Tokyo fortifies far-flung island chain

Defences will form barriers between China, Western Pacific

Top China exec in New York:

The billionaire boss of one of China’s largest private companies, who was last week was rumoured to be detained by authorities, has traveled to New York, his company said Friday.

The four-day disappearance of Guo Guangchang, known as China’s Warren Buffett, sparked rumours that the head of Fosun had been caught in a crackdown on the financial sector.

He reappeared briefly at a corporate meeting Monday, after nervous investors drove the group’s primary traded stock down by almost ten percent, but had not been seen in public since. But now Guo has traveled to New York in connection with a real estate project, according to a statement on Fosun’s official WeChat social media account.

Guo will next travel to Canada to attend a performance of Cirque du Soleil in Montreal on Monday, the company said, adding that he also planned to go to the Bahamas. (AFP)

Women tends to dead husband:

Counter A grieving New Zealand widow bathed and cared for her husband’s decomposing body for several weeks, refusing to accept he was dead, police said Friday.

The authorities initially thought they were investigating a homicide when the body was found in a Wellington home after neighbours complained about the smell.

The corpse was so decomposed, dental records were required to confirm the identity of the man.

“One of the challenges was the denial by the spouse that it was her husband and police had to do a lengthy identification phase,” detective senior sergeant Grant Ferguson told the New Zealand Herald.

The couple, aged in their late 50s, were originally from India.

The man had been having unspecified health troubles and the woman had “mental health issues”, Ferguson said.

“That was the twist or sticking point in the investigation. She was saying, ‘that’s not my husband, this is a stranger that arrived the day my husband disappeared’.

“She was feeding and bathing this decomposing body.”

Ferguson said he believed the woman had been caring for the body for about six weeks before being found three months ago. (AFP)

‘Send North Korea to ICC’:

a resolution condemning North Korea’s bleak human rights situation and encouraging the Security Council to refer the country to the International Criminal Court.

The European Union and Japan have been pursuing such resolutions every year. This year, 119 countries voted in support of the resolution, while 19 countries voted against it and 48 countries abstained.

North Korea has criticized the resolution and blamed it on the United States “and other hostile forces.”

While such resolutions are not binding, they are a chance for the international community to express its point of view.

The Security Council last year placed North Korea’s human rights situation on its agenda and discussed it this month. (AP)