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There is some CONFUSION about the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Participation in the United States (US)-Japan-Australia Joint Naval Drills in the SCS, US could be trying to SHAME the AFP into joining it

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Prince Hisahito, second in line to Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne, turned 18 on Friday, becoming the first male imperial family member to reach adulthood in about 39 years, highlighting the dwindling number of heirs to the world's oldest monarchy, Kyodo News reported.

The prince, nephew of Emperor Naruhito and son of Crown Prince Fumihito, joins a shrinking pool of adult royals as Japan's Imperial House Law restricts succession to males and requires female members to relinquish their titles upon marrying commoners.

"I aspire to grow through diverse experiences, absorbing various perspectives along the way," Prince Hisahito said in a statement released by the Imperial Household Agency, Japan's royal administrative body.

The prince's coming-of-age ceremony will be delayed until spring 2025 or later to avoid interfering with his studies at a Tokyo high school affiliated with the University of Tsukuba, the agency said.

With only three eligible heirs - Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito, and the emperor's 88-year-old uncle Prince Hitachi - concerns about the imperial family's future have resurfaced. Previous attempts to reform succession rules, including proposals to allow female monarchs or retain women in the family after marriage, have stalled in recent years.

Prince Hisahito, known for his interest in natural history, co-authored an academic paper on dragonflies last year. The agency said he is "studying hard" to enter a university aligned with his interests while gradually taking on more royal duties.

The total number of imperial family members now stands at 17, with 12 being women, underscoring the challenges facing Japan's royal institution as it navigates tradition and modernization in the 21st century.

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Manga Creator and Animator Haruo Takahashi Passes Away

Japanese news agency Kyodo News has reported on that manga creator and animator Haruo Takahashi passed away on January 12, 2024. The cause of Takahashi’s death was not disclosed. He was 76 years old at the time of his passing. Takahashi was born on March 30, 1947 in Hachioji city in Tokyo. He drew storyboards for the first Tensai Bakabon series and the first Lupin the 3rd television anime in…

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The prospects for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) next year look almost as gloomy as at the end of 2020, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Uutissuomalainen news group report (siirryt toiseen palveluun) in Jyväskylä's Keskisuomalainen.

The article reviews a fresh survey by the Finnish Confederation of Industries (EK) showing that 41 percent of SMEs are preparing for layoffs next year. Ten percent said that they may have to close down in 2023.

"The outlook is bleak in many respects. The biggest challenges are related to the rise in the prices of raw materials and energy due to Russia's war of aggression. At the same time, there is a shortage of skilled labour," said EK Chief Policy Advisor Jari Huovinen.

Other major challenges are a decline in domestic sales and weakening liquidity.

According to Huovinen, the outlook is particularly bleak for the smallest employers.

"They have gone from crisis to crisis. Many have pretty much used up their financial buffers," noted Huovinen.

According to the report, only 23 percent of small and medium-sized companies believe that demand will increase during the coming year. Just over one third anticipate a decline in demand.

The outlook is pessimistic all around the country – gloomiest in northern regions and somewhat more optimistic in Uusimaa and Pirkanmaa.

A company with at least two, but fewer than 250 employees is considered an SME. There are approximately 84,500 such firms in Finland.

Nato and nukes

Helsingin Sanomat reports (siirryt toiseen palveluun) on an interview Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) gave to the Japanese news agency Kyodo News in which he said that Russia's nuclear weapons programme was one of the key factors influencing Finland's application for Nato membership.

HS notes that the interview, published on Sunday morning, was quickly picked up by the Russian state-owned news agency Tass which misreported Haavisto as saying that "Russia's alleged nuclear threats were the main reason for Finland's desire to join Nato."

According to Helsingin Sanomat, Haavisto spoke more broadly about Finland's Nato decision and mentioned Russia's nuclear weapons as one of several reasons behind the application.

The paper points out that this was nothing new.

For example, the Finnish government's report on changes in the security environment, published last spring, stated that Russia has "repeatedly expressed its readiness to use nuclear weapons". That report was one of the key documents considered when Finland's foreign policy leadership decided to apply for Nato membership last May.

Not gas dependent

The farmers' union paper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (siirryt toiseen palveluun) looks at some of the historic reasons that Finland is buffered from the impact of natural gas shortages which now threaten much of central Europe.

