at 18:30 (JST), September 28

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Key words : state funeral oppose rallies
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220928_08/

The state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is over. The government now plans to review the way it handled the event, as the ceremony drew both mourners and protesters.

About 4,200 guests from Japan and abroad attended the funeral at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on Tuesday.

Near the venue, members of the public waited in long lines to place flowers for the former prime minister. The period during which people were permitted to lay flowers was extended by three hours, as so many individuals had lined up.

Meanwhile, people opposed to the state funeral held rallies and protest marches across Japan. Organizers of a rally near the Diet building in Tokyo said about 15,000 people took part.

The government is mindful of the division in public opinion. It plans to review the way the decision was made to hold the state funeral and how the event was organized.

The government also plans to establish the number of participants and other things and release how much the ceremony actually cost. It had previously estimated that the event would cost around 1.6 billion yen, or about 11 million dollars.

An extraordinary session of the Diet will start next month. A debate about the state funeral is expected to be held during the session. Members of both the governing and opposition camps say guidelines for state funerals need to be established.

Key words : north think tank nuclear
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220928_01/

A South Korean think tank estimates that North Korea needs to conduct at least four more nuclear tests before obtaining tactical nuclear weapons.

The Korea Institute for Defense Analyses presented the estimate in a brief submitted to a ruling party lawmaker on Monday. The institute is affiliated with the Defense Ministry.

The institute says North Korea is believed to have spent 1.1 billion to 1.6 billion dollars on nuclear development since 1970, including six nuclear tests.

It also says at least four additional tests are needed to develop tactical nuclear weapons that could be used for localized attacks and supersized nuclear warheads.

North Korea's ruling Workers' Party set the goal of developing such weapons at its convention in January last year.

The institute estimates that four additional tests would cost up to 640 million dollars.

The lawmaker who received the brief argued that the amount is enough to cover the cost of buying food that will be in short supply this year in North Korea.

Pyongyang adopted a law that stipulates conditions for the use of nuclear weapons at the Supreme People's Assembly on September 8.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told the assembly that the country will never abandon nuclear weapons.

Key words : automaker new safety
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220928_17/

Japanese automakers are introducing new safety features in an attempt to reduce the number of accidents caused by drivers who mistakenly step on the accelerator instead of the brake.

Honda Motor has equipped its latest mini-van that went on sale this month with a system that overrides sudden acceleration.

If a driver suddenly presses on the accelerator while the vehicle is traveling up to 30 kilometers per hour, a warning is issued.

The system then maintains the same speed the vehicle was going prior to the sudden acceleration for five seconds, and doesn't allow it to go over 30 kilometers per hour even after that.
Japan's National Police Agency says there were 308 fatal car accidents last year involving drivers aged 75 or older. About 11 percent of them happened when the accelerator was pressed instead of the brake.

Toyota Motor has started to equip some of its vehicles with similar safety features as have Mazda and Daihatsu.

Key words : diplomatic ties establish japan and china
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