in japan attacked pearl harbor. in the course of my research i came across the name of justice --dash mike joseph grew. his effort to orchestrate an agreement between japan and the united states toward the war he saw coming. his story have never been told. and so i switched gears to tell that story. in writing this book i wanted to bring the characters alive for the reader. take president roosevelt's. he as a central is a central figure in this drama. when you see roosevelt singing and the wile of the united states house of representatives on december 8, 1941 saying that december 7, 1941 as a date that well live in infamy he looks so strong here is a man who have been chicken by polio and could not walk. i was thinking about it when i was writing the book. uni, we get up in the morning we go to the bathroom do our business we come back get dressed we go about our day. roosevelt could not do all of that without assistance. in that assistance was not going to be provided by his wife eleanor she have her own bedroom do

japan. i've also been monitoring online reaction. some south koreans are criticizing japan's decision. others say south korea shouldn't worry about what's happening outside the couountry and inste focus on domestic efforts, like containing the outbreak and finding a way to address the shortage of face masks. meanwhile, health authorities now say the number of confirmed cases in south korea is over 6,000. local media are reporting the crisis peaked last weekend, but expert the say now is not the time to relax. for its part, the government is advising the public to remain on alert and take preventive measures at all times. the >> so far there's been no official response, but it's unlikely to provoke much of a reaction. that's because authorities in china have already taken similar measures on passengers arriving from japan. it news conference on thursday, a foreign ministry spokesperson suggested both china and japan are making promote decisioappros based on science. she also said both sides a

and this is the storm expected to pound northern japan on friday. and temperatures are going to be 18 in beijing, on the warmer side, and 1 in ulan batur and sunny weather will be turned to bangkok with high of 36 degrees. now, tornado warnings were in place on tuesday, in hawaii, making it the first time in more than ten years. right now very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are occurring in parts of the state. the system is expected to bring in more humid air to hawaii, so more floods could occur because of the storm. and we may be looking at drenching rainfall in places like cona as we go into wednesday and gloomy conditions will continue in honolulu into friday. that's it for me. stay safe. >>> and that brings us to the end of this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshii ogasawara in tokyo. thank you for watching and do stay with us for more. >>> this is "newsline biz," i'm gene otani. the average price of commercial land outside japan's major cities has climbed for the first time in 28 years. a big factor was growth in the tourism sector which dr

japan had an emperor that was revered throughout japan. in those days, i think the emperor truly wanted a diplomatic resolution. the prime minister told grew that if he could meet with roosevelt, he had the support of the emperor to stop the fighting of japanese troops in china. hull did not want roosevelt to meet with the prime minister, and he convinced roosevelt to not meet with the prime minister. roosevelt wanted to move the prime minister, because president roosevelt had great confidence in his ability to deal with other people. he met with a lot of foreign leaders during world war ii. so in terms of what grew thought whole did wrong, grew felt that whole was very inflexible and not accepted to suggestions that grew thought might leave to an avoidance of war. >> to group feel the japanese would withdraw from china? and if not, what would be basis of the peace treaty? >> guest: did he think japan later draw from china? it's interesting bring that up. that's a good point. so, when grew was sailing back from japan in august 1942. and th

both currently serve as lawmakers in japan's ruling party. hiroshima district prosecutors arrested a secretary to upper house member anri kawai along with a senior official from her campaign team. the prosecutors allege the suspects violated election law by paying anri's campaign staffers about twice the legal limit during the upper house race last july. she wewent on to c capture h het seat in the diet. anri's husband is longtime lawmaker and former justice minister katsuyuki kawai. his secretary was also arrested on the same accusation. prosecutors have raided the couple's offices both in tokyo and in their home constituency. they are investigating whether the couple instructed their stafaff to make the paymenents. the former justice minister stepped down from his cabinet post after media broke the story last octctober. they issued statemements on tuesday apologizing for causing concern. they s say they are willlling t cooperate with investigators but will not comment any further on the case. >>> it's time now for world weather with our met

japan's tallest tower planned to reopen on monday. the decision to delay came after the government on tuesday called for a hold on major events or large gatherings for another ten days. the operator says it has yet to decide when it will reopen. the shopping complex attached to the tower is staying open with shorter business hours and some precautions in place. the staff wear face masks and hand sanitizers are available. among other tourist attractions in and around the capital tokyo disneyland and disney sea have extended closures to early april. popular characters such as hello kitty will remain shut until friday next week. >>> several major companies in japan have decided to continue requiring some of their employees to work from home. the firms have extended their teleworking deadlines as the spread of the coronavirus still shows no signs of abating. about 8,000 workers in japan have been doing their duties outside the office under the emergency measure. it was originally scheduled to end on sunday, but they have pushed it back to

