japan has so many greenhouses. this is where they really can build something even beyond asparagus-picking robots. >> yeah, they were saying maybe cucumbers or something else, right? >> cucumbers, yes. >> robots can be the future of agriculture. the industry still needs real people. we visited a tomato farm using an i.t. company helping them bring in reinforcements. >> reporter: the farm lands around the village benefit from the rich soil provided by one of the largest volcanos of the world, mount aso. she has come all the way from tokyo to tryout life in the country. at the airport waiting to greet her is shozo, a local tomato farmer. although they are meeting for the first time, she will be spending the next three days working on his fields. she'll be sting in a special room that he has set up for guests. >> translator: you get a pretty decent view of mount aso from here. >> translator: oh, wow. i was born and raised in tokyo, so i thought it wod be nice to get out and experience a place with lots of natural beau

japan can be a leader in the coming hydrogen market. >> reporter: she says japan may be hesitant to pursue a drastic shift in policies as it deals with the economic effect of the coronavirus. >> the hope is that the japanese government sees decarbonization as a possible growth strategy now. but one point of concern is whether japan lets go of the coal business, which is still very lucrative. the government is still only half committed to phasing out coal. >> reporter: if the country follows through on its promises, she's optimistic that japan can seize opportunity to bolster the pandemic-struck economy and help the environment at the same time. lenart emiko, nhk world. >>> the coldest air of the season is covering parts of russia and china. the frigid air is expected to spread southward and impact japan next week. our meteorologist, sayaka mori, joins us now with the details. sayaka? >> a harsh winter has arrived in siberia. these are the temperatures we saw on friday morning. 10 degrees colder than normal this time of year. it's much colder than mid winter, in fact. the frigid air is expe

of central japan. weather officials say the snowfall may continue through saturday on the sea of japan coast of the north and northeast of the country. in mina city in yamaguchi prefecture, icy roads caused an accident involving nine vehicles. seven cars went up in flames. two men were injured and one truck driver is unaccounted for. the police are investigating whether he was trapped in the wreckage. the winter weather is also forcing operators to scale back train and flight schedules. services on part of the yamagata shinkansen bullet train line in the northeast will be suspended from thursday evening through new year's day. japan airlines has canceled 91 flights, including many scheduled to take off from or arrive at tokyo's haneda hub and osaka airport on thursday. all nippon airways has canceled 66 flights for thursday. airlines and transportation providers are calling on travelers to check for the latest information, as there may be more cancelations. >>> explosions have hit an airport in yemen.

it's going to be mainly dry in many parts of japan. however, a few snow showers will develop along the northwestern side of the country as we goin into tuesday. sapporo will have some snow on tuesday. meanwhile, it should stay on the dry side in tokyo and osaka. that's all for now. have a nice day. ♪ >>> and that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yamamoto miki in tokyo. please stay safe and stay healthy wherever you are. thanks for watching. >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." the unprecedented loss of life and suffering resulting from the world war ii is well documented. so is the misery endured by civilians, often far from the front lines and long after the fighting ceased. even so, 75 years after the war's end tragic stories continue to surface. today we focus on two such records. the new facts they reveal and the people trying to preserve the evidence. it's widely known that during the pacific war the u.s. government incarcerated citizens of japanese descent. 120,000 of them were classed as enemy aliens and sent to in

is this -- are we starting an japan, of verse urgent rising japan? significant u.s. banking. it's starting to look like the 80's a little bit. jesper: warren buffett was right. he put on a big japan position earlier this year and japan is attractive from a valuation youpective and you know, have the new generation of actually managers consolidating. in the past, the japanese would just grow for growth's sake. now, they are pinpointing what they want to do. look at the record m&a activity, ipo activity. you can see corporate management that is focused on a credible and profitable future growth expansion rather than growth for growth's sake. you see that in the fact that the dividend yield of japanese companies continues to be one of the highest in the world so shareholder -- shareholder are being listened to as you have cash flow going back to investors which makes japan very attractive. paul: we are paused for a moment. we are getting industrial production numbers from japan for the month of november coming in a little worse than expected. industrial production on month, -- t

