Officials are pushing ahead with a plan to scale back Nuclear Power and take more energy from green sources. Japans Prime Minister and his Coalition Government have moved a step closer to enacting a key package of security bills. Lawmakers in the lower house have approved legislation removing one more hurdle to the final passage. The bills would expand the role of the selfdefense forces and allow japan to exercise the right to collective selfdefense. The full lower house convened on thursday for the vote. Opposition lawmakers walked out in a show of protest. They said they couldnt vote on legislation that was rammed through. But the governing coalition of the Democratic Party and komeito has a twothirds majority in the chamber. They got additional votes from other supporters of the legislation. The bills will now go to the upper house where the debate could heat up. Opponents are intensifying their criticism and planning their next moves. If members of the upper house dont vote on the
Selfrestraint in the handling of the dispute. Chinese foreign minister wang yi spoke with reporters after the meeting. Translator dont inflame the South China Sea issue. My country doesnt approve of other nations trying to find fault with it. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is to attend wednesdays talks. It remains to be seen whether washington will maintain its tough stance toward china over the territorial issues ahead of chinese president xi jinpings state visit to the u. S. Next month. Npzjapanese officials are asking for a meeting and asking for a swift report into the outcome of an investigation into the fate of japanese abductees and others missing in north korea. Japans foreign minister is to attend a series of meetings on thursday. A government source says talks are being arranged between Fumio Kishida and ri su yong. He is said to have direct access to kim jongun. Kishida is to convey japans request to kim. They told japan last month that theyll postpone the report on the
System aimed at keeping climbers safe. And thousands of origami paper cranes sent to hiroshima from around the world as symbols of peace are being reborn so they can be shared with others. Japanese officials have announced that they will suspend work to relocate a u. S. Military base within okinawa prefecture. Crews were planning to start reclaiming land in a coastal area of nago city to prepare for the move of futenma air station. Many residents of the city have voiced opposition to the plan. The governments top spokesperson says the work will be put on hold for a month so officials can hold discussions with local authorities. Translator we would like to explain to the governor of okinawa our views on how to reduce the risks that the futenma air station and its relocation pose to nearby residents and how to reduce the overall burden on okinawa. I also look forward to hearing what the governor has to say. Workers were planning to start filling in land off the henoko district of nago ci
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Even Senate Republicans are now warning trump is in a downward spiral. We will get the latest. Then as the ninth Circuit Court of appeals hears arguments over trumps second muslim travel ban, we will go to seattle to speak with Washington State attorney general bob ferguson. He filed the first suit against comes travel ban, sparking a nationwide firestorm of legal resistance. We are a nation of laws. As i said, as we have said, from day one, those laws applied everybody in our country, and that includes the president of the United States. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The beginning of the end. Thats what many are saying about the Trump Presidency following the Washington Posts explosive article revealing how President Trump disclosed highly classified intelligence during his sitdown meeting with Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at the white house la