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HONG KONG'S LAST COLONIAL GOVERNOR PATTEN AMONG FOREIGNERS DECORATED IN JAPAN

HONG KONG'S LAST COLONIAL GOVERNOR PATTEN AMONG FOREIGNERS DECORATED IN JAPAN

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TOKYO

Christopher Patten, Hong Kong's last British colonial governor who oversaw its handover to Chinese rule in 1997, is among the 87 foreigners recognized in this year's fall decorations for their notable contributions to Japan, the government said Sunday.

Patten, 80, who was the territory's governor from 1992 until its return to China, went on to serve as the chancellor of the University of Oxford from 2003 to 2024.

"I regard it as a great honor and privilege and a pleasure as well because Japan has been a very important part of my life," said Patten, who will be bestowed with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the highest honor to be conferred in the fall commendations.

Retired Gen. Paul Nakasone, who served concurrently as head of the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency from 2018 to 2024, will be awarded the same top honor.

The Japanese American, known as a cyber warfare expert, was the first person of Asian descent to hold the dual posts. He previously led the U.S. Army Cyber Command from 2016 to 2018.

The foreign recipients, including 20 women, hail from 46 countries and regions.

A total of 3,987 individuals will receive fall decorations this year, with women accounting for 439, or 11 percent, and 1,866, or nearly 47 percent, from the private sector.

Among the Japanese recipients, Nobuaki Koga, 72, who was the head of Japan's largest labor union known as Rengo, and Sakihito Ozawa, 70, former environment minister, will also be bestowed with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.

World-renowned ballerina Yoko Morishita, 75, with a dancing career spanning 70 years, is set to receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.

Tetsuro Hama, 76, a Japanese restaurant owner in Britain, will be awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays, for promoting Japanese food overseas.

The decorations will be conferred at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday, with Emperor Naruhito bestowing the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hand out the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.

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REACTOR IN JAPAN'S 2011 DISASTER AREA HALTED JUST DAYS AFTER RESTART - SENDAI JAPAN

REACTOR IN JAPAN'S 2011 DISASTER AREA HALTED JUST DAYS AFTER RESTART - SENDAI JAPAN

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SENDAI

A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan was halted Monday for checks, the plant operator said, just days after it became the first to restart in the region since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Tohoku Electric Power Co is facing difficulties in sending in a device to confirm the condition of the No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa plant in Miyagi Prefecture.

The reactor last Tuesday joined a dozen others in the country that have been rebooted after meeting more stringent safety standards imposed in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crisis, triggered by the quake-tsunami disaster that devastated coastal areas including in Miyagi.

Tohoku Electric Power had planned to restart power generation and transmission on Sunday.

The restart of the Onagawa reactor marked the first time in Japan that a boiling water reactor -- the same type as the Fukushima Daiichi reactors that suffered fuel meltdowns -- has been brought online since the 2011 disaster.

The Onagawa plant, located closest to the epicenter of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake on March 11, 2011, was struck by tsunami waves around 13 meters high.

The No. 2 reactor cleared safety screening in February 2020 and gained local consent to resume operation. The No. 1 unit will be decommissioned.

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Akiyoshido Cave (秋芳洞, Akiyoshidō) Sightseeing Mode Summer Break

  

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UNITED STATES FORCES, OKINAWANS YET TO MEET UNDER NEW FORUM OVER ASSAULT CASES - TOKYO

UNITED STATES FORCES, OKINAWANS YET TO MEET UNDER NEW FORUM OVER ASSAULT CASES - TOKYO 

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TOKYO

The U.S. military in Japan has yet to convene a new forum it announced in July to enhance cooperation with the Okinawa government and local residents, following alleged sexual assault cases involving its service members in the southern island prefecture.

The schedule for holding the first meeting is unclear, with the topics and participants also not decided.

Okinawa Gov Denny Tamaki told a press conference Thursday that "final confirmation" of issues to be discussed is planned in mid-November.

U.S. Forces Japan, headquartered at Yokota Air Base in the suburbs of Tokyo, said in a written statement to Kyodo News that it hopes to develop a framework that can help "address shared concerns and improve information sharing."

"This effort is complex and may take some time to jointly coordinate," it said.

When the initiative was announced on July 22, USFJ Commander Lt Gen Ricky Rupp said the "new forum of cooperation" would be launched in coordination with Japan's central government and would "serve as a venue for the constructive exchange of ideas in the pursuit of shared goals."

The Okinawa government hopes the new forum will produce effective steps to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

Okinawa Prefecture hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan, and anti-base sentiment runs deep due to aircraft noise, pollution and crimes committed by American service members.

Earlier this year, locals were angered after the Japanese central government failed to report alleged sexual assault cases involving U.S. military members.

Two cases came to light in late June -- one involving a U.S. Air Force serviceman indicted in March for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor and another involving a U.S. Marine arrested in May on suspicion of attempted rape resulting in injury.

Speaking about the new forum, an Okinawa prefectural assembly member said, "It is important that the U.S. military shows remorse."