. >>> a new airline has started operating flights to and from japan. and the company says it plans to add more once the demand for tourism recovers. starlux launched its first flight near taipei and consay airport in osaka on tuesday. only nine passengers were onboard, and some expressed relief they were finally able to travel. >> translator: i was supposed to land in july but there's been months of delays. i just couldn't wait any longer. >> starlux was founded only two years ago. the carrier is focused on serving the southeast asian market but plans to expand links to other parts of japan as well. >>> the tokyo metropolitan government says it plans to scale back public viewing events during next summer's olympics and paralympics. the restrictions will be aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus. officials say they plan to require reservations and limit the number of spectators at six sites including two parks in tokyo. they also plan to strengthen anti-virus measures at the venues including disinfection. a viewing event at the metropolitan g

and cut japan's greenhouse gas emissions net zero by 2050. firms will be rewarded for embracing innovative and eco-friendly technology in production lines, and companies that go digital by using cloud services or other options will be eligible for tax benefits. the government plans to submit a bill incorporating the package to the diet next year. >>> a unit of sony is planning to buy the animation business of u.s. telecom giant at&t. the japanese company views its acquisition of crunchyroll as part of a strategy to improve its global anime streaming service. funny nation global group will pay nearly $1.2 billion. it has about 90 million subscribers around the world. sony is aiming to make japanese anime titles available tloud the world. that includes "demon slayer," a smash hit movie codistributed by a sony subsidiary. >>> early investors in u.s. delivery food service door dash are among the big winners following the firm's much-hyped launch on the new york stock exchange. they watched on wednesday as shares in the company shot up to generate

meanwhile, across japan, more snow taking place from the northern areas along the sea of japan, back down toward the south and west. we will still see snow continuing, though the pattern changes a little bit as low pressure runs over northern portions of the country with a cold front attached to that. we will see snow in places like sapporo into the weekend and the first part of next week. tokyo, osaka, fukuoka, temperatures around 10 under partly cloudy skies for the weekend and into the first part of next week. we broaden out the view. high pressure is controlling the weather across east asia, and that's driving in some of that northerly flow. that's keeping things quite chilly. in fact, we're looking at temperatures below freezing on saturday for daytime highs. single-digit highs from beijing and shanghai. toward manila and the philippines, we're monitoring a tropical low pressure system and that's going to bring in a decent amount of rain, so be on the lookout for that as we go through the weekend. across north america, we do have this nor'easter that raced along the eastern seab

meanwhile, southern japan into next week. meanwhile weather has been rocked this week in many places of australia. we have a report of over 200,000 lightning strikes in portions of queensland tuesday afternoon. meanwhile western australia had heavy rainfall. over 110 millimeters in the northern areas. that's significant for the region. more rain is possible due to the tropical low and another tropical low back behind it. so back to back tropical lows will drop heavy rainfall over western australia. moisture will reach southern australia has well. temperatures on thursday are 24 in sydney. it's going to be calm and mind this week. and 32, it's expected to continue over the next couple days. now they have been dealing with heavy rainfall, heavy snowfall and a tornado. significant weather events have been happening in italy and more wet weather is expected to pound italy and the peninsula for the next couple days. we might see additional 90 centimeters of snowfall in the higher elevation. this is your four-day forecast. we'll co

more than 30,000 are still active in japan today. but as you will see in our next story, the clubs are facing challenges that something can be remedied by tokyo's next olympics. >> reporter: kindergarten and elementary school students play soccer every weekend at this junior sport club. the club's roots reach back to just before the 1964 tokyo olympics. its members hoisted the flags of competing nations at the olympic village every morning. >> translator: through the olympics, japan hoped to nurture children's health, by promoting sports. >> reporter: the games gave rise to junr clubaroundhe couny, estabshing sports a impornt part children's lis. in the 1980s, the number of club members peaked at more than 1.1 million. but the following four decades saw that number fall by 40%. the trend is attributed to declining birthrates, a growing number of private clubs and fewer kids interested in sports. the covid-19 pandemic has made matters worse. the club had to cancel its activities and staff worry that membership may continue to shrink.