but there are a new alternative to japan's street schools. i know there are now 400 non-government schools like this one across the nation as a safe haven the photocells. runs a free school and says 80 percent of children who attend the same to eventually return to the mainstream education system i see a lot of kids playing video games how does that help the social return. to. put it. off on that. they can. understand kids better than most he was a boy himself. now he uses his experience to help children who feel lost at school . so often. only things early into. can prevent a life time of isolation. a lot of. what are now seemed out of my. day to. go to the. sun and they are going to stop the state and all the. they will. not take a lot more than the good at the whole bait on the scale. of the to. the equal employment on the i'm not the only. yeah. you know i went in southern japan is no grits laid back nature and full wonder boy it's the perfect place to escape the pressures of school and society should be interesting. you talk and is known

on a monday here in japan. this is nhk "newsline." >>> we start here in japan where lawmakers are revising plans to revise the novel influenza to coronavirus outbreak. japan's prime minister says easy understands using the updated law would involve restricting the rights of citizens. >> translator: experts say japan is now at a critical juncture in terms of whether the outbreak will spread further or come to an end. the proposed legal amendment is designed to keep the impact on peoples' lives to a minimum while preparing for a worst case scenario. >> the original law was enacted after the 2009 influenza outbreak. the update would allow the government to declare a state of emergency over this latest health issue. using the proposed revision, the government would have the authority to ban events, to limit the use of large venues like theaters, and to firmly advise people to stay at home. the government hopes to pass the amendment bill on friday. the prime minister also said the government wants to prevent negativ

their total production outside japan was down 18%. domestic output fell 10% as the coronavirus continues to spread globally. the automakers have halted operations in the united states, europe, and asia. they have also sususpended some lines in japan. >>> this is "newsline biz," i'm gene otani. promised all out support for producing medical equipment and developing drugs for patients infected by the new coronavirus. economic revitalization minister is in charge of a new law enacted to fight the outbreak. he was visiting the national center for global health center. they treat patients and develop drugs. nishimura inspected ventilators and was also showed ecmo which takes over lung if you thinks and helps plunge blood back in. >> translator: we've secured about 4,000 of these machines, but we will continue to coordinate to production is ramped up. this is to minimize the number of seriously ill patients and most of all t the death toll. >> nishimura also mentioned economic stimulus now being planned. he said the government is going to q

many travel agencies in japan say they are canceling tours to india. japan's tourism industry has reported a sharp decline in bookings for travel and ac accommodation due to the coronavirus outbreak. reservations for domestic travel in march have fallen 34%, compared to the same period last year. bookings for april tumbled 50%. reservations for overseas travel have declined 39% for march and 50% for april. a survey of tour bus operators shows more than 11,000 reservations for sightseeing and school excursion bus tours in january through april have been canceled. the companies are projecting year on year declines of about 50% in their march and april sales. the tourism industry could suffer another hit after the government's recent call to close schools. officials with japan's biggest trade union group say the outbreak is causing a great deal of anxiety for workers. they've set up a dedicated hotline to answer questions on the matter. the officials say i in recent weeks they have been getting more and more inquiries, main lay from contract and part-time

we dropped our tanks, and we went in a straight fields, somewhere in japan, over in japan. and we needed 90 gallons of fuel of get back to iwo jima. somebody in the squadron called 90 gallons. i looked over, phil was on my wing. i gave him the thumbs up. he gave me a thumbs up. and i led my flight of four airplanes into some very heavy weather, towards the b-29 that we would fly on the wing back to i with a jim a. and when i came out in the clear skies, he was gone. just gone. there was no radio contact, no visual contact, and when we landed back on iwo jima, we found out the moment that we had started, the war had already been over for three hours. it was never broadcast to us. we never heard it. so that was a devastating day. it was last of 400-plus thousand world war ii veterans who gave their lives. he was the last. 19 years old. >> and you were 21? captain yellin: he was 21. i was 9 old guy. >> the old guy, grandpa. you just made reference to a number of close friends and pilots that were tragically killed, either in combat or in flight accidents during world war ii. y

