59ยบ
wsls logo
    • News
    • Watch Live
    • Local News
    • Virginia
    • National
    • World
    • Education
    • Money
    • Trust Index
    • Politics
    • Coronavirus
    • 30 Days of Hope
    • Health
    • Entertainment
    • Sports
    • 1st and 10
    • High School Sports
    • Virginia Tech
    • Virginia Tech Stats
    • Take on 10
    • Around the Way with EJ
    • NFL
    • Features
    • WSLS Insider
    • Contests & Rules
    • Community Calendar
    • Connecting Communities
    • Dining for Charities
    • Find Your Money
    • Top 10 Deals
    • Ask 10
    • Taxes
    • Tasty Tuesday
    • In Your Town
    • Get Fit with Britt
    • John Carlin's Outdoors
    • The Deep Blue Ridge
    • Feel Good VA
    • Local Business Spotlight
    • Clear the Shelters
    • Travel
    • MeTV
    • Watch Live
    • Recent Newscasts
    • Meet the Team
    • Solutionaries
    • Something Good
    • TV Listings
    • Weather
    • School Closings
    • Pin It
    • Picture of the Day
    • 3 Degree Guarantee
    • Skycams
    • Forecasting Change
    • Know Your Zone - Lynchburg Area
    • Know Your Zone - Roanoke
    • Know Your Zone - New River Valley
    • Know Your Zone - Southside
    • Know Your Zone - Highlands
    • Traffic
    • Newsletters
    • Contact Us
    • Careers at WSLS
    • Digital Transparency Guide
    • Advertise with us
  • News
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Watch Live
  • Weather
  • Traffic
  • Newsletters
  • Contact Us
WSLS.com
  • News
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Watch Live
  • Weather
  • Traffic
  • Newsletters
  • Contact Us

2 warnings and 2 advisories in effect for 28 regions in the area

See the complete list

WEATHER ALERT

2 warnings and 2 advisories in effect for 28 regions in the area

SHIGERU ISHIBA


Pelosi: China cannot stop US officials from visiting Taiwan

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that China will not isolate Taiwan by preventing U.S. officials from traveling there.

Heavy rain in eastern Kentucky leads to massive flooding, at least eight dead

At least eight people are dead after heavy rain caused massive flooding in eastern Kentucky, prompting the National Guard response.

news.yahoo.com

Japan discusses regional defense in rare visit to Taiwan

A group of Japanese lawmakers including two former defense ministers met with Taiwan's president Thursday in a rare high-level visit to discuss regional security. The delegation, led by lawmaker and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said it wanted to reach an agreement with Taiwan on defense issues and prepare for any potential conflict in the region, while also seeking to prevent conflict from breaking out. Ishiba noted that Japan is also working closely with the U.S. to prevent conflict in the Indo-Pacific, saying the defense allies โ€œhad no choiceโ€ but to prepare.

news.yahoo.com

Yoshihide Suga poised to win party vote for Japan PM

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election candidate and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a debate ahead of the LDP's leadership election, in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. The party plans a vote on Sept. 14 to choose Shinzo Abe's replacement as party chief. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)TOKYO โ€“ Yoshihide Suga is poised to win Japan's ruling party leadership vote on Monday, virtually guaranteeing him parliamentary election as the country's next prime minister. The expected victory in the party vote by Suga, currently the chief Cabinet secretary, all but guarantees his election in a parliamentary vote because of the majority held by the Liberal Democrats' ruling coalition. The voting by nearly 400 ruling party lawmakers begins later Monday, with results expected within hours.

Japan's Abe seeks preemptive strike capacity in policy shift

He said the new government will compile a revised defense policy by the end of the year. The ability to carry out preemptive strikes would be a significant shift in the defense policy Japan has followed since the end of World War II. Since taking power in 2012, Abe has expanded Japanโ€™s defense budget and capabilities and has sought to expand its role in international peacekeeping and in the Japan-U.S. security alliance. In 2015, he adopted a new interpretation of the constitution's war-renouncing Article 9 to include the United States in its self defense in a concept of so-called collective self defense. A revision of the defense policy allowing such weapons, however, could be a challenge.

Campaign to succeed PM Abe as party leader begins in Japan

(Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)TOKYO The official campaigning to lead Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead the government. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yosihide Suga, 71, had formally submitted his candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party leadership last week. The winner of the in-party vote on Sept. 14 will eventually become Japans next prime minister because of the ruling blocs majority in the parliament. Suga pledged to carry out the challenges left behind by Abe, including measures on the coronavirus, the economic fallout and pursuing Japan-U.S. security alliance. Kishida, who is currently serving the party policy chief, says he seeks to be a leader who listens to the peoples voices more carefully than Abe and prioritize economic policies to address disparities.

Who's next? Abe's party maneuvers to pick Japan's next PM

Executives of Abes ruling Liberal Democratic Party met Tuesday and decided that the Sept. 14 vote for party leader and with it almost assuredly prime minister will be limited to lawmakers and not broader members of the party. ___FUMIO KISHIDA: Abe's foreign minister from 2012-2017, the 63-year-old Kishida had once been considered the party's preferred choice to become the next prime minister. ___SHIGERU ISHIBA: A former defense minister seen as Abes archrival within the party, the 63-year-old Ishiba is the publics favorite for the next prime minister in media surveys. Ishiba's vocal criticism of Abe, however, has hurt his popularity among ruling party lawmakers. In addition to defense minister, Ishiba has also held top ministry posts in agriculture and local revitalization.

  • TV Listings
  • Contests and Rules
  • Email Newsletters
  • RSS Feeds
  • Closed Captioning / Audio Description
  • Contact Us
  • Careers at WSLS 10
  • Internships at WSLS 10
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Public File
  • FCC Applications
  • Do Not Sell My Info
Follow Us
facebook
twitter
instagram
rss
Get Results with Omne
Omne Results Logo

If you need help with the Public File, call 540-512-1558.


Graham Media Group LogoGraham Digital Logo

Copyright ยฉ 2023 WSLS.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings.