News Headlines - 27 September 2019
Kansai Electric Power Co. admitted Friday that 20 people, including its top executives, received a total of ￥320 million in money and goods from an official of a Fukui Prefecture town that hosts one of the company’s nuclear power plants.
The payouts came over a seven-year period from 2011, the company said.
Kepco President Shigeki Iwane, 66, said those involved tried to return what they received but were not immediately able to do so because the former deputy mayor of Takahama refused.
▽Toyota strengthens Japan partnerships with bigger Subaru stake - Reuters
Toyota Motor Corp will raise its stake in Subaru Corp to 20% from around 17%, the two Japanese automakers said on Friday, as they leverage their scale to better compete in developing new vehicle technologies.
The investment comes a month after Toyota and another smaller Japanese automaker, Suzuki Motor Corp, said they would take small equity stakes in each other.
▽Leader of Japan's anti-NHK party suggests genocide as solution to overpopulation | The Japan Times
The head of a minor opposition party whose primary goal is to “crush” NHK made a remark hinting that genocide is the solution to overpopulation in a video uploaded to YouTube on Friday.
▽EU imposes new sanctions on Venezuela | DW
The European Union warned Venezuela on Friday that it could face new sanctions if the government of President Nicolas Maduro did not move toward a timetable for presidential elections, as the country slides further into economic crisis and authoritarianism... The statement was issued after the EU imposed travel bans and asset freezes on another seven people close to Maduro, four of whom are suspected of being behind the abduction of naval commandant Rafael Acosta. All are being sanctioned for their involvement in torture and other human rights violations, the European Council said in Brussels.
The new sanctions bring the number of Venezuelans facing restrictions from the bloc to 25. The EU also imposed an arms embargo in November 2017.
▽'Just a second, please': El Salvador president's U.N. selfie eclipses speech - Reuters
Before starting his first address before the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, 38-year-old El Salvador President Nayib Bukele asked the audience to hold on a second, took out his phone, and snapped a selfie.
“Believe me, many more people will see this selfie than will hear this speech,” Bukele quipped before delivering his address calling on the United Nations to change with the times and for world leaders to do more to connect with their countries’ youth.
