The main stadium for the 2020 olympic and Paralympic Games in tokyo. It aims to pick a winner later this month. And last dance. French ballet star guillem is ending the final world tour of her czech cades long tour in tokyo. Pu denies charges of insighting social unrest. A ruling is yet to be announced. As one of the 1989 Tiananmen Square leaders, authorities detained him in may last year. The charges relate to comments he posted online that were critical of the governments policies on tibetan and uighur minorities. His lawyer says he admits to posting his views but denies trying to provoke trouble. Outside the Courthouse Police pushed away dozens of supporters as well as foreign journalists. Police also tried to prevent foreign diplomats from making statements. We urge chinese authorities to release mr. Pu. The u. S. Diplomat said human rights activist like pu should not be subjected to what he calls continued repression. Japans Sport Council disclosed two technical proposals for the
Rampage that killed 14 people. The military campaign and changing tactics, hong kongs umbrella soldiers are turning ing ting to politics t their fights going. Britain has launched its first airstrikes in syria against the Islamic State militant group. The British Defense Ministry Said planes hit oil fields. Oil is believed to be a major source of revenue for the Islamic State group. The British State government had been pushing to join the air campaign in syria. We should answer the call from our allies. The action we propose is legal, it is necessary, and it is the right thing to do to keep our country safe. Britain is part of the u. S. Led Coalition Fighting the militants but British Forces have limited their targets to those in iraq. U. S. President barack obama welcomed 9 parliament decisi. He said britain has been one of the most valued partners in fighting the militants. Many british people are wary of getting involved in a conflict in the middle east after the countrys previous
An american expert shows his insight into the situation in east asia and japans Foreign Policy. Japan coast guard authorities are increasing their presence near islands in the pacific. Theyve spotted as many as 100 chinese vessels in the area, and they suspect the crews are illegally hunting for coral. Jewelry made from red coral fetches high prices in china. Coast guard authorities have seen a dramatic rise in the number of chinese vessels off the ogasawara and izu islands. They suspect more than 200 crews have been illegally poaching coral since september. As a typhoon approached this week, they moved outside japans territorial waters. But many started sailing back after the storm passed. Coast guard officials now say theyre on a 24hour watch for more boats. Japanese coral gatherers are complaining about the damage caused by suspected chinese poachers. A representative of a fishery cooperative reported his findings to the tokyo metropolitan government. Yukimi sasaki has been gatherin
Elections in march of next year, after the Ruling Coalition collapses. Trial of kenyas president in doubt with the International Criminal court giving the prosecution just one more week to get its case together. Coalition of nations fighting isil says progress has been made against the group in iraq and syria. Foreign ministers of 60 count thinks are meeting at natos headquarters in brussels, and a joint statements that air strikes are forcing isil fighters to quote proceed with caution. Here is u. S. Secretary of state john kerry had to say. We have made already, significant process progress in two and a half months, but we also acknowledge there is a lot more work yet to be done. Daesh is still perpetrating terrible crimes, but there was a consensuses that the momentum, which it had exhibited two and a half months ago has been halted, that it has been forced to modify its tactics, and some of those modifications severely hampering their ability to operate in the way that they were ce
It was carrying 58 people. 35 are confirmed dead. 8 are missing. The Foreign Ministers of japan, china and south korea could soon get relations back on track. They havent gathered for nearly three years partly because of disagreements over perceptions of history. Now, they are laying the groundwork for a meeting next month. Xi jinping and his south korean counterpart park gun hay got the ball rolling in november. They agreed to resume talks with japan at an early date. The vice Foreign Ministers of all three countries will meet to make preparations. Fumio kishida said he needs to meet his counterparts for the sake are future oriented relationships. Officials in tokyo hope the talks will pave the way for a trilateral summit. A japanese journalist indicted for defaming President Park has filed a lawsuit against the south korea government. He is demanding the authorities allow him to leave the country. Kato is the former seoul bureau chief of the former chinese newspaper. He wrote an arti