News Headlines - 05 September 2019
▽Nissan probe finds CEO Saikawa, other execs overpaid in compliance failure: source - Reuters
Nissan Motor Co was embroiled in another scandal over executive pay on Thursday after Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa admitted to being overpaid in violation of internal procedures under a scheme designed by ousted Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
▽New prosecutor defends handling of Ghosn case - Japan Today
Tokyo's newly appointed chief prosecutor defended his office's handling of the case against former Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn Tuesday, saying everything is being carried out properly under Japanese law, including a court-ordered ban on Ghosn's contact with his wife.
Asked about criticisms of Japan's criminal system as "hostage justice," referring to prolonged detentions of suspects possibly leading to false confessions, Tetsuya Sogi said he didn't really understand what that meant.
A weekly magazine’s editorial department has apologized for what has been widely slammed as discriminatory coverage of South Koreans, with the magazine having branded them as pathologically quick-tempered and insisted that Tokyo cut ties with Seoul because the neighbor is “troublesome.”
In the latest edition, published Monday, Shukan Post ran two sensational articles related to recently strained Japan-South Korean relations. One was headlined “Goodbye to the troublesome neighbor. We don’t need South Korea,” and the other “Unable to contain anger: ‘South Korean illness.'”
▽PM's brother quits as Tory MP and minister - BBC News
Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is resigning as an MP and minister, saying he is "torn between family loyalty and the national interest".
The business minister and Tory MP for Orpington, south-east London, cited an "unresolvable tension" in his role.
▽San Francisco Declares the N.R.A. a ‘Domestic Terrorist Organization’ - The New York Times
Unsettled by recent mass shootings across the nation, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution this week declaring the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization.
The resolution was introduced by Supervisor Catherine Stefani on July 30, two days after a shooting at a garlic festival in Gilroy, Calif., in which three people were killed and more than a dozen others injured.
