News agency says explosion was heard and smoke was seen rising from the joint Industrial Complex in kaesong. Iit was oopened in 2018 after t two countries agreed to work to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. Its the first facility where officials from each side could contact each other 24 h hours a day. The blast comes days aftter norh Korean Leader kim jonguns younger sister threatened to demolish the office. She also criticized seeoul for allowing north korean defectors to send leaflets across the border on may 31st. Japans chief cabinet secretary says officials are closely watching events on the peninsula. Translator japan is working closely with the United States and south korea to gather, to monitor and to analyze the current security situation. South koreas president ial office convened a National Security meeting to discuss how to respond. Chinese authorities have confirmed more than 100 coronavirus cases in beijing over the past five days. The development is raising coconcerns
Cash handouts to nearly 100 local politicians and other individuals to secure votes for his wife who ran in the upper house election in july last year and w w her seat. She also allegedly handed out about 10,000 in cash on her own. After the election, katsuyuki was appointed Justice Minister but was forced to resign when the scandal first broke last october. The scandal comes as the Hiroshima District Court handed down suspended prison sentence on tuesday. He was charged with paying her Campaign Workers more than is legally allowed. Prosecutors could file a lawsuit seeking to nullify the election win based on a guilt by associatation provisision. They submitted their notices of departure from the liberal democratic party. Sources say they vehemently deny doing anyththing illegegal and no intention of a brother of george floyd, a black american man who died after a white policece officice knelelt on his neck, has calledn the United Nations to fight racism. My brother george floyd is one
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Translator clustered infections have appeared across japan. The nation must be united to dress th issue. The Central Government is set to decide on thursday whether it will lift the state of emergency for tokyo, osaka, and six other prefectures. Last week the government canceled the nationwide declaration for the other 39 prefectures. Its likely to be lifted for osaka and its neighbors kyoto and hyogo. Thats because the infection rate has fallen there in the past week. A benchmark set by the government for the Emergency Declaration to be lifted. Officials plan to whether to lift the deck ra ration for tokyo. The rates for tokyo and kanagawa currently do not meet the criteria. Officials will also take into account the state of their medical systems. Hokkaido also does not meet the criteria. In total more than 16,400 people have tested positive for the coronavirus here in japan. Over 780 have died. Now more major Sports Events are canceled due to the pandemic. Japans annual Summer High S