NHK Radio News (released on 25th Sept. 2023 at 5 pm)

25th September 2023 NHK news at 5pm JST (午後5時のNHKニュース）
(Retrieved 25th September 2023 6pm JST from https://www.nhk.or.jp/podcasts/listen_news.html; the podcast expires 5:05 pm on 26th September)


1. Japan's health ministry approved a new drug for Alzheimer's disease
The medicine called lecanemab is jointly developed by Japanese and US pharmaceutical companies, namely Esai and Biogen. This drug will be used for individuals with mild cognitive impairment or in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease and it is expected to slow down the progression of the disease by removing the abnormal protein from the patient's brain. 
The price will be an average of $26,500 per year in the US, but the cost and insurance coverage are yet to be decided by the Central Social Insurance Medical Council in Japan. 


2. Attack on 24th in Kosovo killed 1 local police officer and 3 gunmen
Kosovo's prime minister posted on SNS that Serbian troops of the attack. While Serbian prime minister announced that the assailants were ethnic Serbian residents, she claimed that the government of Kosovo was responsible for the incident.
Also in May, a violent conflict between ethnic Serbian protesters and NATO's peacekeeping force took place in Northern Kosovo.


3. Delicacy of autumn - Shanghai hair crab shipment started today
Yangcheng Lake (note: pronounced as "Youchou Ko" in Japanese) in Northern Jiangsu province ("Kouso Sho" in Japanese) is famous for producing Chinese mitten crab or Shanghai hairy crab.
Local government officials announced that the landing of the crab starts today.
Common ways of cooking this crab include steaming and dipping it into the vinegar with ginger or adding crab innards into soup dumplings.
Some of the crabs landed at the lake will be exported to Southeast Asia and Japan.
On the other hand, some Chinese citizens started to reduce their consumption of Chinese seafood due to the Chinese government's repeated criticism of the release of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant wastewater. There are discussions on online platforms about the safety of the crab.


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