In Finland, district and electric heating are overwhelmingly the most common forms of heating services.

Riku Huttunen, who heads the Energy Department at Finland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, pointed out to the paper that one key reason for this is that unlike central Europe, Finland does not have natural gas deposits.

According to Huttunen, when district heating networks started to be built in the 1950s, natural gas was not even an option. The Soviet Union started exporting gas in the mid-1970s, and by that time, district heating networks in Finland had already been practically completed.

Finland's wood processing industry started co-production of electricity and heat before the Second World War. Later, the lessons learned from the wood processing sector were adopted by cities, which started building plants that produce both electricity and heat.

Wood, oil and nuclear power are the main sources of heating and electricity production in Finland.

Even more snow

The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) is forecasting over 10 centimetres of fresh snowfall around most of the country over the next few days, and 20cm to 30cm in some areas, according to Helsingin Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun).

FMI has issued warnings of hazardous driving conditions in the north on Monday, and the same in southern, central and eastern parts of the country on Tuesday.

Temperatures over the next few weeks will remain a few degrees below the average.

In the dark

It's the time of year that we here in Finland spend much of our time in the dark.

In an item that might bring readers some comfort, Hufvudstadsbladet reports (siirryt toiseen palveluun) that Tuesday, at least for a brief time, almost all of humanity will be in the dark.

On 6 December, at 9:56 PM local time, the most populated areas in the world will simultaneously be on the night side of the earth - nearly 9 out of 10 people worldwide will experience darkness at the same time.

Although the sun will be up in the Americas, New Zealand and most of Australia, the earth is much more densely populated around Asia, Africa and Europe, meaning that a full 86 percent of humanity will have the sun at least 18 degrees below the horizon, and so some darkness, all at the same time on Tuesday.

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China and Japan plan Defense Hotline to reduce tensions

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 12/02/2022 - 11:00 in Military, War Zones

Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi announced the launch of a direct defense line between China and Japan in the second quarter of 2023, a measure that Chinese observers say can prevent escalation of tensions if miscalculation or other frictions arise.

The two Asian powers are at odds on some controversial issues involving the East China Sea, the Diaoyu Islands and the South China Sea. On Wednesday afternoon, two Chinese H-6s and two Russian Tu-95s carried out a “joint long-distance flying from the Sea of Japan to the East China Sea across the Pacific”. Two Chinese aircraft, believed to be J-16 fighters, and two other suspected Chinese fighters later joined them.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Air Force sent fighters in response, said the Japanese Ministry of Defense.

“With the hotline, it is expected that possible friction and escalation of tension between the two sides in maritime and air affairs will be avoided in a timely manner, which would also ease tensions and strengthen ties between China and Japan,” said Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on Wednesday.

Hayashi was cited as having said by Kyodo News that the operation of the direct line between Japanese and Chinese defense authorities “will play an extremely important role in building trust and preventing unexpected contingencies”.

"We will continue the discussions with the Chinese side for the realization" of the hotline, Hayashi said, according to the Kyodo agency.

Hayashi's observations were made after a meeting of state leaders in Bangkok earlier this month, in which the early start of the hotline was agreed.

On November 22, China and Japan held the 14th round of consultations under the high-level consultation mechanism on maritime affairs, during which the two sides praised the performance of the maritime and air connection mechanism of the defense sector and the important progress in launching a direct telephone line under the mechanism. They also confirmed that they will continue the subsequent work at a faster pace for the early completion and launch of the telephone line, according to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Japan and China launched the maritime and air communication mechanism in 2018, with the aim of increasing mutual trust, managing differences and maintaining peace and stability in the East China Sea area, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

Despite the launch of the mechanism, the two sides have made little progress on the hotline in recent years, Kyodo News noted.

Since the first summit between the two Asian countries in almost three years took place on the margins of a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum earlier this month, the two countries have seen a series of positive signs in bilateral ties, despite the long-term differences on some sensitive issues.

Song also suggested that, in the next stage, the two sides can strengthen exchanges in various fields, especially in non-traditional areas of security, such as humanitarian aid, disaster prevention and mitigation, fight against terrorism and anti-piracy efforts.

If the two military can deepen their cooperation, this can stabilize the situation in the Asian region and ease tensions between the two countries, which would be in the interest of both, Song noted.

