Free. And a turning point . Nuclear and nonnuclear weapon states are divided as members of the u. N. Committee plan to vote on a resolution to ban the weapons. Japans prince miksa has died of heart failure. The uncle of Emperor Akihito was 100 years old. Prince miksa was the younger brother of late Emperor Showa whose given name was hirohito. He was admitted to the hospital in midmay after suffering acute pneumonia. Hes been in and out since due to issues including heart problems and further pneumonia. He is survived by 19 imperial members. Prince miksa was the fifth in line to the imperial throne. Four men now hold the right to the succession. Res a lkk back on the past prince miksa took through life. Reporter rirince miksa was born in 1915 as the fourth son of emperoror taisho. Shshe was staff officer with the perial army. He served at the imperial general headquarters in tokyo. After the war, prince miksa wrote that he hadnt been fully aware how evil wars were and that the fact alwa
Foreign minister hua chunying was released. She also praised japan for its cooperation and humanitarian spirit. Hua stressed that Chinese Government ships are searching for the missing people, but an online critic in china asked why a japanese ship not a chinese vessel rescued the six people. Chinese government vessels and fishing boats have been increasing their activities off the Senkaku Islands this month repeatedly intruding into japanese territorial waters. Observers say huas remark was partly designed to ease domestic criticism of the governments response to the collision by stressing chinese rescue efforts as well. Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. The japanese government maintains that the islands are an inherent part of japans territory. Taiwan claims them. The foreign minister has been discussing this with top officials in the philippines who have their own disagreement with china in the South China Sea. Fumio kishida met with his filipino counterpart perfecto yasay. He tol
Foreign minister hua chunying was released. She also praised japan for its cooperation and humanitarian spirit. Hua stressed that Chinese Government ships are searching for the missing people, but an online critic in china asked why a japanese ship not a chinese vessel rescued the six people. Chinese government vessels and fishing boats have been increasing their activities off the Senkaku Islands this month repeatedly intruding into japanese territorial waters. Observers say huas remark was partly designed to ease domestic criticism of the governments response to the collision by stressing chinese rescue efforts as well. Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. The japanese government maintains that the islands are an inherent part of japans territory. Taiwan claims them. The foreign minister has been discussing this with top officials in the philippines who have their own disagreement with china in the South China Sea. Fumio kishida met with his filipino counterpart perfecto yasay. He tol
He added he believes president putin shares the same perspective. The countries didnt sign a peace treaty after world war ii. The northern territories are four russiancontrolled islands, japans government maintains theyre a part of its territory. It says the islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. Translator i think i have to advance the negotiations based on new ideas. I told president putin that we need to take new approaches to resolve the issue. And the president agreed with that basic stance. Abe said they agreed to hold another summit in september, in russias far east. Abe said hell try to arrange a visit by putin to japan at an appropriate time. China says it will reject any ruling from an International Court in the hague. Chinese Foreign Ministry official has said beijing will not accept any judgment of the Permanent Court of arbitration that counters their claims in the South China Sea. The country claims sovereignty over most of the waters in the region. But phili
Tunisian Officials Say Security Forces stormed the museum and killed the two shooters. They say the victims include 17 Foreign Tourists including four italians and one french. And they say two tunesians were also killed. Japans foreign minister Fumio Kishida updated reporters in tokyo. Translator i feel strong anger about the shooting. We confirmed that one Japanese National is dead and three others are wounded. And we also have information that there are other japanese involved in the incident. Prime minister essid visited a japanese woman in hospital who was shot. She told nhk about what she saw and heard during the attack. Translator people started running when they heard gunshots. I fell and was shot. Bullets hit my ear, arm, and neck. A unity government of secular and islamic parties was formed in tunisia last month. The nation is said to be the sole Success Story of the 2010 arab spring, but recently islamic extremists have become active throughout the country. More on this devel