South koreas Prime Minister says the deadly mers outbreak is coming to an end and has urged people to go back to their normal lives. And entertainment firms from around the world are looking to take their roller coasters and Service Experiences to china. Prime minister shinzo abe has stressed the need to change the nations security policy. He says the proposed legislation would demonstrate the strength of the japan u. S. Alliance as china increases its maritime presence. The set of bills would expand the role of the selfdefense forces and allow the country to exercise its rights of collective self defense. Abe says leaders in beijing have been carrying out largescale reclamation work in the south china sea. He says theyre not abiding by the 2008 agreement with japan to jointly develop gas fields in parts of the east china sea. He also says Chinese Government vessels have repeatedly entered japans territorial waters around the senkaku islands. Japan controls the islands. China and taiwa
Started deproiing an advanced antimissile system in south korea. North korea has declared its latest missile test a success. It says its army units were trained to strike American Military bases in japan by firing multiple missiles. The front page of the newspaper shows kim jong un all smiles as he supervises what is reportedly the test. He talked about pushing ahead with nuclear and missile developments. Four Ballistic Missiles fell into the sea of japan, three of them apparently in its exclusive economic zone. The launch came days after south korea and the u. S. Began joint drills. Pyongyang state media says it was in retaliation to what it calls warmongers conducting war exercises. U. S. And south korean Officials Say one or more of the missiles may have been an extendedrange scud. Japanese officials are working to recover them. Prime minister abe spoke with u. S. President trump over the phone. They condemned the launch and agreed pyongyangs threat has reached a new level. Translat
A National Security Council Meeting has been convened an its been decided to end the mission of selfdefense forces unit currently being deployed in south sudan, by the end of may. When the unit completes the ongoing Road Construction work there. In january this year, the deployment period of the sdf to south sudan exceeded five years, the longest ever. The sdf has been making a great contribution to nationbuilding in this newly established nation. Including the construction of main roads from capital juba to other locations in the country. As south sudans nationbuilding enters a new phase, we have made judgment that the sdf has achieved a certain level of success in the construction of infrastructure. Over the past five years, the sdf has accumulated great achievements. This policy of japanese government was already conveyed in advance to south sudan and the u. N. And the countrys president responded with his praise, saying that he highly appreciates the duties of the sdf so far. In fu
Reporter shinzo abe stood before the diet to defend himself and his wife. Translator regarding the issue off 1 million yen, it is regrettable that he gave testimony which cant be proven and is not true. Reporter abe was trying to refute sworn testimony from yasunori kagoike, the president of the Educational Group moritomo gakuen. He told lawmakers he received a donation of about 9,000 from abes wife open his behalf in 2015. Concerning a purchase of stateowned land to build a school. The group got the land for a fraction of it estimated value the deal has been questioned by lawmakers. Abe denies any wrongdoing. Translator the issue originated with the problem relating to the state land sale and licensing of the school. Regarding those issues, i believe it was made clear that no specific politician was involved. Reporter while the Prime Minister issued denials, his wife is still in the spotlight for her connections to moritomo. She was listed as the honorary principal for the new school
, andank of japan policymakers are watching the market closely. Do follow me on twitter at rishaadtv. Dont forget to use trendingbusiness as well. China hong kong markets getting under in about 30 minutes. David is having a look at what is going on so four. So far. Seoul, korea is the only market so far that has managed to hold onto gains. We are coming off that Fiscal Stimulus Program announced yesterday, but it has come off its high. Ave a look at the asx 200 this one is about to erase all gain so far. They are strained banks and mining stocks keeping this afloat, but this is something to watch. The nikkei 225at. This one at the session low at the moment. A lot of that comes down to dollaryen. Have a look at this. 102. 41 is your level. Nothinghis meeting, new. Basically a list of what they can do. They are watching the markets very closely. Strengthen,inue to a signal from the market. Dollaryen still very strong. Jp morgan looking at this pair and seeing a rebound in the making. We