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Asian View

"Asian View" is a five-minute news segment broadcast by NHK WORLD-JAPAN. It features the latest news and deep analysis from Japan and the rest of Asia. Listen to "Asian View" and get the latest information from a region that's playing an increasingly important role in the world.

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This is Asian view from NHK world-japan. I'm Yoshi ogasawara. Here's a quick look at. What's been making news this week here in Japan and elsewhere in Asia. 

The Japanese government is taking more steps to deal with the rapid spread of the Omicron variant more than 18,000 coronavirus infections were confirmed on Thursday. As more than four times. The number of cases reported a week ago. The government is speeding up its rollout of booster shots and health Ministry. Officials are preparing to improve inoculation of children, aged 5 to 11 with the Pfizer vaccine. 

Thailand is planning to collect a nine dollar fee. Be of foreign visitors that starting in __. The money will be used to cover travel insurance and improved tourist. Attractions officials say, they hope to attract up to with 15 million visitors and generate at least of 24 billion dollars and tourism revenues and this year, but the association of Thai travel agents and says the levy could make people less eager to travel Authorities, reported over 8,000, new coronavirus cases, on Thursday

two. Men who are detained in Japan for over 1,000 days. After applying for Refugee status, are suing, the Japanese government. They're seeking more than 260 thousand dollars in Damages. One man is from Iran. And the other is from Turkey. They say they have applied for Refugee status for than 10 years ago because of persecution in their countries, but their applications were rejected. They then went back and forth from being granted provisional release. And being sent to a Detention Center. The men say they suffered mental stress from their detention, the UN working group on arbitrary detention in 2020 merged to Japan to review. Good deal for the applications for Refugee status. 

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Japan has a pet hoarding problem. A growing number of households have more animals than their owners. Can take care of and there's increasing public awareness of this problem pet morning, affects, not only the health of owners, but also people living nearby due to noise. And odors. It can also lead to animal cruelty here with us to talk about. This is Nagasaki University. Associate professor Han job. Wayne. She's an expert on animal law. 

Professor home job. What's behind the problem? 

Well in the past that Holly was considered an isolated problem caused by so-called strange people, but is increasingly seen as a serious social problem. A recent survey found that many pet owners are living in poverty or isolated from their local community. 

Can you give us a specific example?

One case involved a couple in their 60s who are estranged from their relatives and have no contact with their neighbors. They started keeping stray cats, but couldn't afford to have the cat spayed or neutered that led to repeated breeding. And by the time, the program was discovered. There were about 30 cats in the house. 

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The environment Ministry dropped guidelines, to deal with the pet hoarding problem last year. Would you please tell us about this? 

Well, pet holding is a problem, all over the world. There are many places where owners can be punished for animal abuse. Japan has created guidelines. That include support, not only for animals, but also for their owners. The guidelines emphasize prevention and early detection of programs. Local communities are encouraged to deal with the issue. Proactively and people are being asked to provide support for Neighbors who have a pet holding problem working together with social welfare specialist, and volunteers is also important. 

You're studying the relationship between sustainable development goals or sdgs and animals. How does solving pet forwarding related to creating a sustainable Society? 

although sdgs do not directly concern Animal. Welfare, improving public health, and reducing poverty across e related to Animal Welfare. In preventing. These guidelines will reach to increase awareness by people in Japan of how these issues are interconnected, and that will help achieve the goal of sustainable City development. 

Professor wonder what? Thank you so much for your time. 

Thank you. 

We've been talking with Nagasaki University associate. Professor Han Zhang Wei. 

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