i will talk about a case of depression in japan. depression in japan up until a couple years ago was not considered to be a clinical situation. very extreme cases of depression were clinical. but it was not something you deal with taking pills. however american pharmaceutical companies wanted to open up japan as a market. so they started this pr campaign talking about depression as some kind of cold of the heart. they created this disease in order to export the pharmaceutical products to deal with it. people start thinking about it in a medical way. you can say this is culturally insensitive. when i teach at i say wait a second, japan also has a big problem with suicides. a huge problem with suicide. so, maybe there is a place for it? but what we need is more sensitivity, i would say and more negotiation between communities and doctors in how we deal with what is basically a western model in a non-western circumstance. >> and those who served in world war ii now in their 90's so we are rapidly losing the greatest generation. but has

japan imposes a raft of new restrictions of might close its borders to the u.s. to china and most of europe after a surging coronavirus cases. i am. welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i'm martin there is also coming up. the world bank warns of economic pain saying 11000000 people in asia will be on the level to escape quality as a result of the pandemic. italy has been seeing its intensive care capacity in the country's biggest field hospital bills in just. a navy hospital ship don't believe your to help the city struggling. i am. but 1st japan is imposing a series of new social restrictions after a surge in cases of corona virus is also urging citizens not to travel to $73.00 countries and regions that's a 3rd of the world it's expected to close its borders to people coming from the u.s. from canada china south korea and most of europe japan has so far been spared a major outbreak but the number of infections is now approaching 2056 people have died live now to katrina you our correspondent who's in beijing covering asia for us and we had thought hadn't we tha

the number of confirmed cases in japan has increased to 520. the tally does not include some 700 people from the "diamond princess" cruise ship or over a dozen who returned on chartered flights from china. ten people have died in japan so far as well as seven from the cruise ship. >>> the hardest hit area is the northern prefecture of hokkaido where more than 110 infections have been confirmed. dozens of cases have also been reported in other prefectures such as aichi, tokyo and osaka. health officials say around 350 people have recovered and been discharged from hospital. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has pledged to launch a second emergency fund to ease the economic impacts of the outbreak. he also said a request to avoid large events will be extended for ten more days. he made the announcement on tuesday at a meeting in tokyo. the package includes more funding for virus tests. the government aims to nearly double the number of people it can check in a day to 7,000 before the end of the month. more money will also go towards steriliz

a diplomatic route over the coronavirus sall wants answers after japan announced it will suspend south korean visas and send visitors into quarantine. and stranded in some of mexico's most dangerous border towns the grim reality of a controversial dear old u.s. asylum policy. and violent clashes over a controversial citizenship law leaves thousands homeless in india. a ceasefire in syria's a look province has come into effect the breakthrough was reached after 6 hours of negotiations between russia's president vladimir putin and turkey's leader recha type hurdle on the 2 back opposing sides in the conflict reports from moscow. it was clear from the start that this was going to be a tough meeting the partnership between put an end to one which was carefully nurtured in the past appear tense now with the turkish and russian military facing each other in its lip and turkish and syrian forces taking a high number of casualties but a direct confrontation has been averted for now with a ceasefire that clear. we don't always agree with our turkish partners on what happens in syria but every t

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al-jazeera by from to also coming up a diplomatic route over the coronavirus seoul wants answers after japan announces it will suspend south korean visas and send visitors into quarantine. i will not be running for president in 2020 but i'm going to i will say to you. senator elizabeth warren answer presidential campaign leaving bernie sanders and joe biden is the only 2 major democratic candidates left. and violence over a controversial citizenship law leaves thousands homeless in india. we began in syria where a cease fire procured by russia and turkey a northwest it live province has come into effect the breakthrough was reached after 6 hours of negotiations between russia's president vladimir putin and turkey's leader retch a typo on this happened in moscow a bid to back opposing sides in the syrian conflict so they have agreed to establish a 12 kilometer wide security corridor or along it lives in 4 highway which connects the government stronghold of let's talk you know with serious financial aleppo they've also agreed on a joint patrol along that motorway that will happen later this mo

