inoculation, and also said the COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme led by the global body will continue using it.
Germany and France are among a group of European countries that temporarily stopped offering the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Some have since started providing the jab again after the European Union's drug regulatory agency announced on Thursday that it is safe.
Key words : finance minister
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The Group of Seven nations has backed a sizeable increase in the International Monetary Fund's reserves to help developing countries tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
The group's finance ministers held an online meeting on Friday. They agreed to increase the amount of Special Drawing Rights in circulation from the current total of about 300 billion dollars.
Britain is hosting this year's G7 meetings.
The country's finance minister Rishi Sunak said, "Today's milestone agreement among the G7 paves the way for crucial and concerted action to support the world's low-income countries, ensuring that no country is left behind in the global economic recovery from coronavirus."
There are concerns that funds withdrawn from the IMF might be used to repay debts to China.
Japanese Finance Minister Aso Taro told reporters it is necessary to create a system to prevent that from happening.
Key words : saturday marks
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Saturday marks 26 years since the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult.
Members of the cult released the toxic nerve agent inside morning rush-hour commuter trains on three lines in central Tokyo on March 20, 1995. Fourteen people were killed and about 6,300 others injured.
At Kasumigaseki subway station, which was targeted in the attack, station officials offered silent prayers at 8 a.m., almost the exact time of the attacks 26 years ago.
Survivors, bereaved relatives, and subway users offered flowers at an altar set up inside the station.
Takahashi Shizue's husband, who was the assistant stationmaster at Kasumigaseki, was killed in the attack. Takahashi said her grief and loneliness never fade.
She said she will make it her goal to ensure lessons learned from the attack are passed on, and she won't rest as long as offshoots of the cult remain active.
A man from the central prefecture of Shizuoka said the attack must never be forgotten.
Thirteen Aum Shinrikyo members, including leader Asahara Shoko, whose real name is Matsumoto Chizuo, were convicted and sentenced to death for crimes committed by the cult. All were executed in 2018.
The Public Security Intelligence Agency says multiple successor organizations are still active, and one of the groups, known as Aleph, has been trying to recruit young people.
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