that's about 1 1/2 days worth of japan's domestic consumption. kuwait will use the kagoshima tanks as a base for exports, but japan will have priority access to the oil if there's any sho shortage due to contingencies such as war or acts of terrorism. the oil will be used as emergency supplies for southeast asian nations that have a weak stockpiling system. this is japan's third such agreement, following deals wh the united arab emirates and saudi arabia. >>> now, with his bushy mustache and distinctive red cap, video game kracharacter mario is know around the wldor. now a japanese theme park is turning to the lovable plumber to help power up visitor ernumbs. university studio in japan, osaka, is getting ready to open an area. it'll include a ride based on the popular game mario cart. media got a sneak preview on monday. visitors will wear special virtual reality head sets to head them feel like they're really racing mario and his friends. >> this is how guests are immersed into the ride and world of mario kart. >> the operator is investing $560

the death toll continues to rise in japan. over the past three days, more than 30 people a day have died. in the week up to thursday, a total of 196 people died. >> translator: basically, the difference between the virus that spread in july and the virus that is spreading now is not large. i think december and january are really crucial times. >> japan recorded over 1,800 infections on friday, bringing the overall tally to more than 158,500. over 2,300 people have died. >>> prime minister suga i show you he'd day is pledging to do whatever it takes to contain the coronavirus. >> translator: we must stay vigilant as the number of new cases and seriously ill patients recently hit record highs. the situation at hospitals is becoming urgent as serious cases threaten to overwhelm the number of available beds. we are facing a sense of crisis. protecting the lives and livelihoods of the people, this is a top priority of my administration. >> suga made the comments at a news conference as lawmakers prepare to wrap up the current diet

yoko, we've seen lots of snow in the northwestern part of japan. how much snow are we talking about? >> we've had the first major snowfall from hokkaido all the way down. a few centimeters of snowfall on tuesday morning. snow showers will continue to impact the northwestern side of japan through the earlier part of the week. we saw 71 centimeters of snowfall in fijiori yamagata prefecture for the last 24 hours. the heavy snowfall has been affecting morning commuters. let's take a look at this video. cold air is causing heavy snowfall in northwestern japan on tuesday. 62 centimeters of snow has been reported in iwate prefecture, which is the record for december. people should expect traffic due to heavy snowfall on some major roads. snow on the roads will further intensify especially in the tohoku and hokuriku regions as we go into wednesday morning. between 140 and 190 centimeters of additional snowfall is expected in these areas through the next 48 hours. that could damage power lines, causing widespread power outages. blizzard-like conditions. al

and now i have three grandchildren in japan, family in japan. i found that was the biggest learning experience that i could ever have. >> i wrote a book about that in 1988. and i don't like to promote myself but it's a book that you can read on amazon. i am proud of them. i'm proud of the three grandchildren and my love for them. >> off to your right, sir. [applause] >> we have time for one last question, we will take that now and then we will hear from our choir and band, the very dramatic battle of the republic. afterwards, jerry will be available to autograph copies of his book in the front lobby. there are variable in our store. the last question. >> thank you, sir for your service. thank you very much for keeping us safe in america. have you flown anything since your time behind the 51? maybe even gotten in a jet and experienced that in having parents both in the navy, go navy, beat army. >> you never lose the ability to make love unless you get old. and you really never lose the ability to fly. i flew in phoenix two days ago. i flew a new

his 1979 best seller "japan is number one" analyzed factors behind japan's rapid economic growth in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. vogel was also known as an expert on china. he spent nearly ten years to publish a book on the life of deng xiaoping who advocated a policy of reform and opening up. his linguistic abilities allowed him access to a vast network in japan and china. last year he published "china and japan" a book that addresses the history of exchanges between the countries. the u.s. embassy in tokyo has posted a comment on twitter saying vogel's scholarship brought americans and japanese closer together and "japan is number one" is still essential reading for understanding japan's economic might. >>> the 2004 indian ocean tsunami killed over 220,000 people making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in history, but 16 years on, memories of the tragedy are fading. one teacher is sharing his experience with people too young to have memories of their own. nhk world has more. >> a school teacher in an area of southern thailand that was devastated by the 2004 tsunami. >> please r