A U.S. military source, meanwhile, expressed concern that the forum will become an arena to face one-sided accusations.

A working-level team for preventing incidents and accidents by U.S. service members, consisting of officials of Japanese and U.S. governments as well as municipalities in Okinawa, has also not met since April 2017. The team was established in 2000.

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JAPAN LAUNCHES H3 ROCKET CARRYING DEFENCE SATELLITE - TOKYO JAPAN

JAPAN LAUNCHES H3 ROCKET CARRYING DEFENCE SATELLITE - TOKYO JAPAN

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TOKYO

Japan launched a defense satellite Monday aimed at speedier military operations and communication on a new flagship H3 rocket and successfully placed it into orbit, as the country seeks to build up its military capability amid growing tension in the region.

The East Asian country is accelerating its military buildup under a 2022 security strategy that calls for Japanese troops to play a greater role in regional defense amid rising tension from China, North Korea and Russia.

The H3 No. 4 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island. Everything went as planned and the satellite was successfully put into a targeted orbit, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, announced.

The rocket was carrying Kirameki No. 3, a Defense Ministry satellite that uses X-band communication for information and data sharing, as well as military operations and command.

X-band satellites are less affected by weather conditions and can support stable communication. Kirameki No. 3 follows two earlier X-band satellites already in operation to meet Japan's growing military communication demands and enhance its satellite operations.

Maj. Gen. Yasuhiro Kato, the Joint Staff Systems Department chief, told an online joint news conference from Tanegashima that the triple X-band communication satellite system would enable high-speed, large-capacity data transmission and communication across Japan's Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces, as well as with units deployed overseas on peacekeeping missions or exercises.

“It will further contribute to Japan's national security and the operational capacity of the Self-Defense Forces,” Kato said.

Ippei Kikuta, a defense ministry acquisition agency official, said Kirameki No. 3 will start operations by the end of March after being shifted to a designated geostationary orbit above Japan and tested, joining forces with the two other X-band satellites, Kirameki No. 1 and No. 2, which are in undisclosed locations.

Monday’s launch was initially planned for Oct. 20 and came after four postponements due to a technical glitch and bad weather. Kato said the delay had no impact on Japan's security and defense activity.

JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa said he felt “relieved” that the H3 rocket succeeded in delivering the satellite to its planned location after the two-week delay.

The launch was the third consecutive successful flight of the H3 system after a shocking failed debut attempt last year when the rocket had to be destroyed with its payload.

Japan sees a stable, commercially competitive space transport capability as key to its space program and national security.

JAXA and its main contractor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, have been developing the H3 launch system as a successor to its current mainstay, H-2A, which is set to retire after one more flight.

MHI will eventually take over H3 production and launches from JAXA and hopes to make it commercially viable by cutting the launch cost to about half of the H-2A. JAXA and MHI have set a goal of six launches per year.

MHI's space segment chief, Iwao Igarashi, told reporters that the strength of the Japanese rocket launch is its reliability and on-time record and that Monday's success was “another big progress.”

The company has so far signed multiple H3 launch deals with UK and French satellite operators and the UAE space agency.

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FOREIGNER ACCIDENTALLY ALLOWED TO VOTE IN JAPANESE ELECTION; BALLOT WILL REMAIN VALID - JAPANESE

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TOKYO

On Sunday, a general election was held in Japan to select members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of Japan’s Diet (parliament). However, while voting is an important civic duty, those who had other plans for their Sunday afternoon could register to cast their ballots in advance at special polling places.

However, when one resident of the city of Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, showed up to vote early on Saturday, the registration system showed that he’d already been issued his ballot and submitted it. This wasn’t a case of someone trying to vote twice when they’re only allowed to vote once, though. Instead, the problem was that someone who had voted once never should have been able to vote at all.

After looking into the matter, the local election committee was able to determine that two days earlier, on Thursday, October 24, a different resident of Ayase had come into the advance polling place to vote. This person did not have the numbered early voting registration ticket that is ordinarily required, but because the tickets had been mailed late, the person was still allowed in, where they filled out the necessary on-site paperwork, which includes declarations of the voter’s name and date of birth. Since the person’s date of birth matched that of someone registered to vote early, they were given a ballot, which they filled out and dropped in the ballot box.

A review of the paperwork, though, has shown that the name of the person who voted on October 24 does not match the name of the person with that birthdate who had registered to vote early. Instead, the registered name is that of the person who showed up to vote on October 26. In other words, there are two residents of Ayase who have the same birthday. One of them registered to vote early, but the other was actually the first to show up at the polling place, obtain a ballot, and cast a vote.

There are several other layers to the weirdness, one of which is that the person who voted on October 24 is a foreign national. While foreign residents of Japan are eligible for various social welfare benefits, voting remains the exclusive privilege of Japanese citizens, which the Ayase foreign resident is not. This means that the foreigner either decided to roll the dice on walking into the advance polling place and got incredibly lucky in that someone who had registered to vote early just happened to have the same birthday, or the foreigner somehow knew ahead of time that they shared a birthday with someone who’d already registered.