rain will also spread to central japan. watch out for flooding as well as landslides and for tokyo the peak is wednesday night. watch out for that. the temperatures won't be too low this time. tokyo's high will be 14, that's a couple of degrees warmer compared to on tuesday. it will be warming up to 17 in osaka with rain and in the double digits in northern japan as well. sapporo 14 degrees on tuesday, making it the warmest day of the season so far. it will be another warm day as we go into wednesday. migratory birds are taking a rest in hokkaido. every winter swans from siberia fly to the main island of japan to spend the colder season down south as the weather warms up in the spring. these birds make their trip to northern japan's hokkaido, on tuesday. this year aboutut 3,000 swans me the trip, about ten days earlier than normal. the swans will likely stay in hokkaido into mid april. and talking about warm weather, cherry blossom season will likely come much earlier than japan. the flowers are bloom on april 23rd. nearly

but norththern japan and the hi elevations and central japan are still seeing some late season heavy mountain snow. we have a cold air mass in the upper atmosphere as that is also creating unstable weather across the lower elevations. ththe westernn flank of the couy could see thunderstorms. we might even see tornados and hail as we go into the noon hours on wednesday. so watch out for the severe weather. and the nice southerly winds, temperatures are warm across many places of japan starting on wednesday. 19 for the high in tokyo with abundance of sunshine and even 21 on thursday in tokyo. and staying almost the same as we go into next week. osaka and fukuoka will see the warm weather. and sapporo, with snow on the ground, there's a possibility of avalanches so please watch outu for that a stationary front to the south of china, expected to bring heavier rainfall in the southern areas and there's a possibility with snow across northeastern areas of china. temperatures are much warmer than normal. not just in japan, but beijing, and seoul. 15 for the high in seoul. 20 in beijing. rai

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also, we're seeing snowfall across western japan, as well. conditions will get even worse because this low pressure system is still intensifying. now, the central pressure as of thursday morning was 1,000 hectare pascals, but that could drop by about 22 hectare pascals as we go into friday morning. it is going to be a very, very different, very strong system. the system is expected to dump an additional 70 centimeters o snow in hokkaido, and winds are going t to be up to 144 kilomets per hour. waves are going to be up to 7 meters. dangerous weather on diconditio will continue, at least into friday in hokkaido, as well as other areas of northern japan, as well as hokuriku region. 3 in friday in sapporo. snow continues into friday. niigata will see warm temperatures. 7 for the high on friday. snow is going to be wet and heavy. then as we go into saturday, it is going to be sunny and temperatures are going to be warming up. next week, it is going to be very warm. now, tokyo is seeing some very windy conditions at this moment. on thursday. winds

we hear that, we won't go to japan. one pilot, 19 years old, leaned over to me and said come if we we go on this mission i'm not coming out. talkinghat are you about? and he said it is a feeling i have. i went and told him what he told me. and he said you cannot go to the .light surgeon and i told and he said no way. early on the morning of august 14, i said get on my wing and don't get off, just stick in .lose we flew all the way to a drop tank. we dropped the tanks and went into strafe and airfield, somewhere in japan. we needed 90 gallons of fuel to get back to iwo jima. someone called 90 gallons and i looked over. he was on my wing. i gave him a thumbs up. he gave me a thumbs up. airplanes into some heavy weather towards the b-29 that would fly back. to, and when ik came out of clear skies, he was gone, just gone. no radio contact, no visual contact. and when we landed back on it which is we found out the moment that we had started to strafe, the war had already been over for three hours. it was never broadcast to u

now a political storm is brewing between south korea and japan over coronavirus quarantine measures japan's prime minister has imposed a mandatory quarantine on all visitors from south korea and china so pushed back and asked for it to be revoked warning it may launch countermeasures well mcbride reports from seoul in the sometimes strained relations between japan and south korea the coronavirus outbreak has exposed the animosity that exists below the surface south korea says it wasn't consulted before japanese prime minister shinzo abbay announced the new measures local car new visitors from both china and south korea will be required to be quarantined for 2 weeks at a location designated by the quarantine director and asked that they refrain from using public transportation in the country. that brought a swift response from seoul the japanese ambassador was summoned for an official reprimand there was one particular thing that we find this very regrettable that the japanese government to withdraw such an excessive and reasonable measure immediately our government will devise a proper coun

japan would into the war against the soviet union, the us would enter the war against japan. hopkins can't make a pledge but it reinforces the notion that in moscow they see it the same way, keeping the chinese, keeping the japanese from attacking the soviet union is critical. what is going to happen is the us is in negotiations with japan and what are the japanese looking for? they want out of the china quagmire. they have two basic proposals which if you read their proposals and whether diplomats are saying boil down to this. they want the us to agree to oppose the settlement on the chinese which effectively acknowledges japan has won, the chinese are defeated or the us would agree to force the chinese into negotiations and abandon the chinese on the assumption the chinese would have to submit. when you look at the two approaches you see on the one hand the japanese once china defeated on our side, we want china to survive. obviously there is no room for compromise between those two proposals. what roosevelt is going to do is partly in response to japanese advantages southe

