A major river over lowed in the city of heat that a. Woman in her 70s is missing after her home was washed away. More flooding is expected in several cities along the river. Theyre racing to rescue elderly residents. Hundreds of people have been calling for help along a river where houses have been submerged. It was scary. The water was up to my neck t translator the water camep to my waist. I was using all of my strength to wade through, but was almost swept away. Rescue crews found an elderly woman submerged in a house and was later confirmed dead. Rivers have flooded in a dozen places n. A bank along the couple ma river has collapsed and a bridge has been swept away. Many train and express bus services have been suspended across the region. Thousands of homes are without electricity. We turn to our meteorologist sayaka mori with the latest on the situation in southwestern japan. Rain is becoming heavy once again across the northern places of kyushu. A northern barrow of rain calling the train is forming once again. That means a series of clouds will form for a long pereriod o time over the same area. Weve got lots of rain already. As you can see, lots of rain is still pounding many places of kyushu and other portions of japan as well. Since friday weve had nearly 720 millimeters in rain in parts of oi eat that prefecture. T nearly o one meterf rainn has already fallen. More rain is on the way especially for parts of kyushu. July is a heavy month. Weve seen flooding in the past. But this year the amounts of precipitation is unprecedented because the sea surface temperatures are warm. That means ample moist air is feeding the system and the front has been stalled over northern kyushu. That means northern and southern queue sure have to deal with lots of rainfall. Rain will continue to pound northern kyushu at least into wednesday morning. Southern kyushu will see lots of rain. Not just kyushu but the rest of japan with the exception of hokkaido, youll see plenty of rainfall that could lead to flooding and rand slides. Lots of rain canan mean a dangerous situation for many places of japan. So please be safe. Japans Labor Ministry says over 32,000 workers have lost their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ministry officials recorded 32,348 job losses from the end of january through last friday. Some 4,000 were added over the past week. The figures were taken from job placement agencies nationwide and other sources. Many of the losses came in the service industry. 5,966 workers at hotels and inns lolost their jobs, while 4,408 workers at pubs and restaurants became unemployed. 5,272 have lost jobs in manufacturing. A total of 11,798 parttimers and temporary staffers have lost their jobs since late may when the Ministry Began compiling data by form of employment. Ministry Officials Say t theyl continue to urge the use of subsidies for businesses being asked to temporarily close as it will become harder for them to keep workers. Officials in japan are set to give the green light to larger scale public events. Current coronavirus restrictions limit crowds to 1,1,000 people e expected to be eed at the e end of the week. The decision is based on advice from the governments newlyestablished coronavirus subcommittee. The Advisory Group met for the first time on monday. Its members support a plan to ease event restrictions from july 10th, on the condition that thorough preventive measures are taken. The new crowd cap will be 5,000. The experts look at how the situation changed since early april when the state of emergency was declared including the availability of medical resources. They took into account that many of the newer cases are younger people and people with serious symptoms has fallen. 150 new infections were confirmed across japan on tuesday. The country has recorded over 20,000 cases in total with nearly 980 deaths. Public opinion is split over the countrys plan to further ease restrictions. Some say the government should be more cautious, especially in tokyo. Others want to prioritize the economy and are calling for a return to normal. Nhk niche ka emisco spoke about balancing the duelling objectives. One of japans top medical virologists. Hehe saidd the surging cases following ththe lifting of the state of emergency is c cause f concern. Translator lifting of the ban came at a time when the first wave had not yet been brought under control. To this end were still seeing 100 confirmed cases a day. But the number may increase if infections spread to the elderly or cases spread within hospitals. Reporter last week large scale venues like tokyo Disney Resort began welcoming back visisitors. He says he understands the governments push too reoeopen says a c comprehensive a and trtransparent plalan is vital. Translator officials have not discussed scientific figures lately. Im concerned that the country has shifted its focus to encouraging more social and economic activities. We need a clear index that shows where we are and decisions that are guided by concrete numerical targets. Reporter right now Officials Say manyy off the tokyo cases involve people in their 20s and 30s. While this demographic may be more resilient to the virus, he says Contact Tracing is essential to ensure they dont infect vulnerable s sections of society. Translator r summer vacatio is coming soon. As the movement o of people becomes more and more active, tokyo needs to ensure cases dont spread to rural areas where the medical care system is week. Reporter