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Support rate for Japan's Kishida cabinet hits fresh low: poll

STORY: Support rate for Japan's Kishida cabinet hits fresh low: poll SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: April 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kishida cabinet and prime minister's office of Japan (source: Prime minister's office of Japan) 2. various of the prime minister's office STORYLINE: The support rate for the cabinet led by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dropped to 16.6 pct in April, marking a new low for the administration, according to the latest Jiji Press opinion poll. The approval rate dropped by 1.4 percentage points from the previous month, a fresh low for the administration since its launch in October 2021, while the disapproval rate climbed 2.0 percentage points to 59.4 percent, the survey showed Thursday. The reading breached the previous low of 16.9 percent marked in February, sinking to the worst level since the return of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power in December 2012, Jiji Press said. Punish

LDP punishes 39 members over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan, April 4 Kyodo - Toshimitsu Motegi (C), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on April 4, 2024, after the party's disciplinary committee announced punishments for 39 members over a political funds scandal, including urging two heavyweights to leave the party. (Kyodo)

Japanese rally outside PM residence to protest relaxed arms export control

STORY: Japanese rally outside PM residence to protest relaxed arms export control SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024 DATELINE: March 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:032:48 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japanese citizens protesting in front of the Japanese prime minister's residence 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of a local citizen's group named Network Against Japan Arms Trade STORYLINE: Many Japanese protesters, amid heavy rainfall, gathered on Tuesday in front of the prime minister's residence to rally against the government's eased defense equipment transfer rules and further relaxation of arms export control. Seen as a significant defense policy shift and another step contrary to the country's pacifist constitution, the Japanese government decided at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to lift the ban on exporting the next-generation fighter jets set to be jointly developed with

Japanese PM reshuffles cabinet amid slipping support rates

STORY: Japanese PM reshuffles cabinet amid slipping support rates DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:48 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japanese Prime Minister's office 2. various of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his new cabinet members (courtesy of Japanese Prime Minister's official residence) 3. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday revamped his cabinet and the executive lineup of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as public support for the government is waning. The second cabinet reshuffle by Kishida since last year included changes to 13 out of 19 ministers, with 11 of them entering the cabinet for the first time. According to the lineup announced on Wednesday, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, among six current cabinet members, remained in their posts, as Kishida seeks to maintain stability in key positions

Japan's dumping of nuke wastewater draws ire from int'l community

STORY: Japan's dumping of nuke wastewater draws ire from int'l community DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:42 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant 2. various of protesters 3. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHANG LI, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAFAR ULLAH KORESHI, Dean of Graduate Studies, Air University, Pakistan 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LEONARD SIMANJUNTAK, Country Director of Greenpeace Indonesia 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): Prof. TIMOTHY MOUSSEAU, Department of Biological Sciences at University of South Carolina 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of Social Democratic Party "Radioactive materials, once discharged, cannot be retrieved, so they must be intensively managed. Such materials would be beyond management if they are discharged into the ocean. We can't allow such a thing to happen." 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Korean): KIM YOUNG-CHUL, Executive Chief, Federation of Korean Fishermen's Associations 9. SOUNDBITE 6

S. Korea's opposition party holds rally to oppose Japan's nuclear-contaminated water discharge plan

STORY: S. Korea's opposition party holds rally to oppose Japan's nuclear-contaminated water discharge plan DATELINE: July 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally in central Seoul STORYLINE: South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) held a rally in central Seoul on Saturday to oppose Japan's nuclear-contaminated water discharge plan and urge the government to make clear its opposition to Japan's plan. According to the DP, nearly 100,000 people took part in the rally. Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the DP, said that if Japan wants to pollute the sea, (the South Korean government) should openly oppose it. Rep. Park Kwang-on, floor leader of the DP, called on South Koreans to unite against Japan's radioactive wastewater discharge plan and join hands to safeguard people's lives. Despite ongoing opposition from its neighbors and the Pacific island countries, Japan has been rushing to carry out its plan of dumping radioactive wastewater f

S. Koreans shout opposition to Japan's discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater

STORY: S. Koreans shout opposition to Japan's discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater DATELINE: May 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of protesters in central Seoul 2. various of Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the main liberal opposition Democratic Party STORYLINE: Tens of thousands of South Koreans gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to voice their opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. "Stop Japan's dumping of nuclear contaminated water into ocean. Oppose the dumping from Fukushima," protesters shouted in unison with civic activists and politicians joining the rally. The protesters also criticized the South Korean government's plan to dispatch a 21-member team of experts to Japan in a bid to review the contaminated water discharge process for six days from Sunday, as it was noted that private experts were excluded from the team, and they will not be all

Reception held in Tokyo to mark 50th anniversary of normalization of China-Japan diplomatic ties

STORY: Reception held in Tokyo to mark 50th anniversary of normalization of China-Japan diplomatic ties DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the commemorative event 2. various of Masakazu Tokura, head of Keidanren 3. various of Kong Xuanyou, Chinese Ambassador to Japan 4. various of Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japanese Foreign Minister 5. various of Yasuo Fukuda, Former Japanese Prime Minister 6. various of Toshihiro Nikai, Former secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party STORYLINE: A commemorative event marking the 50th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations has been held in Tokyo. Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi delivered speeches at the reception hosted by the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, on Thursday. Masakazu Tokura, head of Keidanren, said at the reception that stable and constructive diplomatic relations between Japan

There is real democracy in China: Turkish party leader

STORY: There is real democracy in China: Turkish party leader DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): DOGU PERINCEK, Chairman, Patriotic Party of Türkiye 2. various of China STORYLINE: Dogu Perincek, chairman of the Patriotic Party of Türkiye, said there is real democracy in China, where decisions are taken with effective participation of the people. He made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): DOGU PERINCEK, Chairman, Patriotic Party of Türkiye "You have to view it seperately. The ones that are labeled democracy in the West have nothing to do with democracy. These governments are more made to deceive their people. The Western democracy is some kind of a magic trick, a hocus pocus kind of regime. But in countries such as China, this is completely different, where the government has close connections with its people, and is effectively running a democracy. In China, all decisions are taken from the top to

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(220810) -- TOKYO, Aug. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 10, 2022. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet and the executive lineup of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday as the administration faces slipping public support. (Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via Xinhua)

Keidanren chief calls for bipartisan system in Japanese politics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Aug. 30. Mitarai called for a two-party system in Japanese politics to facilitate changes of government, instead of continuous one-party rule by the Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

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