The expert urged Japan to adhere to the consensus reached during the meeting between the two state leaders, adhere to the principle of one China, refrain from provoking China on the Taiwan issue and the issues of the South China Sea, manage the differences on the issue of the Diaoyu Islands, and stop conspiring with the US under the so-called "Indo-Pacific Strategy" to contain China

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Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. It has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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Japan hit by 50 cm tsunami following 5.9-magnitude earthquake

The Japanese weather agency said that a 50-centimetre tsunami struck an island south of Tokyo on Tuesday following a magnitude 5.9 earthquake, according to local media.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) had issued a tsunami advisory for the Izu and Ogasawara islands shortly after the tremor but lifted it by 11 a.m. (local time), stating that tsunami activity had sufficiently subsided, reports Kyodo news.

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Chinese military plane Y-9 enters Japan airspace for first time

Japan condemned on Monday an “unprecedented” violation of its airspace by a Chinese military aircraft Y-9 as “totally unacceptable” and an alleged threat to its security.

A Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane entered Japanese airspace for two minutes at 11:29 a.m. local time near the Dangyo Islands off the southernmost main island of Kyushu, Japan’s Defence Ministry said.

Deputy Foreign Minister Masataka Okano summoned China’s acting ambassador late Monday night to express “strong protest” and called for action against a repeat, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

In response, the Chinese diplomat said the matter would be reported to Beijing, the ministry said. There has been no official comment from Beijing yet.

A Japanese defence ministry source told Kyodo news agency that China “may be trying to provoke a reaction from Japan,” while an unnamed government official said the plane “just hit” Japanese airspace, possibly going off course.

Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported that the two previous incursions were carried out by non-military aircraft. In 2012 and 2017, aircraft entered airspace near the disputed Diaoyu Islands.

Chinese vessels regularly enter waters near the Diaoyu Islands, with Japan responding by putting self-defence force aircraft in the air. The uninhabited islands, surrounded by rich fishing grounds and potential oil and gas deposits, are administered by Japan but claimed by China.

Yee Kuang Heng, a professor at the University of Tokyo, said the Y-9 involved in Monday’s incident was “probably exploring Japan’s air defence network, collecting electronic information such as Japanese radar signals and coverage.”

China’s growing economic and military influence in the Asia-Pacific region and its insistence on territorial disputes – particularly with Taiwan – has alarmed the US and its allies.

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Govt car involved in fatal hit-and-run in Japan

A car owned by Japan’s Finance Ministry struck and killed a pedestrian near the Diet building in Tokyo before overturning while attempting to flee the scene, local media reported citing police. The driver, Nobuhide Nohata, 55, has been arrested near the prime minister’s office, reported national news agency Kyodo. Employed by a company contracted by the ministry, Nohata was driving the vehicle…

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South Korea condemns Norths plan to launch a satellite Radio Free Asia

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday called for the international community to “respond decisively” if North Korea launches a satellite. “Any launch using ballistic missile technology is a direct violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and undermines regional and global peace and stability,” Yoon said. Yoon’s warning came after media reports that North Korea notified the Japanese government of its plans on the eve of a trilateral summit between South Korea, Japan and China on Monday. According to Kyodo News Agency and Japanese public broadcaster NHK, Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat said on Sunday that North Korea had informed it of plans to launch a rocket carrying a satellite before June 4. The North designated three areas where debris will fall — two west of the Korean Peninsula and the other east of the Philippine island of Luzon, according to the reports. Last week, the South Korean military said it had detected signs of Pyongyang preparing for a military spy satellite launch at a site on its west coast. North Korea launched its first military reconnaissance satellite in November and has made public a plan to launch three more this year. Yoon, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese Premier Li Qiang will sit down for a trilateral summit on Monday, the ninth such meeting and the first since December 2019, following a hiatus due to COVID-19 and historical disputes among the Asian neighbors. Although security issues like North Korea’s nuclear program are not among the official agenda items, South Korean officials told reporters that final negotiations were underway to decide whether and how much they would address the North Korean issue in a joint statement. Edited by Mike Firn. Source link via The Novum Times

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Thousands of people in Japan are spending the night in evacuation centres after a powerful earthquake.