to be a showcase for japan's comeback but officials have remained steadfast. at this time we are not thinking about canceling or postponing the tokyo olympics and paralympics at all so there is no truth in suggestions that we are considering measures if that happens i'm not considering such a thing at all. this insistence from japan that they are not even discussing back up or contingency plans comes as events around the world have been canceled or postponed greece barred fans from attending the lighting of the olympic torch later this week if they push through the 2020 tokyo summer olympic games are set to open in 4 months. does something different recycle paper used to be good business prices continue to drop china no longer wants to be the world's rubbish tip experts say certain companies. will have to pay to get rid of it. once a month a truck comes to empty the blue containers papers sorted carefully something germans are great at elon is a small community in western germany. has been driving sanitation trucks through the neighborhoods here for 10 years h

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they are scheduled to kick off in japan in july 2021. prime minister abe plans to confirm cooperation in fighting the coronavirus with other g20 leaders. the leaders are set to discuss a response to the spread of the virus in a teleconference thursday night japan time. abe plans to say japan is ready to take the initiative in efforts to contain the virus, such as developing drugs and vaccines. he also hopes to confirm the g20 will work together to minimize the economic impact of the virus. abe also plans to ask for cooperation in staging the tokyo olympics and apa rparalympics b summer of 2021. china is reporting a sharp fall in the number of people infected with the coronavirus. but many shops and restaurants still remain closed. as people are spending m more te at home, online businesses are becoming a key to survival. nhk world's naoki makita reports. >> reporter: this gym chain is opening live streaming sessions with all its branches shut down for two months. the four-week program costs about $40. the company's online sessions have a

>>> here in japan, it's 7:00 p.m. i'm james tengan. the world health organization is calling for everyone to stay home in an effort to slolow the accelerating numbers. there are over 14,000 deaths. the w.h.o. says that it takes 67 days to reach 100,000 cases and the third 100,000 just four days. governments arere wrappining up measures in response. uk prime minister johnson announced a strict lockdown. people will only be allowed to leavee h home foror essenential shoppingng or exexercise. police have the power to fine anyone who disobeys. in france the prime minister said lockdown measures scheduled to end march 31st could be extended for several more weeks. french people who to out currently need a form that explains why. those who fail to comply face a fine of $150. the government says that beginning tuesday people will only be allowed to exercise once a day within a kilometer of their home. he added that open air market, should be closed. >> translator: i can't be ignorant of the current situation when i see what happens in italy.

we are getting the jobless numbers coming in from japan so 2.4%e getting february at for japan and that is in line with market expectations, which is coming in at 2.4%. we should note this is being reported by dow jones so bloomberg is working to independently confirm these numbers, but according to dow jones, it does look that japan's february jobless rate coming in at 2.4%, in line with market expectations, right in line there. president, james bullard, says the u.s. can well afford adding trillions of dollars in debt to provide necessary fiscal support for the countries coronavirus related shutdowns. he spoke exclusively to bloomberg's michael mckee earlier. i did want to see pandemic relief. i would not call it stimulus. i would call it pandemic relief. what i interpret the program as trying to do is to incomes and businesses as we work our way through this investment in our national health over the next couple of months here. on unemployment, we do have a blog on this. if you read the blog carefully, you will see there is a way to bound the unemployment rate between 10% and the upp

japan imposes a raft of new restrictions and might close its borders to the u.s. china a most of europe after a surge in coronavirus cases. this year without 0 life and also coming out. the world bank warns of economic pain saying 11000000 people in asia will be unable to escape poverty as a result of the pandemic. more than a 1000 people in india are being tracked down after people who went to a religious event test positive. look down in senegal but with limited access to clean water there are fears about how far infection could spread. to pan's imposing a series of new social restrictions after a surge in cases of coronavirus it's also urging its citizens not to travel to $73.00 countries in regions that's a 3rd of the world it's expected to close its borders are people coming in from the u.s. from canada china south korea and most of europe japan and so far been spared from a major outbreak but the number of infections is approaching 2000 now 56 people have died. let's go to our correspondent in beijing katrina you and katrina apart from that incident with tha

