To wish him a happy birthday. India and pakistan have reportedly fought or repeatedly fought over control of the kashmir region. Modis visit has raised hopes of better relations. Chinas finance Ministry Says the Asian Infrastructure Industrial Investment bank has been formally established. The institution aims to help developing countries across the region build infrastructure. The Ministry Says the banks articles of agreement went into effect on friday. The document has been ratified by 17 countries, with a combined stake of over 50 . They include britain and south korea. The deal was signed in june. The banks board of directors and executive counsel are scheduled to hold their first meetings in january. Their tasks will include appointing jun liqun to serve as director of aiib. He served as vice finance minister. Aiib Officials Say theyre open to accepting more members. Japan and the United States are among countries that have not joined the bank. The aiib plans to start financing pr
Newsline. Experts with Japans Nuclear Regulation Authority are getting closer to determining whether the only operating Nuclear Plant in the country can keep generating power. They carried out a second inspection at the ohi plant to figure out if an active fault runs beneath the facility. The five member team returned to ohi to inspect a trench the nra had ordered Plant Operator Kansai Electric to double the length of the trench after the first onsite inspection in november. Crews dug it to 100 meters. Representatives of the Nuclear Watchdog say they will ask Kansai Electric to shut down the plant if inspectors conclude an active fault runs underneath it. Government guidelines ban the construction of key Nuclear Facilities on active faults. Kansai electric executives insist land slips and not a fault caused the fissures below ohi. After fridays inspection, the shik zach shimazaki said they will look for answers. Translator well carefully analyze what we saw today. It wont be an easy ta
Representatives of the Nuclear Watchdog say they will ask Kansai Electric to shut down the plant if inspectors conclude an active fault runs underneath it. Government guidelines ban the construction of key Nuclear Facilities on active faults. Kansai electric executives insist land slips and not a fault caused the fissures below ohi. After fridays inspection, the shik zach shimazaki said they will look for answers. Translator well carefully analyze what we saw today. It wont be an easy task determining what it is. The team of experts will be back at the plant on saturday. Then they will meet early next year to produce an assessment based on the results of their inspection. Nra experts are checking the ground beneath a number of power plants in this earthquakeprone country. Their reports on some of them could keep the facilities off line for the future or forever. Nra teams say they found one active fault under tsuruga nuclear compound. The fault runs along side reactors one and two. And
Highlights. North korea has tested a nuclear bomb. Experts believe the blast was twice as careful as previous tests 2009. The first signs of the underground detonation came when a man made earthquake was detected in and around the test site. The u. S. Geological survey measured magnitude 4. 9, considerably more powerful than previous tests. Leaders have condemned it. And there are protests in south korea. They have the north korean flag and pictures of the leader of north korea, kim john thune. This remote Mountain Range in northern north korea for weeks has been under scrutiny. On tuesday the wait was over. Pyeongchang said it carried out a test of a miniaturized Nuclear Weapons in a tunnel. This nuclear tests, unlike the previous one, was safely and perfect conducted at a high level by using a smaller and lighter Nuclear Armed with high explosive part. That claim marks a change about north Koreas Nuclear program. For years the governments here and in the u. S. Have said north korea w
Hello there. Welcome to newsline. Its wednesday, january 30th. Im Catherine Kobayashi i tokyo. The Team Managing the transition of power in south korea has been thrown into disarray. President elect park geunhye nominated Kim Yong Joon last week for prime minister, but now hes withdrawn his name. Wim served as chief of the Constitutional Court and he led parks transition team. But allegations surfaced that his two sons were exempted from military service for invalid reasons. And Many South Koreans have criticized him for his extensive property holdings. Kim reportedly apologized to the public and to park for causing trouble. Park will become the countrys first female president next month. Park has been warning the outgoing president not to abuse his power. But park his Lee Myung Bak has ignored her advice. He pardoned political allies, friends, and others who had been convicted of corruption. Park and lee have been rivals since vying for their partys president ial nomination six years