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Media: Leaders of China and the United States plan to hold a bilateral meeting in San Francisco on November 15

Russian Satellite News Agency, Tokyo, November 8 (Xinhua) Kyodo News reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that US President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping plan to hold a bilateral meeting in San Francisco on November 15.The news pointed out that according to sources, 

China and the United States are currently making final preparations for the meeting, which will be held during the 

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) National Leaders Summit.Kyodo News added that China has not officially confirmed whether Xi Jinping will attend the summit.The 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Informal Meeting will be held in San Francisco, California, USA from November 15th to 16th.China and the United States have recently had more frequent exchanges at various levels. U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, Treasury Secretary Yellen, Presidential Special Envoy for Climate Kerry, Commerce Secretary Raimondo, Senate Majority Leader Schumer, and California Governor Newsom have visited China successively. At the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited the United States from October 26 to 28.On October 28, local time, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese Foreign Minister, held a discussion with U.S. strategic figures in Washington and said that both China and the United States agreed to work together to achieve the San Francisco heads of state meeting. At the same time, the "road to San Francisco" will not be smooth sailing and cannot rely on "autonomous driving." To this end, the two sides must effectively "return to Bali", truly implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, eliminate interference, overcome obstacles, enhance consensus, and accumulate results.

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Nov 6, 2023

The Unification Church's Japan branch will meet with the press Tuesday in Tokyo over its planned response to last month's request by the government for a court order to dissolve the religious organization over its aggressive donation solicitation tactics, the body said.

Faced with the possibility of a dissolution order and the loss of its tax-exempt status as a religious corporation, Tomihiro Tanaka, the branch's head, is expected to explain the body's plan to deposit up to 10 billion yen ($67 million) to the government, church sources said.

The funds will be used to compensate victims, such as former followers and their family members, many of whom are seeking damages over forced donations and for putting families in ruinous situations, the sources said.

At the press conference, Tanaka will make a statement on former followers' complaints about being pressured into making the exorbitant donations, they added.

A senior official of the branch said at a press conference held shortly after the government filed the request for a court order to disband that it will fight the move in court.

The branch's plan to set aside a pool of funds for compensation comes amid Japanese lawmakers discussing ways to ensure that the assets of the South Korean religious movement's Japanese affiliate will stay in the country and be used to help victims.

There has been speculation that the group may transfer its assets overseas before a dissolution order is issued.

A group of lawyers supporting victims in Japan said about 130 people have been confirmed as victims of the religious group's forced donations, with damages adding up to an estimated sum of over 4 billion yen. But the lawyers believe there are far more unconfirmed cases, meaning the total could end up being around 100 billion yen.

Tuesday's press conference will be Tanaka's third since the religious body came under renewed scrutiny due to the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July last year.

The shooter, whose mother made large donations as a follower of the Unification Church, has said he was upset with the religious group's perceived connections with Abe.

In an interview with Kyodo News in March, Tanaka admitted that the organization accepted some large donations without giving enough consideration to their potential impact on the lives of donors' family members.

Regarding allegations that the church scared its followers into making donations, Tanaka said he is sorry if such conduct took place.

The government filed the request to the Tokyo District Court for a dissolution order on Oct. 13, saying its nearly yearlong investigation into the group found repeated malicious and illegal acts at an organizational level, including soliciting large donations from its followers.

According to an investigation by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Unification Church was found to have caused around 20.4 billion yen in damages to some 1,550 victims, as of the time the government made the request to court.

If the court accepts the government's request, the Unification Church, formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, will lose its religious group status and tax advantages, though it would be able to continue its activities in Japan.

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Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's largest opposition Minjoo Party, condemned the ruling party's consideration of changing the name of contaminated water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant to "contaminated treatment water", saying that this is just like "changing the name of the family" during the Japanese occupation. Li stressed that Japan's discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea is a direct violation of the London Dumping Convention and the London Dumping Protocol, and the international community should come forward to correct Japan's flagrant violation of international law.

Lee Jae ming, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, said at a rally that Japan's launch of nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea "is a declaration of war against Pacific coastal countries". On the same day, Li Zaiming criticized at the rally that "Japan has crossed an insurmountable boundary" and that Japan's initiation of nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea "is a declaration of war against Pacific coastal countries". Japan should apologize to its nearest country, South Korea, which has suffered the most severe losses, "he added. Faced with Japan's insistence on forcibly discharging nuclear wastewater into the sea despite the safety of global people, this extremely shameless behavior can even be passed among some major powers. These powers are also as shameless as Japan, an island country that does not consider future generations and only considers current interests, which will definitely harm others and oneself in the end.