the problem with japan is we are using too much water. what do you think of the usage year. >> japan is a pacific island nation, there is a lot of rain and water. the problem is it comes in big swells, during the typhoons. the main issue is about starting water and distributing and treating water. this is where japan is really good at. >> the first company we visited come up with a new water treatment technology that can play a major role that cuts down on water usage. >> at the end of september, this shopping center at ginza placed a unique water station at its entrance. a standing sink running for 30 seconds runs water. it can provide clean water for 500 hand washes using just 20 liters of water. ai computer analyzed its purity. >> it is environmentally friendly. it is great. >> this is amazing. we should put it all over the place. since it does not need to be nnecteto a wer supy, it >> as ng as the is an elecical outt to plug it in. while the company previously developed the filtration, this sink was created three months in the fight o

we hear that and we won't go to japan. when that was said, phil schaumberg, 19 years old, leaned over to me and said, captain, if we go on this mission, i'm not coming back. i said, what are you talking about? he said, it's a feeling i have. i went to tap and told him what phil schaumberg told me, and he told me, you cannot go to the flight surgeon. but if phil will go, he might get off the mission. i told that to schaumberg, and he said, no way. early on the morning of august 14th, i said, phil, get on my wing and don't get off. just stick in close. we're never going to make it to japan. but we flew all the way to a drop tank where we had to drop our external tanks. we dropped our tanks and we went to strafe airfields somewhere over japan. and we needed 90 gallons of fuel to get back to iwo jima. somebody in the squadron called in 90 gallons. i looked over. phil was on my wing. i gave him a 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

another low will be moving across the sea of japan. that's going to reinvisit rate the flow into japan, which means the mountains will be seeing snow. drier as we go into thursday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. edition of nhk "newsline." coming up next is "newsline biz." stay right there. >>> this is "newsline biz". nasdaq is proposing a rule to force all listed firms on the u.s. stock exchange to have a their boards. the measure would oblige the firms to include one female director and one director from an underrepresented minority. smallerer companies would be allowed to meet the requirements with two women. firms that don't comply and can't explain why would be delisted. nasdaq says its aim is to champion inclusive growth and ensure companies are transparent about their boards. it's part of a wider push for diversity in the u.s. u.s. business software giant salesforce.com agreed to buy the operator of work chatting service slack for $27.7 billion@ salesforce will use cash and shares and complete acquisition bis next jul

japan is investing a lot. the government has become quite more stingy and major companies are still at the top of the world in terms of putting money in the r&d. >> you can see it is not a huge gap there but not so much? >> a bigger problem for japanese companies, it is much more application, getting the brilliant ideas into the market, this is where we are seeing the bigger ones. >> research and development in this field led to some cooler products. let's find out more. >> in company delivers food and household goods in and around the metropolitan area. in july of this year, they made a major change in the way they package food deliveries. they added a new type of cold pack allowing more precise storage. this can keep cool up to 14 hours and a temperature near 12 degrees celsius. careful control of what food are kept at are important. certain foods can be damaged when stored temperatures are too cold. this new type of cold storage pack allows them to deliver products at the precise temperatures needed to keep

authorities confirmed more than 2,100 new cases across japan on tuesday. a record 47 deaths were reported. 536 people are currently in serious condition, also a record high. >>> japan's government is drafting its budget for the next financial year and, of course, fighting covid is at the heart of its plan. it also wants to shift to a greener and more digital society. monitoring risk is a key focus as it casts a shadow over the economy. e government wants a strike balance between anti-infection steps and social and economic activity. it's pushing to ramp up digitalization to stoke national growth, while working on becoming a carbon free country. it wants cycle where both productivity and wages continue rising. it will finish the draft budget later this month. the next fiscal year starts in april. >>> unicef is urging countries to get children back into the classrooms. it says more schools are shutting down despite evidence they are not the main drivers of the pandemic. the u.n. body says nearly 1 out of 5 children were out of class and that amounts to 320 m

