ByAPDwriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Oct.3(APD)--SriLankaonMondaycondemnedtheLasVegasshootingandcalledforactiontopreventsimilarincidentsinfuture.PresidentMaithripalaSiris
The 24th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders' meeting opened here Sunday morning, an event that Myanmar President U Thein Sein described as a symbol of "unity and dedication for building a better future for the region and the peoples."
Japan's Social Democratic Party chief Tadatomo Yoshida said Tuesday that it is the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe himself who worsens the country's security environment.
A candidate backed by Japan's ruling coalition was defeated by an opposition candidate in a local election for a governorship on Sunday, as voters showed increasing opposition to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe'move to change a vital security policy.
South Korea on Tuesday expressed concerns over the Japanese cabinet's reinterpretation of its pacifist constitution, which will allow Tokyo to exercise collective self-defense right, urging Japan to hold fast the spirit of its constitution.
Japan's minimum voting age was officially lowered to 18 from 20 as a revised national referendum law took effect on Friday, in a effort by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to amend the country's war-renouncing pacifist constitution.
A poll conducted in Japan has shown that more than half of interviewees are against allowing the country to exercise the right of collective self-defense.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Thursday to beef up Japan's defense capability and actively debate on the rights of collective self-defense.
The unionists have long been bombarding the Hong Kong government for not initiating collective bargaining legislation, leaving the labor no bargaining chips in dispute. But it was rarely mentioned that this law was once passed and added into the city's book of ordinances.
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