at 18:30 (JST), August 26

Asian View

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Key words : taiwan cabinet
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220826_02/

Taiwan has proposed a record defense budget for 2023 that seeks to increase spending by nearly 14 percent from this year, amid growing pressure from China.

The Executive Yuan, or Cabinet, adopted a general budget for next year on Thursday.

The proposed defense budget totals 586.3 billion New Taiwan dollars, or about 19.4 billion US dollars, which is up by 13.9 percent from the current year.

The sum includes funds for purchasing advanced F-16V fighter jets and mass-producing missiles and other equipment.

The defense ministry says the overall defense budget is equivalent to 2.4 percent of Taiwan's projected gross domestic product for next year.

An official in charge of budget compilation says the sharp boost comes as outlays for ever-increasing dispatches of military aircraft and vessels will likely rise further amid China's stepped-up military activity around Taiwan.

China carried out large-scale military exercises around Taiwan earlier this month, and has frequently sent fighter planes over the median line in the Taiwan Strait even after the drills concluded. The line was established with the aim of preventing unintended military clashes between Taiwan and China.

Key words : britain myanmar
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220826_03/

Sources say authorities in Myanmar have detained Britain's former ambassador to the Southeast Asian country and her husband, a Myanmar national.

The sources say security officials took into custody Vicky Bowman and the artist and former pro-democracy activist Htein Lin in the country's largest city of Yangon on Wednesday.

Myanmar's ruling military said on Thursday that officials are investigating the couple on suspicion of violating the immigration law. It alleges that Bowman failed to declare a change in her address, while her husband facilitated her violations.

Bowman served as Britain's ambassador to Myanmar from 2002 to 2006 and currently heads an organization that advises businesses on human rights.

Bowman is the latest foreigner known to be detained in Myanmar. Japanese journalist Kubota Toru was taken into custody in the country last month and is now facing charges that include violating the immigration law.

Myanmar authorities say Kubota entered the country on a tourist visa. Security forces detained him while he was filming an anti-military protest in Yangon on July 30.

Key words : national police resign
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220825_24/

The head of Japan's police agency says he intends to resign over last month's fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. The announcement comes following the release of a review of the security at the time of the incident.

Nakamura Itaru said, "The National Police Agency believes it is necessary to steadily implement measures based on the new security requirements under a new system to prevent such an incident from happening again. Today, I conveyed to the National Public Safety Commission my intention to resign, in an effort to revamp personnel affairs."

Nakamura's resignation is expected to be approved at a Cabinet meeting on Friday.

On July 8, Abe was shot while giving a speech in Nara City in western Japan. The National Police Agency suspects there may have been a problem with security arrangements behind the former prime minister.

Nakamura joined the National Police Agency in 1986. He mainly worked in the department of criminal investigations and measures against organized crime. The 59-year-old has been in his current position for nearly a year.

In the wake of the shooting, the agency released the results of a review of security measures. It found flaws in security plans, along with insufficient command and information sharing at the scene. The agency also said that the police failed to notice the suspect approaching Abe.

The government says it plans to drastically review security operations for VIPs and strengthen the agency's involvement with prefectural police. That will be done by revamping security policies for the first time in nearly 30 years.

The head of the Nara Prefectural Police, Onizuka Tomoaki, also conveyed on Thursday his intention to step down.

Key words : invasion doctor hiroshima
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20220808185000835/

While Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a reminder of the threat of nuclear weapons, a doctor in Hiroshima is all too familiar with their devastating effect. Dr.Kamada Nanao has been treating the city's atomic bomb survivors, known as hibakusha, throughout his 60-year career. NHK World's Suzuki Yoshiko reports on how he is bringing the story of the hibakusha to the world.