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Key words : china warned
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220421_04/
China's defense chief has warned the United States against its intensifying focus on Taiwan.
The warning came during Chinese Minister of National Defense General Wei Fenghe's phone talks with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday.
The Chinese defense ministry said Wei told Austin that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and this is a fact and a status quo no one can change.
Wei also said if the Taiwan issue is not handled properly, it will have a damaging impact on China-US relations.
The remarks come as a group of US congressional lawmakers visited Taiwan last week and met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
The Chinese military has responded by conducting military patrols in the area around Taiwan.
The US Defense Department on Wednesday also released a readout, which says Austin and Wei discussed US-China defense relations, regional security issues and Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
The Biden administration has warned that China will pay a price should it support Russia.
Wei reportedly said that the US should not "throw mud" or threaten China with the Ukraine issue.
Key words : south nominee describe
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220420_32/
South Korea's foreign minister nominee has described his nation's agreement with Japan on people referred to as wartime comfort women as official.
Park Jin, a veteran lawmaker of the largest opposition party, was asked by reporters on Wednesday about his stance on the agreement concluded in 2015. Under the pact, Tokyo and Seoul confirmed that the issue was resolved finally and irreversibly.
Terming the pact as an official agreement between the two countries, Park stressed that both South Korea and Japan should make efforts to restore the honor and dignity of the victims. He did not elaborate concretely on possible ways toward such efforts.
The administration of outgoing President Moon Jae-in said the agreement was official. But in 2018, it announced the dissolution of a foundation established based on the agreement to support the comfort women.
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol plans to send a delegation to Japan from Sunday, ahead of his inauguration on May 10. The delegates include National Assembly Deputy Speaker Chung Jin-suk and other experts.
During their five-day stay in Japan, they are scheduled to exchange views with the Japanese side, hoping to pave the way toward a resolution of outstanding bilateral issues.
Key words : eight russian left Japan
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220420_24/
Eight Russian officials have left Japan following Tokyo's decision to expel them on April 8. It is rare for Japan to order multiple foreign officials to depart.
The move came in response to the situation in Ukraine. Sources say the expelled officials are believed to have been mainly engaged in gathering intelligence.
Eight officials left the Russian Embassy at around 10 a.m. on Wednesday and boarded a bus to Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Family members and other officials accompanied the departing Russians.
They then boarded a plane chartered by Russia. The plane took off for Russia shortly after noon.
Key words : nearly 70 new infection
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Nearly 70 percent of the residents in the Chinese city of Shanghai remain under lockdown, despite a drop in the number of new coronavirus cases.
Authorities in the economic hub confirmed 18,901 new infections on Tuesday. It was the third day in a row that a decline was reported. It was also the first time that the number dropped below 20,000 in 13 days.
But the authorities said that about 16.35 million people were still unable to leave their housing compounds as of Tuesday.
About 7.85 million people have been allowed to make limited outings in areas where no infections have been confirmed for the past 14 days.
But those residents have been asked to avoid nonessential outings. Some say they have been unable to obtain permission from local officials to go out.
City authorities are allowing some companies to resume production in order to keep the economy going. But the companies must have thorough anti-infection measures in place.
Local media outlets reported on Tuesday that the US electric car maker Tesla resumed operations at its Shanghai plant, but many firms remain effectively shut down.
Some Japanese companies doing business in Shanghai are starting to feel the effects of the prolonged lockdown.
Key words : youtube campaign
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220421_02/
US online video-sharing platform YouTube has taken down the campaign channel of the sole candidate for the upcoming Hong Kong leadership election, John Lee Ka-chiu.
The Hong Kong government's former No. 2 official and ex-police officer is certain to win a vote of confidence in the territory's chief executive race set for May 8.
Lee's campaign director on Wednesday announced that he received notice from YouTube's parent company, Google, that it had terminated Lee's campaign channel.
After Lee announced his candidacy on April 6, he uploaded videos of his press conferences and other events on YouTube, but the videos are no longer accessible.
His campaign office disclosed it was told by Google that Lee's channel was shut as it ran counter to its terms of service.
Lee is one of the individuals who were sanctioned by the United States in August 2020 for undermining Hong Kong's autonomy. Others include current Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and senior officials of the Chinese government.
The latest measure appears to be in line with the US sanctions.
Lee called the sanctions unreasonable and designed to pressure him to be hesitant.
Key words : researcher disk function
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220421_07/
A team of Japanese researchers says it has successfully restored intervertebral disk function in rats by implanting tissue derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells. The method could lead to the development of new treatments for low back pain.
Professor Tsumaki Noriyuki of Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Osaka University researchers and others conducted the study on nucleus pulposus, the inner core of the intervertebral disk.
They say intervertebral disk degeneration occurs when nucleus pulposus is damaged or dissipates. Such damage is a major cause of low back pain.
Analyzing it at a genetic level, they found that the jelly-like nucleus pulposus contains cells similar to those in cartilage.
The researchers created similar cartilaginous tissues using iPS cells and implanted them in the intervertebral disk of rats whose nucleus pulposus had been removed.
The group says six months later they found the rats had no intervertebral disk degeneration and the disks' shock absorber function was maintained.
Meanwhile, a group of rats without nucleus pulposus that didn't receive the iPS cells showed signs of tissue destruction and intervertebral disk degeneration.
Tsumaki says while there's currently no method to regenerate nucleus pulposus, the study shows the tissue created using iPS cells could be an implant candidate in regenerative treatment.
Key words : kawasaki
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220420_43/
Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries has opened a restaurant staffed by robots. The operation will provide the company with data to improve robot development to help ease labor shortages.
The restaurant is located in the machinery maker's research facility near Haneda Airport in Tokyo and is equipped with seven robots.
Customers place their orders by smartphone. Robots in the kitchen heat up packs of soup or curry and pour them into cups. They also use microwaves for rice.
Other robots deliver meals to tables and serve them using two arms. They also collect empty plates. Payments and garbage are handled by human staff.
Kawasaki Heavy aims to use customer feedback to improve the robot service quality. It also plans to apply what it learns to resolving labor shortages in nursing care.
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