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Massive power outage hits JR trains in Tokyo Region
TOKYO – Eastern Japan Railway Company. stated that he had suffered major service interruptions in the Tokyo Sunday afternoon due to a power outage.
Although the cause of the outage is not yet known, a fire has been reported at the railway company’s substation in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture neighbors of the capital, local firefighters said.
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Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan dies at 85
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, known to have transferred nuclear weapon technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya Through a black market he built, died of lung complications on Sunday, government officials said. He was 85 years old.
Nicknamed the ‘father of Pakistani nuclear program, “Khan, who had a destabilizing influence on the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, was also instrumental in the development of nuclear weapons in the South Asian country.
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Taiwan The leader pledges to defend the island against Chinese pressure
TAIPEI – President Tsai Ing-wen pledged on Sunday to defend Taiwan, a day after the Chinese president Xi Jinping Express that of Beijing confidence in the reunification of the autonomous island with the mainland.
But amid increasing military pressure on the island Beijing considers part of China, Tsai, in a speech on the occasion of the national day, also called on the two sides to engage in a “dialogue on the basis of parity” in order to resolve the “differences between the two shores”.
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National treasure rakugo storyteller Yanagiya Kosanji dies at 81
TOKYO – Yanagiya Kosanji, Japanese classic rakugo comic storyteller and living national treasure, died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo Thursday, the rakugo association said on Sunday. He was 81 years old.
After graduating from high school, Kosanji, real name Takezo Koriyama, began learning rakugo from Yanagiya Kosan in 1959. He received the stage name from Yanagiya Kosanji in 1969 when he was promoted to shinuchi , considered a master of rakugo storytelling.
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we, China hold trade talks, with tariff removal on the agenda
WASHINGTON – we Sales representative Katherine Tai had talks with his Chinese counterpart Liu He Friday about a bilateral trade agreement signed last year, with Beijing saying that the removal of punitive tariffs imposed by United States was one of the topics discussed.
The virtual reunion, the first such engagement between the two in months, took place as the we president administration Joe biden seeks to realign its trade policy on Beijing after four years under its predecessor Donald trump which saw the two countries enter a tit-for-tat tariff war and the “phase one” trade deal that failed to fully tackle we concerns about from China unfair trade practices and policies.
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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida pledges to strengthen medical system for COVID patients
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he would work to strengthen the country’s medical system amid the coronavirus pandemic by designating more public hospitals for COVID-19 patients.
Speaking to reporters after his first visit to a hospital that treats COVID-19 patients after taking office on Monday, Kishida said the government must prepare for the “worst-case scenario” when it comes to strengthen the medical system.
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Japan may exempt Australian troops in joint drills from the death penalty
TOKYO – Japan plans to exempt Australian soldiers from the death penalty for crimes committed during joint exercises on its soil after the death penalty issue stalled negotiations for a defense cooperation pact between the two countries, government sources said on Saturday.
Australia, which abolished the death penalty in 1985, feared its defense staff could be sentenced to death for crimes committed in Japan, according to sources.
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we, Taliban delegations have talks with counter-terrorism on the agenda
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD – Senior Taliban officials met with a we government delegation in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Saturday, a person in charge of the interim administration of Acceptance said on Twitter.
Taliban Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi was quoted as saying to we side to the meeting that “the weakening Afghanistan is not in the best interests of the world. “
from China Xi confident to reunite completely Taiwan with the continent
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