Key words : final day
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Japan has racked up golds in marathon and badminton in an action-packed final day of the Tokyo Paralympics.
The marathon events traced a route through central Tokyo, passing several city landmarks. The Olympic marathons had been relocated to the northern city of Sapporo to avoid the mid-summer heat.
Japan's Michishita Misato won gold in the race for female athletes with visual impairments. She took the lead at the 25-kilometer point and broke away soon after. She finished in just over 3 hours, more than 3 minutes ahead of her closest competitor.
Meanwhile, Switzerland's Marcel Hug won the men's wheelchair marathon. He also took gold in the event at the Rio Games in 2016. It was a fourth gold in Tokyo for Hug, who also won 800, 1500, and 5000 meter races.
Paralympic organizers asked fans to respect the coronavirus state of emergency and watch from home. But there were crowds at some locations, despite the request.
"I came because this was my last chance to watch the Games," one woman said. "I wore a mask and tried not to talk."
Japan's medal rush continued in badminton. Wheelchair athlete Kajiwara Daiki won gold in men's singles, beating the world number-one, South Korea's Kim Jung-jun.
Satomi Sarina and Yamazaki Yuma beat opponents from China to pick up gold in women's doubles. Satomi also won a singles gold earlier in the Games.
The 13-day Paralympics will wrap up later in the day with the closing ceremony at the National Stadium. The event's theme is "Harmonious Cacophony." Organizers say the concept was inspired by a desire to acknowledge diversity and transform differences into unity.
Key words : women afghanistan education
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Afghan women have staged rallies, asking for the right to education and work as the Taliban are making arrangements to form a new government. It's rare in Afghanistan that women confront Taliban fighters to speak out for their rights.
Dozens of women took to the streets in the capital, Kabul, on Saturday, shouting that a government which does not protect women's rights lacks legitimacy.
Holding banners reading that they are not intimidated, the women urged the Taliban not to infringe their right to education and employment.
Some of the women complained they were beaten by the fighters during a skirmish between the demonstrators and armed Taliban fighters.
One woman said she took part because she wanted to convey to the Taliban the voices of women who cannot go to work or school.
The Taliban is in negotiations with other forces in the country to declare the establishment of a new government.
The group's senior members have said that women's rights will be respected within the limits of Islamic law.
But Afghan women have deep-rooted distrust in the Taliban's rule as the former Taliban-led government strictly restricted their access to education and work.
Key words : afghan activist spoke NHK
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Key words : volunteer groups food
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Volunteer groups in the United States are working to help people from Afghanistan who fled the Taliban-controlled country.
Among them is a nonprofit organization of mainly Muslims in the state of Virginia.
About 70 members gathered at a warehouse on Saturday to pack boxes of food such as pasta for arriving Afghans.
A representative of the group says it received requests from other aid organizations for 300,000 meals. The group expects the activity to continue for more than six months.
A volunteer said she was heartbroken to see footage of those suffering in Afghanistan and decided to do what she can. She added that one person might not be able to do much but people working together can achieve a lot.
More than 23,000 Afghans have arrived in the US since the Taliban took control in August. Many of them are being processed at military bases.
The food boxes are to be distributed to them once they resettle in the country.
Key words : international union tuna
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An international group of wildlife experts has downgraded the risk of extinction for Pacific bluefin tuna by one notch. But it is still urging countries to continue to commit to sustainable fishing practices, saying that the stock remains severely depleted due to overfishing that continued for many years.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, released the latest Red List of Threatened Species on Saturday at a news conference in Marseille. The group is holding a general assembly in the southern French city.
The group said the Pacific bluefin tuna has moved from "Vulnerable" to "Near Threatened" in the update due to the availability of newer stock assessment data.
The Vulnerable category includes species considered to be at high risk of extinction in the wild. Near Threatened means that the species is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.
The conservation group has also revised its risk assessment for the world's largest living lizard, the Komodo dragon in Indonesia, from Vulnerable to Endangered. The assessment indicates that the animal is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction.
The group warned that rising global temperature and subsequent sea levels are expected to reduce the species' suitable habitat by at least 30 percent in the next 45 years.
Key words : philippine
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Philippine Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States to pave the way for a planned restructuring from the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis. The airline plans to continue to operate.
The Philippines' flag carrier announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a US court. The company has a number of creditors outside the Philippines.
It seeks to cut two billion dollars in borrowings through a restructuring plan.
The airline company posted a loss of more than 16.5 billion pesos, or about 330 million dollars, for the first half of this year after demand for air travel plunged due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The company has already laid off 2,300 employees, or about 30 percent of its workforce.
Other carriers are also struggling for recovery while nations continue to maintain restrictions on travel and movements amid the pandemic.
Thailand's flagship carrier Thai Airways International is among them. It filed for bankruptcy last year.
Key words : nuclear
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Japan's nuclear regulators plan to retain radiation monitoring posts in Fukushima Prefecture by replacing old equipment with new.
About 3,000 monitoring posts were set up at schools and other locations across the prefecture following the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The annual test and maintenance cost of the equipment is around 5.5 million dollars.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided in 2018 to remove about 80 percent of the monitoring posts, saying that radiation levels had remained low and the posts would likely reach their lifespan of about eight years.
But the authority reversed its decision after it met opposition from local residents.
It decided instead to retain the monitoring posts for the time being to ease local people's concern about radiation levels and their health.
The authority plans to replace parts in radiation detectors and power supply sources with new ones in the next 10 years. About 300 posts will be renewed annually.
Some 450 monitoring posts containing parts that are hard to obtain will be replaced entirely.
The prefectural government of Fukushima says it wants the authority to continue to measure radiation levels.
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