if that will still go ahead,japan olympic games. if that will still go ahead, japan has olympic games. if that will still go ahead,japan hasa olympic games. if that will still go ahead, japan has a stove at —— so far spent about $13 billion on infrastructure to get ready for these games and despite these challenges, cole told me there is a good chance japan will emerge from this health crisis is a stronger more competitive economy. just as the economy was trying to recover after the sales tack hit, now you have the coronavirus but that is a great opportunity and some of the business managers in japan great opportunity and some of the business managers injapan are taking this shock right now to actually make the hard decisions that they couldn't make before and i think as we see more of that great opportunities and great strengths will come through. what can you expect the public and rabbits at is to do to try to mitigate the slowdown? don't forget, japan is the one country that already has put together a massive fiscal stimulus

we begin in japan where the country is marking a somber anniversary. it's been nine years since a major earthquake. the nation was forever changed and it's still coping with the aftermath. [ siren ] at 2:46 p.m., a siren sounded to mark the exact time the quake struck while people paused to observe a moment of silence for the thousands that died. the march 11, 2001, disaster left 18,428 people dead or missing, including the okubo family's only daughter, maki. the 27-year-old was swept away by the tsunami. last summer part of her remains were finally found off the coast of miyagi prefecture. >> translator: this year is different. we can feel my daughter close to us. >> translator: she finally came back to us, even though our sorrow will never be erased. >> another 3,739 deaths have been attributed in the years that followed. the magnitude 9 earthquake generated a tsunami 9 meters tall and triggered one of the worst nuclear accidents. 3/11 is synonymous with the daiichi nuclear power plant. it suffered a triple meltdown. as a result, tens of thousands we

we have a low pressure system approaching central japan. because the low will move over the kanto region, tokyo will see heavy rainfall with possibility of thunderstorms tonight. rain will likely ease by friday. another storm too the north wil pass northern japan including hoke we coe. not just that, winds are going to be very powerful. gustss would be o over 140 kilometers and waves up to 7 meters on your friday and saturday. stormy weather expected across the north. meanwhile, tokyo's high 20 on friday and 21 on saturday so sunny and calm conditions will continue in tokyo. osakaa and fukukuoka will likel see gloomy conditions especially on sunday evening. meanwhile it's the thought of astronomical autumn in the southern hemisphere but temperatures will be summer like in sidney. 32 for the high on your first day of autumn. meanwhile the u.s. is experiencing very stormy conditions. we are talking about tornados, large hail, and damaging winds. at least six tornados have been reported in texas and more severe weather can be found along the m

she scored her dream job back in japan. becomiming a panda keeper at a te tokyo zoo. but her joy would eventually turn to despair when a baby panda in her care died six days after its birth. >> translator: i was devastated. it was so hard. i never wanant to go through something like that again. >> abe eventually returned to the breeding center in china to brush up her skills. a few times a week, she works overnight to feed the cubs milk and rub them to help with their digestion. sometimes it's a challenge to get the little ones to breastfeed from the mothers. abe imitates a cub's cry in an effort to stimulate the process. but it doesn't always work. 30 minutes later, abe tries again. this time, with success. one of her responsibilities is keeping the pandas in good shape. for meal time, she has devised a contraption that gives the animals a little workout, not just for their bodies but, their minds, too. to get the food, they have to reach up into the basket. >> i think it's good for the pandas. they have to find the food, which stimulates their brains. >> abe keeps a

the drug was developed in japan. director of the natational cent for bio technology development referred to the drug on tuesday at a news conference in beijing. he said the drug was found to be effective in clinical trials by two medical organizations in the country. the director noted the tests were conducted in the cities of wuhan and shenzhen and involved 240 patients and 80 patients respectively. he said those who o were given e medicine in shenzhen tested negative for the virus after four days after becoming positive while it took a median of 11 days for those w without t drdrug to recover. the trial also found x-ray photos confirmed improvements in lung conditions in about 91% of patients who took the medicine. the numbers s stood at 62% for those who didn't take ththe dru. the director said d the drug is safe and formally recocommendedt as a a way to talele the virusu. >>> nsk nrveg has learned japan is looking to expand entry restrictions to include travelers from coronavirus hot spots in europe. the new rule