The rightful voter was still able to cast his ballot on the 27th, but, as a final oddity, both ballots, the one from the rightful registrant and the foreigner, will be treated as valid votes, presumably because with Japan having a secret ballot system, there’s no way to track down which ballot was the foreigner’s and void its vote. However, since the foreigner did have to provide his/her name in order to receive the ballot, and apparently didn’t use an alias (considering that the election committee was able to determine the non-citizen status of the person who was mistakenly given the ballot), they’re likely to face some sort of legal repercussions for their actions.

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JAPAN HIGH COURT RULES SAME - SEX MARRIAGE BAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL

JAPAN HIGH COURT RULES SAME - SEX MARRIAGE BAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL

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TOKYO

A Japanese high court ruled Wednesday that the country's lack of legal recognition for same-sex marriage violates the right to equality under the Constitution, saying the ban leads to discriminatory treatment of people based on sexual orientation.

But the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling rejecting a demand by plaintiffs for the state to pay damages, citing the lack of a decision by the Supreme Court. It became the second high court to rule that the ban is unconstitutional.

The court also ruled that the marriage ban violates the section of the Constitution that says laws concerning matters pertaining to marriage and family "shall be enacted from the standpoint of individual dignity and the essential equality of the sexes."

Current civil law provisions "are not based on reasonable grounds" and lead to "discriminatory treatment (of people) based on their sexual orientation," according to the ruling.

Presiding Judge Sonoe Taniguchi acknowledged that recognition of a person's right to a spousal relationship with a partner should be respected as an "important legal interest" for all including those in same-sex relationships.

"The degree of social acceptance for granting (same-sex couples) the same protection as heterosexuals has heightened considerably," she said.

In dismissing the damages claim by the seven plaintiffs, Taniguchi said that since the Supreme Court has yet to rule on the issue, the court cannot find the government liable to compensate for the Diet's failure to take legislative action.

The seven plaintiffs, including same-sex couples, had demanded 1 million yen ($6,500) each from the state. They argued that civil law provisions not allowing same-sex marriage violate the right to equality under the Constitution and its guarantee of the freedom of marriage.

Article 24 of the Constitution that guarantees the freedom of marriage stipulates, "Marriage shall be based only on the mutual consent of both sexes."

Some of the plaintiffs and their supporters expressed joy after the ruling.

"The presiding judge's words flowed into my head and I realized that the judge took our arguments to heart. I am happy to be here today," said Chizuka Oe, one the plaintiffs.

Meanwhile, the government's top spokesman said the state will closely monitor developments of other similar lawsuits, adding that it also needs to take into account Diet deliberation as well as some local governments' move to recognize same-sex partnership.

The introduction of the same-sex marriage system "concerns the fundamentals of people's lives and is closely related to each person's view of the family," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told a press conference.

The plaintiffs appealed after the Tokyo District Court rejected their damages claim in November 2022, while saying that the same-sex marriage ban is in a "state of unconstitutionality" -- a term used to indicate a call for the Diet to take action on the issue.

Japan remains the only Group of Seven major industrialized country that has not legalized same-sex marriage or civil unions, despite growing pressure from the LGBT community and its supporters.

Previous district rulings have varied, with the Sapporo and Nagoya courts saying that the lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and the Tokyo and Fukuoka courts ruling it is in a "state of unconstitutionality."

In the first high court ruling earlier this year, the Sapporo High Court said the country's lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, upholding the lower court ruling in 2021.

Every court, however, had dismissed compensation claims.

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SOUTH KOREAN WARTIME FORCED LABOR PLAINTIFF RECEIVES GOVERNMENT COMPENSATION 

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SEOUL

A South Korean plaintiff in a wartime labor case against a Japanese firm, who had opposed South Korea's decision to compensate plaintiffs through a government-backed foundation instead of the sued Japanese companies, received payment from the foundation on Wednesday, it said.

Yang Geum Deok, 94, who worked in a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd factory in Japan during World War II, is one of the plaintiffs who won a lawsuit in 2018 over the company's use of forced labor.

She was at the forefront of opposition to the solution proposed by President Yoon Suk Yeol's government for the compensation issue. South Korea's relations with Japan deteriorated following 2018 Supreme Court rulings that ordered Mitsubishi Heavy and another company to pay damages for forced labor during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule.

However, a South Korean civic group supporting plaintiffs in forced labor lawsuits said it is unclear why Yang, who is suffering from dementia and is currently hospitalized, and her family members changed their stance, though it has confirmed they accepted the compensation from the fund.

Japan has said all issues stemming from its colonization of the Korean Peninsula were settled "completely and finally" under a 1965 bilateral agreement.

South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Yang was the 12th person out of the 15 plaintiffs who won the forced labor cases in 2018 to accept compensation from the foundation.

Bilateral relations between Japan and South Korea have improved since Yoon's government announced a solution to the wartime labor issue in March 2023.

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