we're never going to make it to japan. but we flew all the way to a drop tack where we had to drop we dropped our tags and we went to stray airfields somewhere over in japan. and we needed 90 gallons of fuel to get back to iwojima. somebody in the squadron called in 90 gallons. i looked over. phil was on my wing. i gave him a 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 iwojima. when i came out into the clear skies, he was gone. just gone. there was no radio contact, no visual contact. and when we landed back on iwojima, we found out that the moment we had started, the war had already been over for three hours. it was never broadcast to us. we never heard it. that was a devastating day. it was the last of 400-plus-thousand world war ii veterans who gave their lives. he was the last. 19 years old. >> and you were 21? >> i was 21. i was the old guy. >> the old guy, grandpa. you just made reference to a number of cl

transporting the robotic arm to japan would also be difficult. the firm is now making arrangements to carry out the tests in japan. the 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused a triple meltdown at the plant. removing fuel debris from the numbers one, t, and three reactors is said to be one of the biggest challenges in the plant's decommissioning process. this is because of the extremely high levels of radiation inside the reactors. tepco and the japanese government had planned to start with the number two reactor in 2021 as robot and other surveys have provided the most detailed images and data from inside that reactor. >>> the united nations has appointed a senior official from japan to lead its office in serbia in support of a peace-building mission in kosovo. a u.n. spokesperson said tuesday that yamashita mari will serve as representative and director of the u.n. office in the serbian city of belgrade. she spoke with nhk following her appointment. >> translator: i think listening to other people's voices is the first step in u.n. diplomacy. i've w

the remorse shown by one member of japan's top secret unit sentence 31 p. and his colleagues killed thousands of victims while developing biological weapons . he's a guy who had been to unit 7 or one soldier. and killed. paul johnson an american director has studied the unit 731 documents at length and knows its history well. unit 731 was a unique organization in the history of the world what they were trying to do was to simply do nothing short then build the most powerful and most deadly biological weapons program that the world had ever known. japan had a longstanding interest in biological weapons emperor hirohito who had a degree and marine biology believed that biological weapons would help japan conquer the world as a descendant of the sun goddess a matter of he saw it as his calling. in the 1930 s. the concept of japan's exceptional role in the world coming to the country society . how modern day uku sucking your. japanese journalist should be condo the author of evidence of unit 731 crimes a book that caused quite a stir is one of the few people wh

i knew it was illegal in japan. i regret what i did. >> police are now on high alert and groups that support them are warning to stay away from any illegal activities. >>> now to the latest on an unmanned japanese probe that could help experts unlock the secrets of the origin of life. japan's space agency says the capsule is on its way home and due to arrive tuesday morning. >> translator: i felt relieved rather than happy. >> after traveling six years and more than 5 billion kilometers, the probe's capsule is home and in perfect condition. >> translator: we hope we'll be able to conduct scientific experimen experiments. i'm looking forward to opening the capsule. >> the capsule contains samples from an ancient asteroid. no more than one fwram is expected to be inside, but that sample is considerable. it will be split nasa and other groups for future research. experts hope by analyzing particles from theuntouched asteroid they can find clues about how the universe first fostered life. the probe is already off on its

across japan, 2,811 new cases were confirmed on wednesday, a record high. the total number of infections nationwide has topped 170,000, bringing the death toll to 2500. >>> u.s. president donald trump wants to join a lawsuit that aims to overturn his election loss in several key states and hand him a second term. this follows a string of legal losses. trump requested to intervene on wednesday, a day after the deadline to finalize results. president-elect joe biden has featured more than enough electoral college votes to claim victory, but trump's camp continues to allege voter fraud tied to mail-in ballots. texas has asked the supreme court to throw out the vote in four highly contested states including pennsylvania and wisconsin. it argues the states unlawfully changed voting procedures. trump tweeted this case is a big one, saying the country needs a victory. he also distanced himself from a case rejested by the supreme court on tuesday which looked to reverse the certification of biden's win in pennsylvania. >>> lawmakers from japan's main ruling party h

