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Asian View

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Key words : olympic donate
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210525_33/

Japan's Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games says the US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech will donate coronavirus vaccine doses for about 20,000 people, including Japan's athletes and staff for the Games.

Marukawa Tamayo on Tuesday told reporters that the International Olympic Committee had suggested that the Tokyo organizing committee consider inoculations for athletes and people who will be working with them.

She said she will work with the organizing committee so that referees, interpreters and other staff members who will be in close contact with athletes can be vaccinated.

The minister also referred to a recent comment from IOC Coordination Commission chair John Coates in which he said the Games will take place even if Tokyo remains under a state of emergency.

Marukawa said it is natural for the Japanese people to object to this comment. She went on to say that it is important to take all anti-infection measures, so people will feel safe about hosting the Games.

Key words : top us diplomat
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210525_30/

The top US diplomat in Japan has called on the representative of Taiwan in Tokyo.

Charge d'affaires of the US Embassy in Japan Joseph Young dined at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan on Monday.

Both Young and Taiwan's representative Frank Hsieh posted photos of the event on social media.

Hsieh noted that the two exchanged views on matters to do with regional peace and prosperity.

The representative office says this was the first visit by the head of the US Embassy in Japan to the Taiwanese mission since the US cut off diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1979. Hsieh paid a visit to Young, who is filling the role of ambassador temporarily, at his official residence in March.

The administration of US President Joe Biden has been strengthening ties with Taiwan by means such as setting out guidelines to encourage exchanges between US and Taiwanese officials.

Key words : shipbuilder fuel
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210525_27/

A Japanese shipbuilder is leading the race to transport what some say is the eco fuel of the future. Kawasaki Heavy Industries has built the world's first vessel dedicated to carrying liquefied hydrogen.

The company says the Suiso Frontier can hold enough of the material to fill about 15,000 fuel-cell vehicles.

It's planning a test run by the end of the current fiscal year to bring liquefied hydrogen from Australia to Japan.

Hydrogen emits no carbon dioxide. The Japanese government wants to increase the country's use of it 10-fold to around 20 million tons a year by 2050.

Key words : myanmar more than 800 actual fatalities
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210523_04/

Myanmar's military chief, Min Aung Hlaing, has expressed the intention to seek a shift to civilian rule in his first interview with foreign media after the coup.

The Senior General's comments in an online interview with Hong Kong's Phoenix Television were released on Saturday.

He said the military's purpose is to establish a federal state based on multiparty democracy. He said the shift can take place within 12 or 18 months if circumstances allow.

He appeared to suggest that the military rule is only temporary in a bid to obtain understanding from anti-coup protesters and the international community.

He did not mention the timing of an election for launching a civilian government in the released part of the interview.

The general denied media reports that more than 800 civilians have been killed in clashes with security forces that fired at them. A human rights group in Myanmar has reported the number.

Min Aung Hlaing said the actual fatalities are as many as 300. He said the clashes have also left 47 people dead and more than 200 injured in the police.

Key words : myanmar inside the military
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20210507204924312/

Former Myanmar soldier spoke to NHK about his experience in the country's military and why he deserted to join the anti-coup protesters.