Here in Japan, it's a Sunday evening. I'm James Tengane in Tokyo. This is NHK Newsline.
MADURO IN NEW YORK, EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN COURT
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were taken to a federal detention facility in New York on Saturday night.
US President Donald Trump alleges that the trafficking of large amounts of illegal drugs under the Maduro administration has harmed people in the United States.
Video footage from Reuters news agency shows Maduro walking in the hallway at the offices of the US Drug Enforcement Administration in New York.
US media report that Maduro is expected to appear in a federal district court in Manhattan as soon as Monday. And they stole it through force.
Trump has suggested that the US will run Venezuela.
00:01:00 (Donald Trump / US President)
We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.
So we don't want to be involved with having somebody else get in, and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years.
00:01:20 (James Tengan)
Trump says Venezuela's oil industry will be rebuilt, but he didn't say how the US will do that.
Trump didn't rule out the possibility that Washington will again send troops to the country.
Trump says US armed forces carried out what he calls an extraordinary military operation under his direction that led to the capture of Maduro.
The New York Times quotes a senior Venezuelan government official as saying that at least 40 people, including civilians, were killed in the attack.
Venezuela's Supreme Court has appointed Vice President Delsey Rodriguez as acting president.
Rodriguez held an emergency meeting with the country's defense minister and other officials.
She called on the Venezuelan people to unite against the US attack.
00:02:11 話者 3
We demand the immediate liberation of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores.
The only president of Venezuela is Nicolas Maduro.
00:02:24 (James Tengan)
Rodriguez said Venezuelans will never again be slaves, a colony of any empire of whatever kind.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and others have expressed deep concern that the rules of international law have not been respected.
The Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday morning.
RUSSIA: US ATTACKS ON VENEZUELA 'EXTREMELY CONCERNING'
Meanwhile, Russia's foreign ministry has called the US attacks on Venezuela extremely concerning and deserving of condemnation.
The ministry released a statement Saturday saying it is particularly important to prevent any further escalation.
It says Russia stands ready to assist in efforts to seek a resolution through dialogue.
The statement says Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to, quote, determine its own future without destructive external interference, particularly of a military nature.
Russia maintains friendly relations with Venezuela.
In December, Russian President Vladimir Putin held phone talks with President Maduro and reaffirmed his support for the Maduro administration's policies.
JAPAN SETS UP TASKFORCE AFTER US ATTACKS ON VENEZUELA
Japan has set up a task force at the Japanese embassy in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, to collect information and protect Japanese nationals in the country.
The government has also set up a response headquarters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo.
The ministry says about 160 Japanese nationals are living in Venezuela.
N.KOREA LAUNCHES BALLISTIC MISSILES
Japan's defence ministry says North Korea launched ballistic missiles on Sunday.
The ministry says at least two ballistic missiles were launched eastward from near North Korea's west coast at around 8 a.m.
It says the first missile is believed to have travelled about 900 kilometres, and the second about 950 kilometres, reaching an altitude of roughly 50 kilometres.
The ministry says both missiles may have flown on irregular trajectories and likely fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
No damage to planes or ships has been reported.
It's the first such launch by North Korea since November last year.
00:04:52 話者 4
I told officials to gather and analyze information while working with the US
and South Korea, and to maintain vigilance and monitoring to prepare for any situation.
00:05:06 (James Tengan)
The defense minister says North Korea's past missile launches threatened the peace and security of Japan and the international community.
He says Japan has lodged a strong protest with Pyongyang.
ABDUCTEES' RELATIVES TO CONTINUE PRESSING FOR EARLY RETURN
Relatives of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea have reiterated their call for the return of all the victims as soon as possible in the new year.
They say they saw no progress on the issue through 2025.
Yokota Takuya heads a group of families of abductees.
His older sister, Megumi, was kidnapped when she was only 13 years old.
00:05:45 話者 5
There was no concrete progress in 2025, and we didn't get any of the abductees back.
I can't contain my regret.
00:05:55 (James Tengan)
Nearly 50 years have passed since the first confirmed abduction took place in 1977.
Relatives of the abductees are aging, and some family members have died without ever reuniting with their loved ones.
Eighty-nine-year-old Yokota Sakie is the mother of Megumi.
She is the only surviving parent among those of the 12 government-identified abductees still unaccounted for.
The families are focused on whether US President Donald Trump will hold another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
During his first term, Trump raised the abduction issue in his face-to-face talks with Kim in 2018 and 2019.
The relatives met with Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in October during their visit to Japan and asked for US cooperation.
The relatives are also committed to maintaining pressure on the Japanese government to realize a summit with North Korea.
00:06:56 話者 5
How many prime ministers do we have to meet and how many times do we have to make an appeal to have this problem resolved?
We want Prime Minister Takeichi to show her determination with the same anger as we have.
00:07:09 (James Tengan)
The government says North Korean agents abducted at least 17 Japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s.
Five were returned to Japan after a bilateral summit in 2002, but the whereabouts of the other 12 remain unknown.
TRAIN STATIONS, AIRPORTS IN JAPAN PACKED AS HOLIDAY WRAPS UP
Train stations and airports in Japan are crowded with travelers returning from their hometowns and holiday destinations, as year-end and New Year holidays wrap up.
The congestion is expected to continue until late Sunday.
At Nagoya Station, central Japan, passengers carrying suitcases and large bags stepped into the Shinkansen train.
Some people were seeing their grandchildren off.
Jr. East says reserved seats of trains on the Tohoku-Akita-Yamagata-Shinkansen lines bound for Tokyo were almost fully booked...
as were trains all around Japan.
00:08:45 話者 5
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00:08:54 (James Tengan)
Meanwhile, airlines say domestic flights heading for Tokyo's Haneda Airport, Osaka and other destinations are almost fully booked on Sunday.
And those were this hour's main stories.
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