single digits right across japan. you can basically see most parts of the sea of japan side will be chilly. temperatures for niigata around 3 degrees. snow will come up for the next couple of days. the rest of asia will be cold. minus 18 here. two for beijing. subzero for seoul. another thing we need to be on the lookout for is people around the southwestern and southeastern pacific are seeing tropical cyclones developing there. this one is quite strong, developing into a category 5 sort of storm. it's heading towards fiji. fiji will bear the brunt of the storm there. as some of the tropical moisture will be felt on the eastern side of australia. as we have seen over the last couple of days, heavy rainfall has been hitting the eastern coast. stormy weather for the southeast parts of queensland. that's it for your weather. stay tune for more later. >>> that's all for this hour. thank you for watching nhk "newsline." hope you will join us again. ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." i'm yanaka marie. in today's story,

this is when you are in december 9 14912 members of japan's quinton army stood trial. that was the only time walk women also have ever been tried for creating a biological weapon and testing at home people. no one nuff said no no. no no what was the real deal with the she. got to go the other day that you know led the way to no. no no. no go look at not feel what you did. the remorse shown by one member of japan's top secret unit sentence 31 he and his colleagues killed thousands of victims while developing biological weapons. he's a guy who had been to unit 71 soldier. and killed. paul johnson an american director has studied unit 731 document at length and knows its history well. unit 731 was a unique organization in the history of the world what they were trying to do was to simply do nothing short then build the most powerful and most deadly biological weapons program that the world had ever known. japan had a longstanding interest in biological weapons emperor hirohito who had a degree in the marine biology believed that biological weapons would help japan conquer

japan's foreign ministry says there was no enmention of the u. presidential election or joe biden. >>> the court of arbitration for sport upheld a decision banning russian athletes from competing under their country's flag in the tokyo olympic and pair ralyc games next year. the world's anti-doping agency determined that drug test data for russian athletes had been altered. they decided to ban russia from the olympics and other major competitions for four years. russia filed an appeal with the arbitration body. the head of the agency says they are pleased to have won the case but disappointed all of their recommendations were not endorsed. >> in the face of denial from russia, we clearly proved our case in accordance with the process. in that regard, there's an important moment for clean sport and athletes all over the world. >> the russian side can appeal again. this time to the supreme court. although russian team also be excluded from international sporting events until december 2022, athletes who meet strict conditions can take part as indivi

more than 149,000 people in japan have been infected since the pandemic began. over 2,100 people have died. >>> meanwhile, many foreigners in japan cannot return home due to the pandemic. japanese immigration authorities have temporarily allowed them to work part-time in the country as? are struggling financially. the immigration services agency put the measure into effect on tuesday. the latest step is aimed at about 21,000 non-japanese including those who came to japan for short-term stays or as technical trainees. the agency said many of them find themselves stranded, often because of their country's tightened entry restrictions. in order to be able to work part-time they need to apply to the agency. >>> one month after a deadly earthquake and tsunami in turkey relief workers are increasingly concerned about the spread of coronavirus infections in the hardest-hit areas. the magnitude 7.0uake struck in the aegean sea on october 30th, leaving 117 dd in turkey and two more in greece. in the turkish provincef izmir more than 4,500 buildings were damaged or destro

we start with the latest on the coronavirus here in japan. help is on the way to a hurting hokkaido. japan's northern prefecture has been hit by cluster infections. with hospitals struggling with a health care worker shortage, the defense minister is sending in reinforcements from the self-defense forces. >> translator: we concluded that emergency medical assistance to hokkaido prefecture is necessary. so we decided to send sdf medical assistance teams on a disaster relief mission, as early as today. >> about ten nurses will be dispatched to two hospitals dealing with cluster infections. the mission is expected to last for around two weeks. defense ministry officials are also preparing to send nurses to a medical facility in osaka that's focused on serious covid-19 cases. now, this is the fourth time for sdf members to be sent to provide medical assistance over the pandemic. sdf doctors and nurses helped take samples of passengers fm the "diamond princess" cruise ship to conduct pcr tests. another cruise ship was in nagasaki, helping with med

i was born and raised in japan. when i was senior year in college, i came to the united states, which was my dream to see the u.s. through my own eyes. after graduating from university, i decided to stay to practice my english in the right place. in september 1984, i opened the japan video with a strong conviction of a promising future for the video business. i'm sure you are probably wondering how does a video store stay in business nowadays? well, i have found that many people still want to own a copy of their favorite movies. today, we have become one of the best sources for animes, drama, and special interest films from japan and asia. in addition, we have expanded our product line from d.v.d. to a large collection of anime merchandise, such as posters, key chains, plush dolls, figures, and many more. literally, we made another store inside video store. ever since we opened the store, our company mission has been to introduce and promote japanese culture to the american people. for that purpose, all d.v.d. title

