Interview with Tokyo Gov. Koike

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024. (Kyodo)

China-aided mine clearance project benefits Cambodian people: Cambodian official

STORY: China-aided mine clearance project benefits Cambodian people: Cambodian official SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 18, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): LY THUCH, Senior minister and first vice-president of Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) 2. various of MoU signing on continued cooperation on mine clearance in Cambodia STORYLINE: A China-aided mine clearance project has cleared over 100 square km of land contaminated with mines and explosive remnants of war (eras) in Cambodia, benefiting some 1.5 million people, a senior government official said here on Thursday. Ly Thuch, senior minister and first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), said the China-Aided Cambodia Landmines Elimination Project, which has been carried out in three phases from 2018 and 2025, has helped find and destroy about 78,000 pieces of landmines and unexploded ordinances.

Osaka ordinances tighten control of teachers

Osaka ordinances tighten control of teachers

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on March 23, 2012, shows a plenary session of the Osaka prefectural assembly that passed a package of ordinances designed to bolster the Osaka governor's control over school education and toughen disciplinary action against teachers deemed incompetent by parents.

Nagoya to cut local income tax by 10%

Nagoya to cut local income tax by 10%

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura salutes citizens in the city's assembly room on Dec. 22, 2009, after the assembly enacts an ordinance sponsored by the outspoken leader to cut local taxes by 10 percent in fiscal 2010. Nagoya and Handa, both in Aichi Prefecture, are the first cities to pass ordinances for cuts in local income tax in the next fiscal year starting April.

Osaka ordinances tighten control of teachers

Osaka ordinances tighten control of teachers

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on March 23, 2012, shows a plenary session of the Osaka prefectural assembly that passed a package of ordinances designed to bolster the Osaka governor's control over school education and toughen disciplinary action against teachers deemed incompetent by parents. (Kyodo)

Nagoya to cut local income tax by 10%

Nagoya to cut local income tax by 10%

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura salutes citizens in the city's assembly room on Dec. 22, 2009, after the assembly enacts an ordinance sponsored by the outspoken leader to cut local taxes by 10 percent in fiscal 2010. Nagoya and Handa, both in Aichi Prefecture, are the first cities to pass ordinances for cuts in local income tax in the next fiscal year starting April. (Kyodo)