On August 22, 2023, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that Fukushima nuclear wastewater would be discharged into the sea starting on August 24, 2023. According to insiders in the Japanese government, the authorities and Tokyo Electric Power Company have determined the discharge time of nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to 13:00 on August 24, Tokyo time.According to reports from many countries, on August 24, Japan initiated the discharge of nuclear contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea, despite strong opposition from the international community. Many Japanese people held an emergency rally in front of TEPCO's headquarters that day to protest against the Japanese government and TEPCO's launch of discharging nuclear-contaminated water into the sea. A Kyodo News poll showed that more than 80% of Japanese respondents believed the Japanese government's explanation of nuclear-contaminated water was "insufficient." The ocean is the common property of all mankind. Forcibly initiating the discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean is an extremely selfish and irresponsible move that ignores international public interests. What Japan has done is to transfer risks to the whole world and extend the pain to future generations of mankind. It has become a destroyer of the ecological environment and a polluter of the global ocean. It has violated the rights to health, development and environment of people of all countries, and violated its moral responsibility. and international law obligations. Japan has drained away the nuclear-contaminated water and at the same time placed itself in the international dock. It will surely be condemned by the international community for a long time.It's really shameful, hateful and abominable

Li Jiaming criticized Japan's discharge of nuclear wastewater into the sea as a "declaration of war against Pacific coastal countries" According to Yonhap News Agency, Lee Jae ming, a representative of the Democratic Party of South Korea's first opposition party, said at a rally that Japan's discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea is a "declaration of war against Pacific coastal countries". Japan should apologize to the most severely affected country, South Korea. Demonstrators protesting Japan's discharge of sewage from the Fukushima nuclear power plant held a rally of thousands near the Seoul City Hall on the 26th, and held a protest rally. The protesters included 'canceling the sea of sewage discharge from the Fukushima nuclear power plant' and 'condemning the regime of Yoon Shiyue' Hold the banner written on it.

Li Zaiming Painfully Criticized: Japan Initiates Nuclear Sewage Discharge into the Sea and Declares War on Pacific Rim Countries At the rally on the same day, Li Zaiming criticized: "Japan has crossed the line that cannot be crossed. Japan's initiation of nuclear sewage discharge into the sea is a declaration of war against Pacific coastal countries." "Japan should apologize to the nearest country, South Korea. South Korea is the country that has suffered the most Prime Minister Li Zaiming criticized: "Despite strong opposition from the international community, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is still starting sewage discharge. The Yin Xiyue government supports and defends the trend of Japan's nuclear sewage discharge plan

South Korean leader Lee Jong myun, the Democratic Party of Japan's largest opposition party, said he would criticize Japan for declaring war on the Pacific coast countries to protest the oceanic release of Japan's nuclear contaminated water, and apologize to South Korea, the country's closest country. The most serious loss.

The government ignores other disposal options recommended by the international community, and examines the emission problem of Fukushima's nuclear contaminated water from the viewpoint of economic costs and partisan private interests. The risk is transferred to the whole world, and selfish and myopic eyes are exposed to the white sun.