morrish r ishsh ma says whether the govovernment scales back or forgess on with reopenening, incncreased t test crucial. He says new methods will soon be able to test large batches in just 30 minutes giving frontline workers an efficient and expedient way to stem the outbreak. Reporter nhk world. Turning to brazil, where president Jair Bolsonaro says he is experiencing symptoms of the novel coronavirus. According to local media reports, he revealed on monday, he has a fever and has undergone a lung scan, as well as a coronavirus test. He said he expects the results on tuesday, and has canceled all his official duties for the rest of the week. A statement from the president s office reported he was at his home and in good health. Bolsonaro has s been criticized for downplaying the virus, even as his country suffers one of the worst outbreaks. Last month, he was subject to wear a mask in accordance with local rules. The president has dismissed the virus as a little flu, and has made it clear that he prioritizes economic activity. Under his policies, restaurants are reopening, soccer matches are resuming, and Business Activity is picking up. Concerns are mounting that the virus may continue to spread in brazil, where more than 1. 6 million infections have been reported, the secondhighest number, after the United States. Now, t to the u. S. Ththe coununtrys infeious d die chief is calling for urgent t action to get a handndle on the rising numbeber of infections there. A series of c circumstances assosociated w with various sta and cities trying to open up, in the sense of getting back to some form oforormali, has led to a sittition wre w we w have recordbreining cas. The uteted stes h hasearly y 3 llioion ses ananover 13030,0 deatat, according to aally b B Johns Hopkins university in baltimore. The incrcrease in infections is especialally seriousus in south and western states, such a as texas d d calirniaia. Florids total infectctions hav doubled 2 200,0, inin t past t two weeks. Some stas s haveeen n cling reaurants d gyms tt recentlyeopened. But th doesntppear toe sling the read, soar. Fai saysyse hopes there e ll be one omore safand effective Vaccines Available by early nenext year. But thats still far from certain. He, also, says it is still unclear how long immunity would last. People might need to be repeatedly inoculated, as with the flu. Meanwhile the rising numbers in the u. S. Havent stopped United Airlines from launching a flight from tokyo to chicago. The pandemic had already grounded the plan by three months. It was initially part of a wider move to increase haneda airports capacity by 50 International Flights a day. Many of the routes are yet to open. The u. S. Cararrier launched the flight on tuesday to meet an expected recovery and demand over summer. In a sign of the times, those bound for chicago underwent more checks than just passports and baggage including temperature and whethth they have any coronavirus symptoms. Were looking forward to going home a lot. Translator travel restrictions remain unchanged, but i am so happy to have the flight in service today. United Airlines Says 70 of the 250 seats were reserved for the first flight. The United Nations warns that itll be difficult to achieve 17 key socioeconomic goals by 2030, due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The Sustainable Development goals were adopted, unanimously, by all members of the world body in 2015. But a u. N. Progress report estimates that the amount of people in extreme poverty or those living on less than 1. 9 a day could rise from 8. 2 to as high as 8. 8 this year. It would be the first increase in two decades, and the equivalent of up to 60 million people. The report, also, expresses concern about education. It says the pandemic has forced 1. 5 billion children across the world out of school. The u. N. Secretary general is calling for United International effort to tackle the situation. I repeat my call for everyone, governments, civil society, the private sector and development partners, to accelerate coordinated Global Action to ensure that we recover better from this crisis and deliver together on the promise of the 2030 agenda. Cities across the u. S. Have put aside megaphones and picked up paint rollers. They want to remind people that black lives matter even when the protests go silent. Nhks katherine kobayashi reports from new york. Reporter americans are expressing the same words in protest and in song, in art and now across two cities in harlem. Black lives always mattered, and we are trying to teach you that we never had a deficit in ourselfimage. We had a deficit in how you would treat us. Reporter city officials have planned murals across new york. This one stretches d down a strt near c city hall. The mayor wants another outside the building President Donald Trump long called home. The president tweeted that the painting would d denigrate fift avenue. He called it a symbol of hate, a charge thehe mayor dismissed. It is about affirming what black people have achieved and accomplished and contributed to new york city and america. And that is something we cannot talk enough about. The dispute echoed another in washington where the districts mayor called for a mural in front of trumps current home. People in a number of other cities hee mad their mark, a remind when t chanting goes quiet. Everybody protests when something happens, but after that it dies dodown. I think its good that were making a permanent impact. Reporter the protesters