Key words : Typhoon Hinnamnor okinawa bringing fierce winds
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Typhoon Hinnamnor continues to move northward, bringing fierce winds to the Sakishima Islands and Kumejima Island in Okinawa Prefecture.
The Japan Meteorological Agency warns of strong winds and high waves on those islands. It also says there could be flooding and landslides in the Sakishima Islands and the main island of Okinawa.
The agency says the storm was traveling at about 15 kilometers per hour north over waters about 200 kilometers north-northwest of Miyako Island at 1:00 p.m. Sunday.
It has a central atmospheric pressure of 950 hectopascals. The maximum wind velocity around its center is 144 kilometers per hour, with gusts of 216 kilometers per hour.
The storm is packing winds of 90 kilometers per hour or more within a radius of 240 kilometers of its core on the eastern side and 165 kilometers on the western side.
Gusts stronger than 140 kilometers per hour were recorded at the Miyako airport at 8:08 a.m. They were about 137 kilometers per hour at Ibaruma in the city of Ishigaki at 6:04 a.m.
The storm is expected to approach the main island of Okinawa again sometime around noon on Sunday.
Fierce winds are expected to blow until late at night in Kumejima Island.
Weather officials say that waves as high as 10 meters are expected in the Sakishima Islands, 9 meters in the main island of Okinawa and 6 meters in the Daitojima region.
Maximum rainfall of about 50 millimeters per hour is expected in the Sakishima Islands and the main island of Okinawa on Sunday. Officials warn that a band of heavy rain clouds could form before noon and rapidly increase the risk of disaster.
The officials are calling on residents to stay alert for fierce winds and high waves in the Sakishima Islands and Kumejima Island and landslides and flooding in the low-lying areas of the Sakishima Islands and the main island of Okinawa.
Key words : defense ministry britain
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Japan's Defense Ministry is making arrangements to work with Britain in developing a common fuselage for a new fighter jet.
Major Japanese and British firms began research in January on co-developing a new engine for the fighter jet to replace the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's F-2 jets.
The two countries already agreed to draw up a plan on how they will cooperate to develop the new jet by year-end. The timetable was set when the prime ministers of the two countries met in May.
The defense ministry believes the joint-development will help reduce cost as the aircraft specifications that Japan and Britain require are almost the same.
Italy is also being considered as an additional partner for Japan as the country is already cooperating with Britain in fighter jet development.
The Japanese Defense Ministry has included143.2 billion yen, or about one billion dollars, to develop new fighter jets in a budget allocation request for next fiscal year.
It hopes to start to have the F-2 successor ready by the time the F-2 is retired, around 2035.
Key words : nasa examine
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The US space agency NASA has postponed for the second time in a week the launch of a rocket carrying an unmanned spacecraft into orbit around the moon.
The Space Launch System rocket and its Orion capsule were due to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday afternoon.
But NASA halted the countdown, saying a leak of liquid hydrogen occurred during the transfer of fuel into the rocket. The agency said attempts to fix the leak were unsuccessful.
This is the second time that the launch has been called off. It was initially planned for Monday, but was postponed then due to engine problems.
NASA plans to examine the issues and consider a time frame for another attempt.
The SLS rocket has been developed for the Artemis program, an international lunar exploration project aimed at sending astronauts to the lunar surface by 2025. It would be the first attempt since the Apollo program in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Japan and European countries are participants in the US-led program.
Key words : britain vaccine
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Britain has authorized the use of an updated coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech that targets the Omicron variant.
Britain's medicines regulator on Saturday announced that it had authorized the use of the shot as a booster for people aged 12 and older. The so-called bivalent vaccine targets both the BA.1 Omicron subvariant and the original strain.
The decision follows the authorization of a similar bivalent vaccine made by Moderna. The regulator gave Moderna the green light in August. It said Britain now has two vaccines that can be used in the autumn booster program.
On Thursday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the use of updated boosters that target the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.
In Japan, companies have applied for authorization for bivalent vaccines targeting BA.1.
Key words : international atomic permanent inspector
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The International Atomic Energy Agency says it plans to keep experts on hand as a permanent presence at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The facility is controlled by the Russian military.
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi made the announcement in a press conference in Vienna after returning from a visit to the plant.
He said he left six inspectors behind to assess the damage. He says two of them will provide a "permanent presence."
Ukraine's state nuclear power company said the IAEA would struggle to make an "impartial assessment." It said the team wasn't allowed to enter the crisis center, where Russian troops are stationed.
The effectiveness of any monitoring at the plant is in doubt, as fighting continues nearby.
Meanwhile, the new school year in Ukraine is underway.
In-person classes have resumed at some schools, which face numerous changes and challenges.
In the town of Bucha near Kyiv, many civilians were found dead early in the conflict. Children are feeling anxious and traumatized.
A doctor said, "an increasing number of children are suffering from stress. It's better keeping children away from such an environment to help them get better".
The southern region of Kherson is largely controlled by Russian forces. Schoolchildren wave Russian flags.
A member of pro-Russian group said, " Ukrainian leaders are trying to rewrite their history and teach it to the children".
There's been an official announcement that Russian soldiers will remove all books from school libraries on Ukraine's history and military. They'll distribute textbooks on Russian language and history instead.
A school principal says he was told to offer Russian-style education, but has resisted.
In late August, Ukraine launched an offensive to take back Russian-controlled areas around Kherson.
Key words : turkish
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220904_05/
The Turkish presidential office says Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by phone and said his country is willing to mediate the standoff at the Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
The presidential office released a statement after the two leaders talked on Saturday. It said the Turkish president offered to take on the role of facilitator, as he did for the Ukrainian grain deal.
The Russian presidential office said the two leaders agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in sectors such as energy and economy.
It also said Erdogan expressed condolences on the death of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose funeral was held on Saturday.
Key words : new school libraries
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220904_02/
The International Atomic Energy Agency says it plans to keep experts on hand as a permanent presence at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The facility is controlled by the Russian military.
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi made the announcement in a press conference in Vienna after returning from a visit to the plant.
He said he left six inspectors behind to assess the damage. He says two of them will provide a "permanent presence."
Ukraine's state nuclear power company said the IAEA would struggle to make an "impartial assessment." It said the team wasn't allowed to enter the crisis center, where Russian troops are stationed.
The effectiveness of any monitoring at the plant is in doubt, as fighting continues nearby.
Meanwhile, the new school year in Ukraine is underway.
In-person classes have resumed at some schools, which face numerous changes and challenges.
In the town of Bucha near Kyiv, many civilians were found dead early in the conflict. Children are feeling anxious and traumatized.
A doctor said, "an increasing number of children are suffering from stress. It's better keeping children away from such an environment to help them get better".
The southern region of Kherson is largely controlled by Russian forces. Schoolchildren wave Russian flags.
A member of pro-Russian group said, " Ukrainian leaders are trying to rewrite their history and teach it to the children".
There's been an official announcement that Russian soldiers will remove all books from school libraries on Ukraine's history and military. They'll distribute textbooks on Russian language and history instead.
A school principal says he was told to offer Russian-style education, but has resisted.
In late August, Ukraine launched an offensive to take back Russian-controlled areas around Kherson.
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