a lie from toha also coming up a diplomatic route over the crown of virus soul wants answers after japan announces it will suspend south korean visas and send visitors into quarantine. i will not be running for president in 220 but i guarantee i will stick to my u.s. senator elizabeth warren and her presidential campaign leaving bernie sanders and joe biden is the only 2 major democratic candidates left. sleeping rough in the cold asylum seekers are forced to camp out as greece refuses to take in more refugees. and we begin in syria where a we begin in syria partner a ceasefire brokered by russia turkey and or western lip province appears to be holding for now the breakthrough was reached after 6 hours of negotiations between russia's president vladimir putin and turkey's leader raja typo on this all happened in moscow the 2 back opposing sides in the syrian conflict they have agreed to establish a 12 calmer wide security corridor along it lives in 4 highway which connects the government stronghold of latakia was serious financial hub aleppo and also great on a joint patrol along that mo

however, northern japan is still seeing some snowfall over the past six hours. nearly 2 20 centimeters of snown hokkaido. that is the record for the month of march. snow will likely taper off but more rain is expected to pound northern japan late tuesday into wednesday. now we have a high pressure system that is causing dry weather across the eastern half of china, but due to the moisture from the ocean we will see rainfall in the south of china as well as vietnam and snowy weather is expected to move towards the east and southern areas of china will see rainy weather into tuesday. temperatures will be unusually warm in beijing, about 20 degrees on tuesday and shanghai will see 18 degrees and rainy weather in bangkok with a high of 32. meanwhile, europe is seeing some blustery conditions across the north and especially iceland we will see very heavy rainfall and snowfall plus strong winds and we will see very unstable weather conditions across the iberian peninsula. the sysystem spapawned nearly t tornados in parts of morocco. the system will pound the iberian p

japan imposes a raft of new restrictions and looks set to close its borders to the u.s. china and most of europe after a surge in coronavirus cases. to al-jazeera live from martine dennis also coming out the world bank warns of economic pain saying 24000000 people in asia will be unable to escape poverty as a result of the virus. a navy hospital ship docks in new york to help the city's struggling health care system. and lockdown in senegal but with limited access to clean water there are fears of how far infections could spread. but 1st to japan where the government is imposing a series of new social restrictions amid a recent surge in cases of coronavirus it's also urging citizens not to travel to $73.00 countries in regions that's a 3rd of the world it's expected to close its borders to people coming from the us canada china south korea and from most of europe japan has so far been spared a major outbreak of the virus but the number of infections is now approaching 2056 people have died. and the world bank is warning the pandemic could force up to $11000000.00 people

boost sentiment, the comments from japan? absolutely sally and you summed it all up. what and you summed it all up. what a difference a week and makes! we saw the asian market starting off reflecting a massive sell—off last week in the us and europe which are illustrated as well but by mid—morning it all started to change here, the hong kong index and chinese markets were all flat to hire and the nikkei reversing some of the steeper declines and despite the awful news that you mentioned of the factory output in china, which isa factory output in china, which is a key gauge of activity, falling at its masters pace on record in february, essentially showing that chinese economy is really suffering. this is the world ‘s second largest of course and it is dealing a severe blow to factories across asia, including japan, south korea, taiwan, really showing evidence yet of the damaging effects of the epidemic on the global business and yet markets are rebounding. why, you may ask? because there are hopes that central banks around the world may come to the rescue and st

that means that culture of japan will stop, especially for the arts part. especially for the performing arts part. >> reporter: the arts provide an escape from the riggers of daily life. and in the wake of the pandemic, are needed more than ever. but as efforts continue to try and them is outbreak, the show can't go on, at least for now. >>> and next here's our three-day outlook on the world's weather. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that concludes this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. thanks for joining us. ♪ >> welcome to newsline in-depth. nine years ago this month a massive earthquake and tsunami killed thousands of people and devastated parts of northeast japan. today we look at the persisting environmental damage on land and in the sea and how those in the affected area are struggling to deal with the situation. first we go out to the coast. the waves were up to 40 meters high and caused immense destruction. this footagege was shot in the y about 18 months after the disaster. piles of debris litter the ocean floor taking crews years to

to be a showcase for japan's comeback but officials have remained steadfast. at this time we are not thinking about canceling or postponing the tokyo olympics and paralympics at all so there is no truth in suggestions that we are considering measures if that happens i'm not considering such a thing at all. this insistence from japan that they are not even discussing back up or contingency plans comes as events around the world have been canceled or postponed greece barred fans from attending the lighting of the olympic torch later this week if they push through the 2020 tokyo summer olympic games are set to open in 4 months. i'm skill that the more that hard and in the end is a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. when the smugglers were alliance of the what's your story 'd. i mean when i was a women especially in victims of violence and. take part and send us your story we are trained all waited to understand this new culture. you are not a very little. you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your