goldman sachs japan vice chair and chief japan equity strategist kathy matsui, wonderful to have you as always. the pandemic has hit industries and sectors across the world, including on the high seas. bloomberg has a report coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ covid-19 has brought havoc everywhere. including on the high seas. the number of cargo ships and other vessels being abandoned offshore has jumped during the pandemic, often with crew left nowhere to go home as employers fill the financial crunch of covid-19. our reporter has more on this. most would find it shocking that entire ships, tankers, huge cargo ships, and their crew would be abandoned by shipowners. but it has happened. >> that's right. it really is mind-boggling to think that an owner can dump a shrimp that is longer than a football field. but it happens often. this year, more than 1000 seafarers along with her vessels have been abandoned, imports like singapore and dubai with no food, no water, or a way to get home. these cases have nearly doubled from last year because more shipowners have faced financial dispatch -

more than 188,000 people have now tested positive in japan. a record 618 are in serious condition across the country. tokyo saw more new cases than ever before. 678. total infections in the capital have surpassed 48,000. tokyo opened a new facility dedicated to covid-19 patients on wednesday that will focus on nonserious cases. it specializes in treating patients who can't speak japanese and the elderly, a population that's recently seen a surge in cases. the facility has 100 beds. for now, officials plan to run at about a third capacity and bring in new staff as needed. the central government has stepped up antivirus measures over the past three weeks. authorities are asking people in hard hit areas to stay home as much as possible and bars and restaurants to close early. but the total of weekly new cases and deaths have been rising. >> translator: we will continue to work closely with local governments and assist their efforts to contain the infection based on the situation in each area. we also want to ask everyone to thoroughly take basic

backlash in boycotts of mikey adverse that has provokes debate about diversity in japan. thank you very much for joining us more than one and a half 1000000 people have now died from coverage 19 worldwide a 3rd of those tests happen in just the last 2 months several countries have been reporting record numbers of deaths and new cases among them italy which registered its highest daily death toll on various day since the start of the pandemic it's introducing new restrictions including limiting movement between regions and in the world's worst affected country the u.s. hospital admissions and fatalities have also reached new highs president elect joe biden says he will make masks mandatory during his 1st 3 months in office. in the 1st day i'm an order to say i'm going to ask the public for 100 days to mask this 100 days to mask now for over 100 days and i think we'll see a significant reduction if we curb that everything that occurs with vaccinations and masking to drive down the numbers considerably considerably well that surge means the need to move vaccines has become e

the oecd is urging japan to focus on structural reforms. the body says economies will perform relatively well in nations that quickly distribute covid vaccines. >>> the pandemic has hurt tourism around the world, including the luxury tourism sector, prompting some in the industry to come up with innovative ways to attract new business. in our next report, we see how a hotel in india is taking to the road to offer its guests a unique hospitality experience. >> reporter: the taj mahal is usually bustling with tourists. but this year it was closed to the public for six months due to the coronavirus. even when it reopened, there was a strict cap on tourist numbers and almost no visitors came from abroad. >> translator: it has been tough. if tourists don't show up, i won't be able to stay in business. >> reporter: the hotel industry is also in a difficult situation. this global chain reopened one of its hotels near delhi in august. but occupancy is only one-third of last year. so it came up with a new concept to attract guests. converting a larg

moving over toward japan, we're seeing a low-pressure system moving along the seaside of japan into the eastern direction and what it will do is meet some unstable conditions, particularly toward the hokuriku part of japan. you'll be seeing cloud cover for most of the north and northeastern side, but temperatures are looking pretty good from the southern point of view. osaka goes to 16 degrees. a little bit chilly. snowfall expected north in hokkaido. united states, unseasonably warm air persisting across much of the pacific northwestern region, seeing temperatures increasing along those parts into the double digits. slightly cooler for the rockies and the midwest. that's all for your weather. take care. >>> that's all for this hour. thank you for watching nhk "newsline." hope you'll join us again. >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." i'm shibuya aki. food is one of our greatest sources of pleasure. aroma, texture, and taste, presentation on the plate, the celebration of the seasons. and, of course, the way is brings people together. but our insatiable appetites can lead to overharvestin

