at 18:30 (JST), March 28

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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Key words : Kishida graduation
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220327_20/

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says, depending on how Russia's invasion of Ukraine develops, it could lead to the biggest crisis for the world and Japan since World War Two.

In a speech on Sunday at the graduation ceremony of the National Defense Academy in Yokosuka City, near Tokyo, Kishida said the core of the international order that took the international community many years of efforts and sacrifice to build is under threat.

He said the choices and actions made today will determine the future of the international community, which needs to act in unity to confront unilateral changes to the status quo by force. He stressed that unilateral change should never be tolerated in the Indo-Pacific region, especially in East Asia.

Kishida also reiterated his intention to accelerate the drafting of three security-related documents, including a national security strategy, while North Korea repeatedly launches ballistic missiles, including a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile, and China further steps up its attempts to unilaterally change the status quo in the East and South China seas.

Key words : military junta
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The chief of Myanmar's military junta threatened to annihilate pro-democracy forces in a speech at the Armed Forces Day celebration in the capital, Naypyitaw, on Sunday.

The military holds a large-scale parade every year on the day when the fight for independence started during the Pacific War in 1945 against the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military.

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing referred to the fighting with pro-democracy forces, saying the military will no longer negotiate with the "terrorist" group and their supporters, and will annihilate them.

More than 8,000 soldiers took part in the parade, which featured Russian and Chinese-made heavy artillery, tanks and aircraft.

Fierce battles between armed pro-democracy forces and the military are continuing in mountainous areas and other regions.

The United Nations says many people on both sides have been killed and more than 500,000 have been displaced.

The military continues to crack down on peaceful protesters.

A local human rights group says more than 1,700 people have been killed, and nearly 13,000 have been arrested.

Key words : hamaguchi picked up
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Japanese film "Drive My Car" has just picked up the Oscar for best international feature film.

The Hamaguchi Ryusuke film is based on a short story by author Murakami Haruki. It's about a stage director grappling with the death of his wife and his interactions with the woman assigned to be his driver.

The film already has an impressive trophy collection.
It won Best Screenplay at last year's Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Globe for Best Picture in the non-English language category this year.

Key words : hamaguchi departure
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The Japanese movie "Drive My Car" has won the 2022 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

This year's Academy Awards were announced in a Hollywood ceremony on Sunday.

After receiving the award, the film's director, Hamaguchi Ryusuke, said in English, "Oh, you're the Oscar."

The director went on to thank his actors and those who were involved in the film, adding in Japanese, "We've won this!"

The movie is based on a short story by Japanese author Murakami Haruki.

It depicts a stage actor and director who comes to terms with his late wife's secrets through interaction with a woman assigned as his chauffeur.

"Drive My Car" is the first Japanese film to win the prize since 2009 when "Okuribito," or "Departures" won the Oscar in the category then known as Best Foreign Language Film.

"Drive My Car" had also been nominated for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.

The film won the best Screenplay Award at last year's Cannes Film Festival.

It also won this year's Golden Globe award for Best Picture in the non-English language category.

Key words : chinese retrieve four days
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The Chinese government says it has retrieved the flight data recorder of a passenger jet that crashed into mountains in the country's south last Monday.

The government made the announcement on Sunday. Workers had found the cockpit voice recorder four days earlier.

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashed in Wuzhou City in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. All 132 people on board have been confirmed dead.

Police officers and firefighters who engaged in search operations, along with State Councilor Wang Yong, attended a ceremony on Sunday to mourn the victims.

The authorities will analyze the voice and flight data recorders and plan to release a preliminary report on the cause of the crash by late April.

Key words : philippine criticize china
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220327_21/

The Philippine Coast Guard has criticized China for the "close distance maneuvering" by one of its vessels near the Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, about 200 kilometers west of Luzon Island.

In a statement on Sunday, the coast guard said a Chinese Coast Guard vessel came dangerously close to a Philippine patrol boat on March 2.

Footage released on Sunday shows the Chinese vessel speeding up and surpassing the patrol boat after navigating in parallel.

The statement says the Chinese vessel came as close as 19 meters from the Philippine patrol boat, and the commander of the Philippine Coast Guard says China's behavior raised the risk of a collision.

It says the incident was the fourth of its kind since May 2021 in the area, which China effectively controls and the Philippines claims.

China continues to increase its maritime presence in the South China Sea. Japan's Coast Guard has given patrol boats to its Philippine counterpart since 2016. The patrol boat that was approached by the Chinese ship was one of these vessels.

Key words : bullet train
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220327_13/

East Japan Railway has begun work to move a Shinkansen bullet train that derailed in a powerful earthquake earlier this month.

The bullet train was running on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line in Miyagi Prefecture on March 16 when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Japan's northeast coast. Of the 17 cars in the train, 16 came off the tracks. Four passengers were injured.

The operator has been working to get the derailed cars back on the tracks since March 20.

On Sunday, workers connected the first and second cars to a traction vehicle to move them to Shiroishizao Station about 2 kilometers away. The vehicle took around 20 minutes to tow the cars to the station.

JR East expects all the cars will be removed from the site by around next weekend. The cars will then be moved to a base in the prefecture.

Service remains suspended between Koriyama Station in Fukushima Prefecture and Ichinoseki Station in Iwate Prefecture. The company aims to fully resume service around April 20.

Key words : shanghai pcr test
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Authorities in Shanghai, China, say they will give PCR tests to residents throughout the city and impose tough restrictions on outings beginning on Monday.

They announced the steps on Sunday night. Coronavirus infections are spreading again in China.

Health authorities reported more than 2,600 new cases in Shanghai on Saturday alone. Most of those infected are asymptomatic.

The figure in Shanghai accounted for nearly half of the 5,550 cases of community infection confirmed in the entire country on that day.

The authorities in Shanghai say the PCR tests will be given in the eastern part of the city from Monday through Friday, April 1.

Tests are scheduled to be given in the western part of the city from April 1 to 5.

The authorities say people's outings will be strictly restricted during the testing periods.

They also say subway and other public transportation services will be suspended during those periods, and firms will be asked to have employees work from home.

Shanghai has a population of more than 24 million. The city locked down several residential areas this month in an effort to contain the coronavirus.