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Key words : south next president after five years
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220310_11/
Yoon Suk-yeol, the candidate of the main opposition People Power Party has been elected South Korea's next president. Following a neck-to-neck race, the conservatives will take back control after five years of liberal leadership.
Yoon said, "I think it's a victory of a great people. Now, the competition is over. I believe that all of us have to work together and unite for our people and our country."
The presidential race was tight from start to finish. People were anxious to see the result, but it was nearly 3:30 a.m. on Thursday when public broadcaster KBS finally projected Yoon to win.
Less than a single percentage point separated him and the ruling Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung. Yoon's last-minute alliance with centrist candidate Ahn Cheol-soo may have been the boost he needed to secure the win.
Meanwhile, Lee Jae-myung delivered his concession speech at the party's office.
Lee said, "We did our best but we couldn't meet expectations. Everything was my fault. It's not your loss, or the Democratic Party's. It's all down to me. I would like to congratulate candidate Yoon Suk-yeol."
Yoon, a former prosecutor-general, has no political experience, but he has been in the public eye.
Outgoing President Moon Jae-in appointed him in 2019. Yoon led an attention-grabbing corruption probe and pushed for reforms, eventually resigning. Since joining the opposition, he has been at odds with Moon who couldn't run for a second term due to constitutional constraints.
Yoon's top campaign issue was the economy. He promised to cool a red-hot housing market that has priced out many young people during the Moon administration.
Yoon also accused Moon of being soft on North Korea, which continues to develop new missiles. He says his new administration will work closely with the US and Japan to deal with Pyongyang.
And he has shown eagerness to improve ties with Tokyo, which have become increasingly strained. Simmering tensions related to wartime issues recently boiled over.
Key words : nintendo
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Japanese credit card company JCB has announced its suspending operations in Russia starting on Monday in light of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The company says JCB cards issued in Russia will no longer be supported outside the country. Likewise, any JCB cards issued outside of Russia will no longer be supported within the country.
Last Saturday, major US credit card companies, Mastercard and Visa announced that they were suspending operations in Russia.
Meanwhile, Japan's video game giant Nintendo says it has suspended its online shop in Russia.
The Nintendo eShop handles sales of software for the Nintendo Switch video game.
Company officials say they suspended operations of its online shop in Russia last Friday because the payment service the company uses stopped accepting the Russian currency, the ruble.
Key words : jcb
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220309_32/
Japanese credit card company JCB has announced its suspending operations in Russia starting on Monday in light of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The company says JCB cards issued in Russia will no longer be supported outside the country. Likewise, any JCB cards issued outside of Russia will no longer be supported within the country.
Last Saturday, major US credit card companies, Mastercard and Visa announced that they were suspending operations in Russia.
Meanwhile, Japan's video game giant Nintendo says it has suspended its online shop in Russia.
The Nintendo eShop handles sales of software for the Nintendo Switch video game.
Company officials say they suspended operations of its online shop in Russia last Friday because the payment service the company uses stopped accepting the Russian currency, the ruble.
Key words : major western
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220310_19/
The Russian invasion has prompted major Western energy firms to halt some projects in the country.
But officials in Tokyo appear to be reluctant to allow Japanese companies to follow suit when it comes to developments in Russia's Far East.
The officials cite the need for Japan, which imports nearly all its natural gas and crude oil, to maintain diverse energy sources.
Japanese public and private sectors have stakes in the Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects in Russia, together with US and European companies.
British oil giant Shell and Exxon Mobil of the US have announced they will pull out.
But Japan's economy minister, Hagiuda Koichi, has told a Lower House committee that a withdrawal of Japanese interests there would be futile if it failed to inflict harm on Russia.
Many government officials believe Japan needs to lessen its dependence on the Middle East as a source of energy.
But some concede the country may be forced to amend its policies depending on how the conflict develops and on international public opinion.
Key words : china condemned
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220309_45/
China has condemned the US ban on energy imports from Russia as an additional sanction for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian spoke at a news conference on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden announced the embargo on Tuesday.
Zhao said China steadfastly opposes the unilateral sanction that is not based on international law.
He said China and Russia maintain amicable ties in the energy sector and will continue normal trade in crude oil, natural gas and other commodities.
China is the largest importer of Russian crude oil. Russian President Vladimir Putin disclosed during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping last month that a deal was formed to boost Russia's natural gas supply to China.
Zhao also announced that the Red Cross Society of China will provide humanitarian aid worth 5 million yuan, or roughly 792,000 dollars, to Ukraine.
He said the first batch of the relief assistance was sent from Beijing on Wednesday and will be handed over to Ukraine as soon as possible.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi unveiled plans on Monday to supply Ukraine with emergency humanitarian support. He said China is willing to continue its efforts to resolve the humanitarian crisis.
Key words : kim
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220310_13/
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled plans to put more reconnaissance satellites into orbit to gather information on US forces in the region.
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on Thursday that Kim inspected the National Aerospace Development Administration.
Kim noted that the purpose of developing reconnaissance satellites is to provide North Korea's armed forces with real-time information on military actions of US imperialism and its vassal forces in South Korea, Japan and the Pacific.
A photo accompanying the article shows Kim looking at a map of the Korean Peninsula and part of Japan.
Kim said the Party Central Committee supports the space agency's decision to put more satellites into orbit during the period of the five-year defense plan unveiled in January 2021.
North Korea described its ballistic missile launches on February 27 and March 5 as reconnaissance satellite development tests.
South Korea's intelligence service has pointed out that the North could fire off an intercontinental ballistic missile under the pretext of launching a satellite.
Key words : foreign student
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220309_29/
Japan's top government spokesperson says he expects that a significant number of foreign students now waiting to enter Japan may be able to do so by late May.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu was speaking about Japan's anti-coronavirus border restrictions on Wednesday.
New entries of foreign visitors, excluding tourists, resumed on March 1 for the first time in about three months.
Starting next Monday, the daily cap on arrivals from abroad will be raised to 7,000. The government is also planning to treat foreign students preferentially, using vacant seats on flights on weekdays, when there are fewer visitors traveling for business.
Matsuno said an estimated 150,000 people are waiting to enter despite having been given permission to study in Japan. He said it is extremely important to allow their entry, in terms of building friendly ties with other countries and raising Japan's educational and research capabilities.
He said the government will work to ensure foreign students can enter Japan smoothly and steadily. He suggested that many such students will be able to enter by late May, either by using the preferential scheme or the usual framework.
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