surprising japan also on august 9. essentially you are the red army charging the manchuria with the largest ground attacks in history of war and this was a german does blow to the japanese, not only because of the immediate military emergency that it created but also because their sole remaining kind of hope of a diplomatic exit of the war was to bring stalin as the mediator in arranging peace talks between the americans and japanese and so the declaration of war they are essentially extinguished that pass diplomatic exit of the war. question is what was the relative importance of the atomic bombs and the sudden russian attack in that prompting the japanese surrender. historians have debated this and i think it's difficult to say precisely what the relative importance of these things were because the timetable was so compressed. it was clear that they were both really important. the shocks coming together in the short time were important. in my view is impossible to state which was more important for their both were ve

shery: we have breaking numbers out of japan. labor cash earnings year on year, a contraction of 0.8%, which is a slightly bigger contraction than the previous month. labor cash earnings have been in the negative for the past seven months. we continue to have the run-up in cases of covid-19. household spending year on year growing 1.9%. this is entering the green for the first time since 2019. it would be the rebound and growing for the first time since september of 2019. it is still a mess considering -- a miss considering expectations of growth. you have to consider the fact that it is mainly due to the flattering base effect from last year's sales tax hike and it does not mean you have a huge turnaround in consumption. both household spending rising but not as expected and labor cash earnings still in contraction territory and disappointing. let's stay on the japanese economy because the prime minister is set to unveil has first stimulus package -- unveil his first malaise package. given the economic numbers we have right now,

>>> this is a special edition of "newsline," about a news conference from japan's prime minister. he is faced with rising coronavirus cases and rolling out measures for the upcoming holidays. the doctor is on hand with an expert point of view. japan has seen a continuous rise in infections, even as major cities called on restaurants and bars to shorten business hours over the past month. on thursday authorities recorded a number of record cases. >> translator: we would like to start with the prime minister, first the prime minister's speech will be followed by answering. >> translator: i would like to state a status quo to the general public as to i would like to request to all of you to take measures. the virus, the fight against the virus started a year ago. about a year ago, and this is the first winter after the outbreak, and around the metropolitan area, the number of infection is exceedingly 3,000 per day. it is increasing. and it is some people. first, i would like to thank all of the frontline people, who i respect and give my gratitude. i have been given the priority to p

juliette: what specific actions will japan take? one thing that has been scaring off people is inheritance tax. japan has been tightening its inheritance tax laws and trying to put them on overseas assets for people that have been living in japan for a certain amount of time. that scared off people. if you have a certain visa showing you are highly skilled, yourancial expert, finances will not be subjected to an inheritance tax. if you are a fund manager, it is -- part a gray area of your income that might come -- theyns in your fund are making it clear that it is going to be a capital gain at 20% rather than income tax at 55%. that is pretty big. rishaad: paul, thank you so much. let us have a look at the technology side of things. alibaba and tencent are all firmly in the red. alibaba.% fault for is adding serious drag to the hang seng index. component, to the downside. h salesflection, the falling. donald trump signing that relief package. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> markets get a lift as president trump finally signs the relief pa

and calls to boycott nikkei in japan over a commercial exploring racism and teenage bullying and. welcome to the program we begin with the gulf crisis now in its 4th year the emir of kuwait says he's happy with progress made at talks aimed at resolving the dispute between 4 arab nations and qatar that's after saudi arabia's foreign minister said he's hopeful of a deal could be reached soon saudi arabia bahrain the united arab emirates and egypt imposed a land sea and air blockade on cats are in june 27th teen has hashem. crucial days are had for gulf nations talks aimed at and in the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwait's foreign minister host country has been we generally mediate again and to the crisis says he is confident in fact that a constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties have stressed their desire to reach a final agreement and resolutions to preserve the region stability and harmony maintain the interest of the peoples within this context we express our appreciation for the latest eff