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Key words : security strategy north
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221201_05/
Japanese officials plan to put China top of the list of what their country sees as regional security challenges when they revise the National Security Strategy by the end of the year.
The document outlines Japan's basic diplomatic and defense policies. It refers to countries that pose security challenges.
North Korea is named first in the current strategy, released nine years ago. Its nuclear and missile development is described as a grave threat.
It then refers to China's rapidly advancing military capabilities as an issue of concern to the international community.
In the upcoming revised version, government officials plan to refer to China first and then North Korea. A reference to Russia will likely be added in light of its invasion of Ukraine.
The change reflects mounting concern over China's rapid military buildup, its military pressure on Taiwan and its increasing military presence in the East and South China seas.
The US National Security Strategy released in October refers to China as America's "pacing challenge."
Japanese officials also plan to call China's behavior a "challenge" to regional security.
Key words : myanmar ceasefire agreement
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221130_42/
The Myanmar military has reached an agreement with an armed ethnic group on a ceasefire in the western state of Rakhine. The decision was reached based on humanitarian concerns.
The military and the armed Buddhist group, the Arakan Army, announced the ceasefire on Saturday.
Various ethnic groups have been fighting for more autonomy since Myanmar gained independence about seven decades ago.
Fighting between the military and the Arakan Army had intensified in the last few years, causing more than 10,000 people to flee their homes.
Following last year's coup, the Arakan Army reportedly provided training and assistance to pro-democracy forces.
The latest ceasefire was mediated by Sasakawa Yohei, chairman of the non-profit Nippon Foundation, Japan's special envoy for peace in Myanmar for nearly a decade.
Sasakawa told NHK that the humanitarian ceasefire would lift blockades of roads and waterways, directly benefiting local residents.
The agreement has no set period, and it is uncertain how effective it will be.
Key words : protest rally central tokyo
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221201_04/
Chinese people living in Japan have staged a rally to protest Beijing's strict anti-coronavirus measures.
Hundreds of protesters gathered near Shinjuku Station in central Tokyo on Wednesday evening.
They demanded that Chinese President Xi Jinping step down immediately.
Chanting in both Chinese and Japanese, they also demanded an end to the rule of the Chinese Communist Party.
Some held up blank sheets of paper in a show of protest against China's "zero-COVID" policy. Others displayed slogans calling for freedom and denouncing lockdowns.
Some of the protesters covered their faces with caps and masks to avoid being identified. The rally lasted for about two hours.
Key words : okinawa evacuation drill
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221130_24/
An evacuation drill simulating a ballistic missile launch has been held on Yonaguni Island, Japan's westernmost remote island, for the first time.
Twenty-two residents, including children, took part in the drill jointly organized by the central and prefectural governments and Yonaguni Town in Okinawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
The exercise was held on the assumption that a foreign country had fired a ballistic missile that could reach the area.
Yonaguni Island is about 110 kilometers from Taiwan. In August, six ballistic missiles landed in its nearby waters when China staged massive military drills near Taiwan.
After a disaster radio system sounded a siren and called on residents to evacuate, participants ran into a community center to take shelter. They crouched down in places with no windows to protect themselves from a blast.
At the town hall, officials dived under desks, and in-house broadcast called on visitors to secure their safety. The officials also responded to telephone calls from residents.
A woman in her 40s, who took part in the drill, said it was good to join the exercise as she would not know what action she should take in case of a missile launch.
Another participant said an incoming missile is like a violent typhoon hitting in 10 minutes, so it is impossible to deal with it.
Town Mayor Itokazu Kenichi said that it is a race against time and it may be necessary to build shelters where people can quickly evacuate, such as in home gardens.
Key words : district marriage
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221130_18/
The Tokyo District Court is set to hand down a ruling in a damages lawsuit claiming that the government's non-recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
The eight plaintiffs argued that the inability of same-sex couples to marry disregards the principles of freedom and equality guaranteed by the Constitution. The Japanese civil code does not allow such marriages. The plaintiffs include same-sex couples living in Tokyo.
Similar lawsuits have been filed against the state in Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka as well.
The national government says the Constitution's provision on marriage does not encompass same-sex marriage.
The district courts' rulings on the issue so far have been divided.
In March last year, the Sapporo District Court delivered the first ruling, judging that the non-recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The presiding judge said same-sex couples cannot receive even part of the legal benefits that married couples are entitled to, and that the practices lack reasonable grounds and are discriminatory. The court, however, rejected the claim for compensation from the state.
In June, the Osaka District Court rejected the plaintiffs' claim against unconstitutionality. It said the gap in legal benefits between same-sex and heterosexual couples have been narrowing under the existing legal framework.
Wednesday's ruling in Tokyo will be the third in the series of similar lawsuits. The court is expected to deliver the ruling at 2 p.m.
Key words : china orbit
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221130_07/
China has announced that three astronauts have successfully docked with the country's orbiting space station to finish the facility's assembly.
State-run China Central Television said the Shenzhou-15 spacecraft and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Tuesday at 11:08 p.m.
The spacecraft reportedly docked with the Tiangong space station at 5:42 a.m. on Wednesday.
The astronauts were greeted by the three-member crew that has been on the space station since early June. The six astronauts will work together on the mission of completing the station by year's end before the earlier crew returns to Earth.
The latest launch is the last in the assembly phase of China's multi-module space station. Tianhe, the core module, was launched in April, last year, followed by three manned missions and two module launches.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is serving an unprecedented third term as the ruling communist party's top leader, has outlined a vision to make China a "great modern socialist country" that will surpass the United States.
His administration has accelerated space development by sending unmanned probes to the moon and Mars.
Key words : unesco generation
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221201_03/
UNESCO has decided to add a group of traditional Japanese dances performed across the country to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
The United Nations cultural agency is holding a conference in Morocco's capital, Rabat.
Participants on Wednesday discussed Japan's nomination for the listing and unanimously decided to register the dances as intangible cultural heritage.
"Furyu-odori" are ritual folk dances accompanied by lively music. Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency says the dances have been passed down in communities for generations.
The agency says that the dances are an important part of Japan's culture. But they also have a social role.
It says the dances can offer a spiritual comfort to people affected by natural disasters.
Forty-one traditional events in 24 of Japan's prefectures will join UNESCO's list. People across the country are celebrating the decision.
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