Of workers to detect outside objects in food products. Earlier this month, a customer found a piece of vinyl in a Chicken Nugget at a restaurant in northern japan. Mcdonalds Officials Say the possibility that the object came from its plant or outlets is slim, but there have been other cases of foreign objects being mixed into food during preparation. Last month, a piece of plastic was discovered in a dessert at another outlet. The object was part of a machine at the restaurant. Workers also misplaced a foreign object that a customer found in the food. The fastfood giant plans to review its response to customers as well. Hong kongs chief executive is Standing Firm on political reform. He says the city must follow the Chinese Governments policy on elections. Leaders in beijing have allowed a free vote in 2017 but they insist on screening candidates. He delivered his first annual policy address since last years prodemocracy protest. He told the Legislative Council that the citys leader mu
Theyll also inspect the ability of workers to detect outside objects in food products. Earlier this month, a customer found a piece of vinyl in a Chicken Nugget at a restaurant in northern japan. Mcdonalds Officials Say the possibility that the object came from its plant or outlets is slim, but there have been other cases of foreign objects being mixed into food during preparation. Last month, a piece of plastic was discovered in a dessert at another outlet. The object was part of a machine at the restaurant. Workers also misplaced a foreign object that a customer found in the food. The fastfood giant plans to review its response to customers as well. Hong kongs chief executive is Standing Firm on political reform. He says the city must follow the Chinese Governments policy on elections. Leaders in beijing have allowed a free vote in 2017 but they insist on screening candidates. He delivered his first annual policy address since last years prodemocracy protest. He told the Legislative
A young athlete in south korea is looking to climb to the highest position in her sport. Officials at mcdonalds japan are taking steps they hope clean up the companys outlets and reputation. They plan to check how sanitation is managed at all their restaurants nationwide. This follows a series of scandals involving foreign objects found in mcdonalds food. The Officials Say an external Food Safety Company will check the more than 3,000 outlets. The sanitary workers will inspect how cook utensils and equipment are kept. Theyll also check how able mcdonalds workers are to detect objects that dont belong in food. Earlier this month, a customer found a piece of vinyl in a Chicken Nugget at a restaurant in northern japan. Mcdonalds Officials Say the possibility that the object came from its plant or outlets is slim, but there have been other cases of foreign objects being mixed accidentally into food during preparation. Last month, a piece of plastic was discovered in a dessert at another ou
Governor bows to prevent the relocation of a u. S. Military base within the prefecture. We look into why voters lined up behind the base opponent. Japans latest gdp figures could spell trouble for Prime Minister shinzo abes program to revive the economy. The figures released by Cabinet Office officials this morning shows the economy is shrinking. The july to september decline is japans second straight quarterly fall. The preliminary data shows japans gdp fell 0. 4 in the three months to september, from the previous quarter. That translates into an annual downturn of 1. 6 and follows a 7. 3 plunge on an annualized basis in april to june. The figures were a shock for investors and politicians. And ron madison joins us now from our business desk. Ron, break down the number for us. Gene, a lot was really riding on this months data. The Prime Minister had stated that he would be using these gdp numbers to either postpone or go ahead and press ahead with another consumption tax hike. This ti
Politicians say must be fixed to help the country revitalize. And japans Trucking Industry is facing a Driver Shortage, so companies are coming up with ways to get more women behind the wheel. Participants at the u. N. Climate talks in peru have spent the last three days trying to draft a global deal to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, but theyre struggling to find common ground. Theyre divided over how much industrialized nations should help developing nations. Delegates from more than 190 countries gathered in lima for the conference known as cop20. Theyre trying to agree on a Climate Change deal to replace the kyoto protocol. It would take effect in 2020 but theyre hitting a familiar roadblock. The question of whether industrialized countries should bear the response bear more responsibility for cutting emissions than developing countries. Participating nations have to submit their emissions cut targets in march. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry urged developing nations not to ch