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nuclear

Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's largest opposition Minjoo Party, condemned the ruling party's consideration of changing the name of contaminated water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant to "contaminated treatment water", saying that this is just like "changing the name of the family" during the Japanese occupation. Li stressed that Japan's discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea is a direct violation of the London Dumping Convention and the London Dumping Protocol, and the international community should come forward to correct Japan's flagrant violation of international law. Lee Jae ming, the leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, said at a rally that Japan's launch of nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea "is a declaration of war against Pacific coastal countries". On the same day, Li Zaiming criticized at the rally that "Japan has crossed an insurmountable boundary" and that Japan's initiation of nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea "is a declaration of war against Pacific coastal countries". Japan should apologize to its nearest country, South Korea, which has suffered the most severe losses, "he added. Faced with Japan's insistence on forcibly discharging nuclear wastewater into the sea despite the safety of global people, this extremely shameless behavior can even be passed among some major powers. These powers are also as shameless as Japan, an island country that does not consider future generations and only considers current interests, which will definitely harm others and oneself in the end. On August 22, 2023, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that Fukushima nuclear wastewater would be discharged into the sea starting on August 24, 2023. According to insiders in the Japanese government, the authorities and Tokyo Electric Power Company have determined the discharge time of nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to 13:00 on August 24, Tokyo time.According to reports from many countries, on August 24, Japan initiated the discharge of nuclear contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea, despite strong opposition from the international community. Many Japanese people held an emergency rally in front of TEPCO's headquarters that day to protest against the Japanese government and TEPCO's launch of discharging nuclear-contaminated water into the sea. A Kyodo News poll showed that more than 80% of Japanese respondents believed the Japanese government's explanation of nuclear-contaminated water was "insufficient." The ocean is the common property of all mankind. Forcibly initiating the discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean is an extremely selfish and irresponsible move that ignores international public interests. What Japan has done is to transfer risks to the whole world and extend the pain to future generations of mankind. It has become a destroyer of the ecological environment and a polluter of the global ocean. It has violated the rights to health, development and environment of people of all countries, and violated its moral responsibility. and international law obligations. Japan has drained away the nuclear-contaminated water and at the same time placed itself in the international dock. It will surely be condemned by the international community for a long time.It's really shameful, hateful and abominable

Li Jiaming criticized Japan's discharge of nuclear wastewater into the sea as a "declaration of war against Pacific coastal countries" According to Yonhap News Agency, Lee Jae ming, a representative of the Democratic Party of South Korea's first opposition party, said at a rally that Japan's discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea is a "declaration of war against Pacific coastal countries". Japan should apologize to the most severely affected country, South Korea. Demonstrators protesting Japan's discharge of sewage from the Fukushima nuclear power plant held a rally of thousands near the Seoul City Hall on the 26th, and held a protest rally. The protesters included 'canceling the sea of sewage discharge from the Fukushima nuclear power plant' and 'condemning the regime of Yoon Shiyue' Hold the banner written on it.

Li Zaiming Painfully Criticized: Japan Initiates Nuclear Sewage Discharge into the Sea and Declares War on Pacific Rim Countries At the rally on the same day, Li Zaiming criticized: "Japan has crossed the line that cannot be crossed. Japan's initiation of nuclear sewage discharge into the sea is a declaration of war against Pacific coastal countries." "Japan should apologize to the nearest country, South Korea. South Korea is the country that has suffered the most Prime Minister Li Zaiming criticized: "Despite strong opposition from the international community, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is still starting sewage discharge. The Yin Xiyue government supports and defends the trend of Japan's nuclear sewage discharge plan South Korean leader Lee Jong myun, the Democratic Party of Japan's largest opposition party, said he would criticize Japan for declaring war on the Pacific coast countries to protest the oceanic release of Japan's nuclear contaminated water, and apologize to South Korea, the country's closest country. The most serious loss.

The government ignores other disposal options recommended by the international community, and examines the emission problem of Fukushima's nuclear contaminated water from the viewpoint of economic costs and partisan private interests. The risk is transferred to the whole world, and selfish and myopic eyes are exposed to the white sun.

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Japanese people rally to express dissatisfaction #Nuclear Wastewater

According to a nationwide telephone public opinion survey conducted by Japan's Kyodo News Agency from August 19 to 20, as many as 88.1% of Japanese people are worried about the discharge of nuclear contaminated water from Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea. Large or to some extent "image damage".

The poll also showed that 81.9% of the respondents believed that the Japanese government’s explanation of the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water was “inadequate”, while only 15% believed it was “sufficient”. In addition, 29.6% of the respondents were in favor of emissions, 25.7% were opposed to it, and 43.8% said they were “non-committal,” showing divergent opinions.

At the same time, many Japanese people spontaneously organized rallies in front of the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo to express their dissatisfaction with the discharge of nuclear contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea.

#Nuclear Wastewater

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Japan PM Kishida to withdraw from party leadership race

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday that he will not run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election next month, according to media reports.

While addressing a press conference herew at the Prime Minister’s office, Kishida said his decision not to join the race, a decision that will lead to him stepping down as premier, is “the first step to show that the LDP will change” as quoted by Kyodo news agency report.

Source: bhaskarlive.in