News Headlines - 21 October 2020

▽Trump Records Shed New Light on Chinese Business Pursuits - The New York Times

But Mr. Trump’s own business history is filled with overseas financial deals, and some have involved the Chinese state. He spent a decade unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for president and forging a partnership with a major government-controlled company.
And it turns out that China is one of only three foreign nations - the others are Britain and Ireland - where Mr. Trump maintains a bank account, according to an analysis of the president’s tax records, which were obtained by The New York Times.

▽Finland PM Sanna Marin's photoshoot for Trendi magazine sparks sexism debate - CNN Style

A photoshoot involving Finland's Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, has sparked a debate about sexism in the country.
Marin, who became the world's youngest Prime Minister when she took office aged 34 last year, posed for the October issue of Trendi magazine wearing a blazer, with no shirt underneath.

▽Suga concluding visits to Vietnam, Indonesia | NHK WORLD

Suga has visited Vietnam and Indonesia since Sunday in his first foreign visits as prime minister. He is scheduled to leave for Japan, on Wednesday.
He met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, and shared concerns about China's increased activities on the South China Sea.

▽Re-edited version of book by Suga drops part on keeping records | The Japan Times

A re-edited version of a book written by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, published on Tuesday, had sentences pointing out the importance of public documents deleted... The sentences in the original version criticized the DPJ-led government for not keeping records of many meetings related to the March 2011 disaster mainly in northeastern Japan... In the new pocket-size version those descriptions are removed and replaced with an interview with Suga when he was chief Cabinet secretary.
The opposition side rapped the deletion as the administration of Suga’s predecessor, Shinzo Abe, came under fire for its sloppy management of public documents.

▽ANA to book record annual loss, shed half of large jets due to virus

ANA Holdings Inc. is expecting to book a record annual net loss of around 530 billion yen ($5 billion) and shed up to 30 large jets, accounting for about half of the total, as the coronavirus pandemic batters air travel demand, company sources said Wednesday.
The parent of All Nippon Airways Co., which has withheld an earnings estimate for the current business year through March, believes it will take some time for demand, particularly for international flights, to recover due to the pandemic, the sources said.