new zealand and japan. those affected are still working to overcome their grief and deep sense of loss by setting up programs to help others as we see in our two stories today. when the massive earthquake and tsunami hit japan in 2011, one of those who died was 24-year-old taylor anderson. she had been in japan for two and a half years living her dream of becoming an english teacher. since her death, her parents have made frequent visits to japan. they have also set up a foundation to support children whose lives are still affected by the disaster. in our first story, we look at the impact the fund has had on one student in the region. >> hello. >> jean and andy anderson live in the state of virginia. nine years after the tragedy, they still keep their daughter's ashes at home. this way, they say they can feel her nearby. >> inn h here -- >> we just never thought about burying her or anything. i don't think she'd want that. >> wing thought when we died, like the first one of us who died, we'll put her with

is a ceo of japan's society. it fosters u.s.-japan openness. great to have you. this is going to be a hit for prime minister shinzo abe. this is a man who came out of the closing ceremony in rio dressed as super mario. the does this mean for global standing of japan, the economic benefit that we are expecting to get, as well as this leaders legacy? >> this is about shinzo abe's legacy. this was supposed to be the cherry on top, having gone as super mario. he is the longest serving prime minister of japan. the question is what happens if you kick this for another year, not just for the athletes they have disappointed, but to the japanese economy and shinzo abe's legacy in general. a lot of people in japan are ready for change but it seems like this year will not end. it will continue in 2021 even though we are calling it the 2020 on the vix. haidi: the deflation mindset which was so hard to claw out of, even with extraordinary monetary and fiscal policy, is that the biggest risk that public sentiment, market sentiment, economic sentiment, now just takes a real hit

japan has more than 1400 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. that number does not include more than 700 cases from the "diamond princess" cruise ship. 59 people have died, including ten from the cruise ship. more than 900 people have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals. meanwhile, the tokyo metropolitan government says it may be on the verge of a surge of outbreak. s. >> translator: the capital is now at a critical overshoot phase where there may be a major spike. each tokyo resident needs to be aware of the crisis and do what they can to avoid spreading it. this is our last chance to flatten the curve of infections. >> koike expressed her concerns at the group's first meeting. tokyo saw at least 40 cases friday. ininfections nearly doubled on wednesdayy and hit an all-time high of 47 on thuhursday. tokyo residents are asked too avoid going out this weekend and urged the young to be cautious about transmissions. many young people reportedly show few symptoms during the period in which they are contagious. and governor koike's urge

has come since the fukushima nuclear disaster which marks its 9th anniversary this week the japan center for economic research puts the cost of fukushima's clean up at $660000000000.00 and the government is eager to highlight its progress. we would like to use this opportunity as much as possible to show our gratitude and we want to show to the world that the disaster areas are recovering. but the games are also meant to happen at a time where japan's economic recovery is on thin ice new numbers show the japanese economy shrank more than expected in the final quarter 21000 contract by 7 point one percent. those figures don't yet take into account the blow dealt by the coronavirus to japan's export led economy there are fears it could push tapan into a future recession while potentially canceling what was supposed to be a showcase for japan's comeback but officials have remained steadfast. at this time we are not thinking about canceling or postponing the tokyo olympics and paralympics at all so there is no truth in suggestions that we are considering measures if that happens i'm not cons

president trump but japan's a limp dick minister is still optimistic. and i didn't but i thought on the hudson . i'm aware of president trump's comments but neither the i.o.c. or the planning committee is considering postponing or consing the games. even though very few virologists expect the pandemic to be under control by summer the organizers are refusing to admit defeat there's too much money at stake. this got out when people took the calling off the games would mean a loss of $17000000000.00 euros plus another $120000000000.00 because the lack of tourists would be a huge blow to japan's economy. but many of the country's residents are fully expecting the event to be councils. preaching it would look. if you want to be considerate towards the athletes then you shouldn't hold the event if you carry on regardless on the coronavirus gets worse he's going to take responsibility and i think about that outlined it was postponed until next year that wouldn't be so bad i could still look forward to it but i would be a real shame if they cancelled it altoge