Asian View
Key words : opposition move
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210615_09/
Japanese opposition parties in the Lower House of the Diet submitted a no-confidence motion on Tuesday morning against Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide's Cabinet.
The leaders of four opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party, agreed on Monday to introduce the motion.
The move came after the opposition's request for a three-month extension to the current Diet session had been rejected by Suga's government and governing parties.
The no-confidence motion says Suga's Cabinet failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus pandemic and forced many people into financial difficulties.
The motion also says it is unacceptable that the Cabinet is trying to press ahead with the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. It says the Cabinet is unwilling to be accountable to the public.
This is the first no-confidence motion submitted against Suga's Cabinet.
The CDP's Diet affairs chief, Azumi Jun, told reporters that the Suga administration's failure in coronavirus response and insufficient economic measures all call for a no-confidence motion.
He said his party will be ready if the Lower House is dissolved in response to the submission of the motion.
Ruling party lawmakers plan to vote down the motion. They say there is no reason for the Cabinet to face a no-confidence motion.
The current Diet session is scheduled to end on Wednesday.
Key words : cabinet disapproval
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210614_22/
An NHK opinion poll shows that 45 percent of respondents do not support Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide's Cabinet. That's the highest disapproval rating since he took office last September.
NHK conducted the telephone survey by contacting 2,131 randomly chosen people aged 18 and older over the weekend. 58 percent of them responded.
The approval rate was up 2 points to 37 percent from the last such survey. The disapproval ratio was also up 2 points, at 45 percent.
Asked about the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, 38 percent gave a positive assessment, while 58 percent expressed a negative view.
Suga has pledged to complete vaccinations for anyone who wishes to be inoculated by October or November.
Asked about the pace of the vaccine rollout, 24 percent said it's progressing smoothly. 65 percent said it's too slow and 11 percent said they do not know.
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games plan to decide this month how many spectators will be allowed at the Games' venues.
Asked about how the Games should be held, 3 percent said they should be held in a way similar to past events. 32 percent called for a cap on spectator numbers, while 29 percent said no spectators should be allowed.
31 percent wanted the Games to be canceled.
Those polled were also asked whether they are convinced by explanations by the government and the organizers about the purpose of the Games and anti-infection measures for them.
25 percent said they are convinced to some degree, while 69 percent said they are not.
Key words : arrived
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210615_06/
The International Olympic Committee official in charge of coordination for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics arrived in Japan on Tuesday for final preparations.
IOC Coordination Commission Chair John Coates will start working with officials on site after undergoing a three-day quarantine.
The visit comes after Coates emphasized at a news conference last month that the Tokyo Games can go ahead, even if the nation's capital is under a coronavirus state of emergency.
The preparations will include how to put in place measures to reduce infection risks, which he has already discussed online with officials of the Games organizing committee.
Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi and Alex Gilady, vice chair of the Coordination Commission, will also fly into Japan on Tuesday.
Key words : 1,600 companies
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210614_30/
A total of 1,600 companies in Japan have gone bankrupt since February of last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Credit research firm Teikoku Data Bank says the businesses have either already declared bankruptcy, or have closed down to prepare for liquidation proceedings.
The dining industry has been the hardest-hit with 265 firms going under. That is followed by construction with 155, accommodation with 92 and food wholesale with 81.
By month, this past March saw the largest number of bankruptcies at 182, followed by April's 172 and May's 135.
The research firm says that bankruptcy numbers are expected to climb further, as declining sales continue mainly in the dining industry in prefectures where the coronavirus state of emergency is in effect.
The firm also says failures of bars and restaurants tend to cause contractors in the construction industry specializing in repairs and electrical work at such establishments to go under as well.
Key words : group of south
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210614_19/
A group of South Koreans on Monday appealed the ruling of a court in Seoul dismissing their demand for compensation from Japanese companies over wartime labor.
The plaintiffs' lawyer said that they are dissatisfied with the ruling and the firms must be held responsible for what the lawyer describes as grave human rights violations.
In 2015, the group of 85 former workers and relatives of deceased laborers sued 16 Japanese companies and demanded 100 million won, or about 90,000 dollars, in damages per person.
The Seoul Central District Court rejected the lawsuit on June 7, while indicating that the plaintiffs did not lose their right to claim damages as individuals. The ruling said if the court upheld the claim, however, it would be against the principles of international law.
That marked the first time a South Korean court has dismissed a lawsuit of this kind since the country's supreme court acknowledged individual rights to claim damages and ordered two Japanese companies to pay in 2018.
Some of the South Korean assets of the two firms have been seized and preparations are underway for their sale.
Japan's government maintains that the right to claim compensation was settled completely and finally in a 1965 agreement that saw the two countries normalize ties.
The defendant companies have not agreed to pay compensation.
Key words : french power
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210615_05/
A French power company related to a nuclear power plant in southern China has denied that there had been a nuclear accident after a report of a possible radiation leak.
French firm EDF held a news conference on Monday after CNN reported on an "imminent radiological threat" at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province.
US media said EDF's subsidiary Framatome had warned the US government of the threat in a letter. France-based Framatome designed the plant with a Chinese company.
EDF said it received data from the Chinese company last week indicating that radioactive substances in the form of certain gases had leaked inside one of the two reactors. It said the Chinese company treated and released the gases into the atmosphere in accordance with regulations.
The French firm ruled out the possibility of an accident, saying the radiation levels were within the limit.
The European pressurized water reactor based on French technology began operation in 2018.
EDF said a similar incident also happened last year. It has asked the Chinese company to present all data to study the cause of it.
Meanwhile, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu said no abnormalities in data have been reported at the country's 47 monitoring posts, one in each prefecture, at a news conference on Tuesday.
He said the government will continue to gather information and closely watch the situation.
Kato added he expects China to provide a transparent and timely explanation to the world on the facts regarding the radiation leak report.
Key words : latest drone
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210614_18/
Companies are showing off the latest drone technology for a trade show near Tokyo. Over 100 firms from Japan and elsewhere are taking part.
One of the drones comes with an underwater craft.
The machine can fly to a location over water and drop the device, which sends images from below the surface.
It could be used in the fishing industry to check on operations.
Sony Group developed a drone with artificial intelligence that analyzes images from five onboard cameras.
The machine can fly 90 kilometers an hour while automatically avoiding obstacles.
Kawanishi Izumi, a Senior Vice President of Sony Group, says letting drones fly over urban areas or beyond our line of sight requires high technology and excellent design. He says the company wants to develop such devices without compromise.
The Japanese government is trying to support domestic drone manufacturers from the viewpoint of national security. The three-day event lasts until Wednesday.
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