ARIRANG NEWS 22:00 2014.04.05

ARIRANG NEWS 22:00 (THIS IS THE TRANSCRIPT FOR ARIRANG NEWS THAT AIRED ON 05 Apr 2014- 22:00 KST.) Title: ARIRANG NEWS TITLE Title: Opening Good evening... it's Saturday the fifth of April... you are tuned in to our TEN PM newscast coming to you from Arirang's News Center in Seoul. Title: Japan to strike any new North Korea missile launches Our top story this evening... Japan has ordered its military in the East Sea to strike any ballistic missiles that may be launched by North Korea in the coming weeks. Tokyo has grown increasingly nervous after Pyongyang fired two Rodong-class mid-range ballistic missiles over the sea last week. A government source told Reuters on Saturday that Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera issued the order on Thursday to shoot down any missiles that North Korea launches between now and April 25th. The source says the minister did not make it public in order to avoid putting a chill on renewed talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang. The governmental-level talks between North Korea and Japan are the first in almost a year-and-a-half. Title: Japanese textbook revisions, reflective of Abe's nationalistic agenda Japan's move to make fresh territorial claims to the Korea-controlled Dokdo Island in school textbooks this week didn't come as a big surprise to anyone. But,... Japanese media outlets are reporting the publishers may have taken the initiative themselves to stay in the Abe administration's good books. And claims to Dokdo weren't the only changes made to the textbooks.... as our Yoo Li-an reports. It seems Japanese publishers were very conscious of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's strong nationalistic stance when they decided to include Japan's false territorial claims to the Korea-controlled Dokdo Island in elementary school textbooks set to be published next year. Japanese media outlets reported Saturday that publishing houses, preempting a revision to the law that comes into force in 2016 that textbooks will have to reflect the government's opinion in regards to history and territorial issues, decided to make the revisions early. The companies are said to be concerned their textbooks might not be selected by the education ministry if they veer too far from the current administration's agenda. Abe has been hardening Tokyo's territorial claims to Dokdo Island ever since he came to power last year, and diplomatic relations with Seoul have eroded as a result. One of the publishing firms even went as far as to replace the fact the two countries co-hosted the 2002 World Cup Finals with wild claims the Japanese invasion of Korea in the early 1900s was a "a military expedition" and that Korea is illegally occupying Dokdo Island. "We need to teach students that Dokdo and Senkaku are Japanese territory. It needs to be taught that way and they need to be understood as our territory." This latest move comes despite pressure from the United States for Japan to improve its strained ties with Korea. It was Washington's insistence that saw the leaders of the three countries come together late last month on the sidelines of an international nuclear security summit in the Netherlands. Yoo Li-an, Arirang News. Title: Two dead, 11 missing and presumed dead after ship with N. Korean crew sinks off S. Korea South Korean coastguard officers have spent the day searching for a cargo ship carrying 16 North Korean crew that sank off the South's southern coast in the early hours of Friday morning. The bodies of two North Korean sailors have been recovered, but eleven are still missing and presumed dead. The coastguard, backed by helicopters and civilian cargo ships, had to battle against strong winds and high waves during their search today. The three crew members that were rescued have been receiving hospital treatment on the southern resort island of Jeju. The Mongolian-flagged freighter, with a cargo of iron ore and copper powder, was sailing from North Korea to China when it sank some 60 kilometers southeast of the southern port city of Yeosu. The South Korean government says discussions are under way on repatriating the survivors. Title: President Park joins tree planting campaign on Arbor Day