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Japan’s incoming prime minister says he will call a snap election on October 27th. He announced it just days after becoming the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party.
“I believe it’s important for our new administration to receive the public’s mandate as soon as possible,” he said.
Official campaigning will begin on October 15th. Ishiba is set to become prime minister on Tuesday. He’s already finalized his incoming administration’s lineup. Ishiba has appointed former prime minister Suga Yoshihide as the LDP’s vice president. Ishiba plans to appoint General Counsel Chairperson Moriyama Hiroshi as secretary general and Suzuki Shunichi as chairperson of the General Counsel. Ishiba has appointed the former defense minister Onodera Itsunori as defense minister and former environment minister Koizumi Shinjiro as chairperson of the Election Strategy Committee. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister chairs the Diet Affairs Committee, and Taro becomes the party’s top adviser. Ishiba will form his new cabinet after he’s elected prime minister in both Diet chambers.
The outgoing chair met with his counterpart in the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party. The LDP intends to convene an extraordinary Diet session for nine days starting Thursday. They also met counterparts from other opposition parties, calling on parties to allow deliberations for the incoming Ishiba administration before the lower house dissolves. The opposition parties also want the government to compile a supplementary bill for deliberation during the extraordinary Diet session. Their goal is to secure help for the Noto region recently affected by heavy rains while recovering from the New Year’s Day earthquake. They also want to call testimony for the Noto region as soon as possible. The opposition also called for testimony in front of the ethics panel if they haven’t done so already.
Search efforts continue as the region is recovering from a powerful earthquake in January. Thirteen people have been confirmed dead, and four remain missing or unaccounted for, including a 14-year-old girl. Residents like this woman are now dealing with the impact of compounding disasters. Her home was damaged in the quake, and she lost her husband while staying in a shelter. Then her temporary housing was flooded.
“It’s shocking to go through so many devastating events. It really breaks me down. I never thought I would be in such terrible situations,” she said.
Five temporary housing complexes in Wajima City used in the aftermath of the quake were also hit with floods. On Monday, residents at one complex were asked to evacuate while they wait for repairs.
“My mother wants to stay here because it’s in a good location, close to the shops and the hospital. So if she decides to return, I’ll come back with her,” one resident said.
“Every time it rains, it’s traumatic for me now. I can’t stay here any longer. I’m just going to move and never come back,” another resident said.
The latest disaster has forced some residents to turn to friends and family or find other shelter to survive. Officials say they plan to restore two of the five housing complexes by the end of the year, but they don’t have a timeline for the others.
NHK World’s Ando Kento was in Wajima City for a closer look at the situation. “Just nine months ago, this area was devastated by an earthquake. Now, as you can see behind me, it’s suffered a second disaster. Record-breaking rain triggered flooding and landslides, hitting residents here hard. Over 80,000 homes and buildings were damaged in the quake. Temporary housing was finally made available recently, but now some of those homes are flooded. Even some of the houses that survived the quake now have major damage. We still don’t know how bad the situation really is. Earthquakes and heavy rain are common in Japan. It happens almost every year. But it’s rare for the two to happen in quick succession like this. Experts say the damage caused by the earthquake likely contributed to what we see here today, but obviously, this is having a huge impact on the residents of Noto. The rain hit just as they began to think about recovery and reconstruction. For people here, it feels like there is no end to their struggles. More than anything, it’s clear they need long-term support,” Ando Kento reported.
Israeli forces have staged an air strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut. The attack appears to be the first within the city limits. The Reuters news agency said the air strike hit in a district early Monday. The agency reports that the Palestinian militant group says that three of its leaders were killed. It’s thought to be the first time Israel has attacked within the Beirut city limits as hostilities with Hezbollah escalated. Most of Israel’s previous attacks were carried out in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has strongholds. U.S. President Joe Biden spoke about the conflict Sunday.
“Can an all-out war in the Middle East be avoided?” he was asked.
“It has to be. We really have to avoid it,” Biden said. He added that he will speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid fears that a ground invasion of Lebanon may be imminent.
Austria’s far-right party is heading for its first victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election. The anti-immigration Freedom Party is projected to come first but is far from an absolute majority. The focus is now on how coalition talks will unfold. Austria’s public broadcaster announced the projected results as of Sunday night. The Freedom Party, or FPO, is projected to have won almost 30% of the vote. It was ahead of the center-right ruling Austrian People’s Party, which is projected to have taken just over 26%. The Freedom Party was founded by a former Nazi member in the 1950s. It advocates policies against immigrants and refugees. The party is pro-Russia and opposes support for Ukraine. The FPO is considered Eurosceptic and has been critical of the European Union’s immigration policies. It’s uncertain whether it can form a coalition government as Austria’s other parties have refused to work with it. The FPO’s victory comes as far-right and right-wing political parties gain ground in countries including Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
A Japanese research team says it has developed an ultra-thin wearable sensor that may have applications in the world of sports. It notes the device could potentially be used to collect data on professional baseball pitchers. The team members are from Japan’s RIKEN Institute. They say the elastic and durable sensor is about 1/200 of a millimeter thick. The sensor is powered by a battery and connected to a communication device. It’s attached to a person’s fingertip. The sensor can measure changes in the shape of a fingertip when an individual throws a ball. The researchers say they have confirmed strong force is applied to a fingertip about 1/10 of a second before a ball is released.
“My dream is to see Ohtani Shohei’s fingers. We want to improve the durability of the sensor and develop the device further so that it can actually be used in sports,” one researcher said.
The researchers say they also hope the device will have uses in other fields.
And now it is time for us to check the world weather with our meteorologist Jonathan Oh. People in parts of the southeastern United States are left with devastation after Helene stormed through at the end of last week. Jonathan, what is the latest on that?
Hello, we’re talking about a historic storm as Helene moved through Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas into Tennessee. We’re talking devastation that’s going to be taking weeks, if not months, in terms of recovering in some of those locations. Look at this individual and get an idea of what the situation was like. This begins on Friday, Ashton, where entire cities were underwater. Authorities say more than 90 people have died as Helene watered the southeastern U.S. The storm caused catastrophic flooding, destroyed roads and bridges, and left millions without power and service. 80 millimeters of rain. And also led to fuel supply issues. People are having to spend long waits in order to get any type of fuel. Some even crossing state lines to try to get into other areas where the storm did not hit nearly as hard. The problem is that the low that’s nearby will bring instability that means any additional rainfall which will compound the issues will be part of the concern. Areas downstream of the rivers, major river flooding concerns will continue for the next several days. Those of you who live near rivers need to be moving away from that and keep an eye on the situation as you go through the rest of the week. Areas in the west much drier, and skies Oklahoma City as you go through Monday. We’re also talking about a serious flooding situation in Nepal, keeping an eye on that. In rain and thunderstorms throughout the next couple of days. A quick note across East Asia. We have a couple of tropical storms, south of Japan, not nearly as concerning the other storm south of Taiwan which is really going to bring forceful winds and high waves into the area with significant rainfall. So keep an eye on that as you go throughout the next several days. Hope you stay safe wherever you are.
And one more story before we go. A town in Fukushima held a fireworks event over the weekend to promote revitalization of the area which was devastated by the earthquake and nuclear accident of 2011. A total of 10,000 fireworks lit up the night sky of Futaba Town on Saturday. About 4,500 people viewed the spectacle. The event was organized by residents and a pyrotechnics association in Fukushima. ........ The CC continue for a lttle longer , but I failed to get the rest.
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