Welcome to NHK Newsline. I'm Ramin Mellegard in Tokyo.
AIRBUS SOFTWARE ISSUE CAUSES FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS
Flight disruptions have already begun to occur following an announcement from European aviation giant Airbus.
The firm is requesting an immediate software update to a significant number of its A320 family of passenger jets.
Airbus says intense solar radiation may corrupt data crucial to flight controls.
It warned that the need for the software update will lead to operational disruptions.
Media outlets report that about 6,000 aircraft could be affected worldwide.
Japan's All Nippon Airways says 95 of its scheduled flights have been canceled as of 11 a.m. on Saturday, affecting the plans of more than 13,000 passengers.
The company says flights scheduled for Sunday or later may also be canceled, depending on their progress updating the software.
00:01:09 話者 2
I came to Tokyo on a business trip yesterday.
I'm supposed to go home today, but I'm unable to.
00:01:20 話者 3
I wanted to go to a concert by one of my favorites, but now I don't know if I'll be able to make it.
00:01:27 話者 1
Japan Airlines says there will be no impact to its flight operations, as it does not operate the affected aircraft.
JAPANESE POP STAR'S SHANGHAI CONCERT CANCELED
A concert by Japanese pop singer Hamasaki Ayumi, scheduled for Saturday in Shanghai, has been cancelled.
This comes as China ramps up pressure on Japan after Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae commented on a possible Taiwan emergency.
The concert organizer announced the cancellation on Friday afternoon.
It said the reason was force majeure, in other words, an unforeseeable event.
Hamasaki is currently in the middle of an Asian concert tour.
She said in a social media post that she was suddenly asked on Friday morning to cancel the show.
Hamasaki says she can't believe what happened and doesn't have the words to express how she feels.
Several concerts and entertainment events by Japanese performers have been canceled or postponed in China following Takaichi's remarks.
KEIDANREN CHIEF HOLDS TALKS WITH CHINA'S AMBASSADOR
The head of Japan's leading business lobby has met China's ambassador in Tokyo.
He expressed hope about maintaining healthy economic ties, despite a recent fallout between Tokyo and Beijing.
Keidanren Chairman Tsutsui Yoshinomu spoke with Chinese Ambassador Wu Jinhao on Friday.
Bilateral ties have soured following comments by Japan's prime minister about a possible emergency over Taiwan.
Officials say Tsutsui asked Wu to ensure a delegation from the Japan-China Economic Association can visit Beijing in January as planned.
The Keidanren chief and Chinese ambassador are set to talk regularly.
Officials say who requested the meeting this time.
OFFICIALS LOOKING INTO SAFETY, CONSTRUCTION VIOLATIONS
Authorities in Hong Kong are looking into possible safety and construction violations after the deadly blaze at an apartment complex.
The fire at the high-rise has left 128 people dead and about 200 missing.
The authorities on Friday arrested eight people in connection with the fire in the northern district of Tai Po.
They include subcontractors and directors of an engineering consultant company.
Three people from a construction company overseeing a repair project at the site had already been arrested on Thursday on suspicion of manslaughter.
Police cited gross negligence by the company's leaders.
Officials said on Friday that flammable foam boards used in the project may have helped spread the flames.
They added that firefighters tested alarms in the complex, but they did not work.
The blaze broke out on Wednesday, engulfing seven apartment blocks at the site.
The fire was mostly contained by Friday. Operations to search for the missing continue.
SYRIA DENOUNCES ISRAELI ATTACK THAT KILLED OVER 10 PEOPLE
Israel's military has attacked a militant group in southern Syria in what Damascus is calling a full-fledged war crime.
The Israeli military says it carried out the incursion based on information that the group was plotting terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians.
It says six Israeli soldiers were injured while all the suspects had been captured or killed.
Israeli troops have been stationed in a buffer zone between Israel and Syria since the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime last December.
They've also been operating in Syria in an alleged bid to prevent weapons falling into the hands of what Israel calls hostile forces.
Now, Syria's state media has reported that 13 people died in the raid.
A statement by the foreign ministry of the interim Syrian government described the attack as a massacre that killed more than 10 civilians, including women and children.
They called on the international community to take immediate action to end Israel's policy of aggression.
TOP ZELENSKYY AIDE RESIGNS IN BLOW TO PEACE TALKS
A corruption scandal is sweeping through Ukraine's corridors of power, and the top officials leaving their posts now include President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Chief of Staff.
Zelenskyy said in a video address on Friday that presidential office head Andre Yermak has submitted his resignation, adding that he will hold talks on Saturday to pick a successor.
He made the announcement after National Anti-Corruption Bureau officials said they were searching locations linked to Yermak.
Yermak was widely seen as Zelenskyy's closest aide, with an influence on policy and personnel equivalent to the president's.
He has also served as Ukraine's chief negotiator during Russia's invasion.
Yermak was in Geneva on Sunday for high-level talks on a US proposed peace plan.
A Ukrainian media outlet said the timing of his departure couldn't be worse.
TRUMP: NO MORE MIGRATION FROM 'THIRD WORLD' COUNTRIES
US President Donald Trump says his administration will pause migration from third world countries following the shooting of two National Guard members. One of them has died.
A 29-year-old Afghan national has been detained as a suspect in Wednesday's shooting near the White House.
Law enforcement authorities said the suspect had entered the United States under a program that accepts people who help the US military in Afghanistan.
The Trump administration halted immigration processing for all Afghans following the shooting.
In a social media post on Thursday, Trump stated that US immigration policy has eroded living conditions for many people.
He said he will permanently pause migration from all third world countries to allow the US
system to fully recover. He did not name the countries.
Trump said only reverse migration can fully cure this situation.
He stated that he will denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility and deport any foreign national who is a public charge or a security risk.
He also announced he will end all federal benefits and subsidies to non-citizens.
BLACK FRIDAY BARGAIN HUNTERS OUT IN FORCE ACROSS US
Bargain hunters throughout the United States have been out in force as Black Friday, as the Black Friday shopping season reaches its peak.
Black Friday falls one day after the Thanksgiving holiday, and is so-called as it refers to the point in the year when retailers shift from loss, being in the red, to profit, being in the black.
Online retailers also offer deals on Monday that follows, resulting in the busiest period of year-end sales.
On Friday, shoppers crowded into department and electronics stores in central New York.
00:08:18 話者 4
I thought a couple sweaters, some cool earrings.
00:08:20 話者 5
I wouldn't probably normally come into the city on Black Friday, but friends are here, and it felt like a fun thing to do.
00:08:28 話者 6
I think everything is more expensive, no matter what. I mean, between food and clothes.
00:08:33 話者 1
The US National Retail Federation forecast domestic retail sales in November and December will exceed $1 trillion for the first time.
Amid continued inflation in the US, partially due to President Trump's tariff policy, economists point to a polarization of spending between high-income earners and low-income households.
And those are the top stories for this hour.
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