are adding their own road sigigns t signal where the country is now and where they hope it is headed. Catherine kobayashi, nhk world, new york. Our meteoeorologist sayaka mori joins us for a look at the world weather. The rainy season is in full swing across japan and also portions of china. This is the time of year where we see lots of heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding as well as lands slides. Parts of china was hit hard with flooding rainfall. Take a look at this footage. Heavy rain since the start of july has forced locals to evacuate in parts of chinina. Police o officers rescued peopl who werere trapped in their car during floodin am province. Several people have been rescued. More rain is on the way for china. Take a look at this forecast. We will continue to see ample moisture coming in from the south. The air contains more moisture so rain will likely increase this year. We will see lots of heavy rain along the yancy river basin. 230 millimeters. The heaviest rain will haul in hubei and gian chi province. Its mostly dry, but in and around the beijing area theres a chance for rainfall. Temperatures in the mid 30s once again in beijing. Beijing may miss the rainfall. Stalled at 31 with sunny weather. In the southern half of china, theres thunderstorms. Shanghai 30, chongqing 30 and hong kong 31 degrees. Bangkok could see a high of 34 on your wednesday. Tokyo will continue to see gloomy skies into the weekend. And we might see showers once again on wednesday and tokyo. Highs in the 20s at least into thursdayay. Other areas in japan will see Rainy Weather for the next several days. Its been dry and hot across the southwestern United States, but theres a chance for severe thunderstorms across the north in and around montana, theres a chance for severe thunderstorms. That includes tornadoes, large hail as well as damaging winds. A stationary front will continue to drop heavy rainfall across the southeastern United States. So watch out for floods. Its been hot across the eastern seaboard. Once again it will be hot on your tuesday. 33 in the u. S. Capital. Rainy weather in toronto as well as winnipeg. Thats it for me. Thats all for this edition of nhk newsline. Im yoshi ogasawara. Thanks for joining us. Two of the worlds biggest internet giants have concerns about the National Security situation in hong kong. Officials from google and facebook say they have temporarily stopped handling requests by the Hong Kong Government for user data. The authorities sometimes use the data in criminal investigations. The u. S. Firms have apparently decided that they need to study whether handing over the data could violate the freedom of expression and human rights of users. Google Officials Say they made their decision following imposition of the National Security law. They say they are now confirming the new legislations details. The facebook Officials Say they support the right of people to express themselves without having to fear for their safety. They added that they will consult with International Human rights internalists. Meanwhile, t video sharing app tik tok said on tuesday it will stop its operations in hong kong within days. It says theyve made the decision in light of recent events. Tik tokss owned by beijinggbased internet compan bite dance. It says it wont comply with govevernment requests to hand or user data or censure content. This is newsline business. Im gene otani. Several japanese i. T. Firms are collecting donations through crowd funding to help people affected by torrential rain and floods in southwestern japan. Reddit has started donations from about 28. Donors can choose from among five recipient organizations. They include a rescue dog operators, manager of an evacuation shelter and a service provider. Another i. T. Firm is soliciting contributions. About 9. 00 and up through its website. The firm plans to deliver the money to affected local governments, nonprofit organizations and other groups in kyushu. Sales of new cars in the u. K. And germany fell by a third in june. Thats better than the over 50 drop in may. Industry data shows sales in britain were down 35 in june from the same month last year. A uk Industry Group says demand is not great and the recovery is slower than for other goods. Sales in europes largest auto market, germany, fell by more than 32 . Italaly was down byy 23 . France, on the other hand, squeezed out a tiny gain of around 1 . Analysts say thats likely because government incentives are paying off. Japans Household Spending plunged in may posting the biggest decline on record. The coronavirus outbreak c cand to keep consumers at home during the month. The spependingg w was down more 16 from a year earlier, adjusted for inflation. It w was the sharpest fall sinc statistics were made available in 2001. The negative trend started in october when the consumption tax was hiked. Coconsumers held back on rerecreation. Ththe drop is especially streep for Hotel Accommodation and travel, as well as Movie Theater admissions. Some industries saw growth. People spent more on groceries as they stayed long periods at home. They also spent more on video game titles to keep them entertained. The change in Consumer Spending is boosting the cost of food. Pork in particular has seen a jump in prices and its becoming a challenge for those serving the meat. Reporter at this supermarket in tokyo, a spike in pork prices is a big headache for the head of the store chain. Translator we need to raise our prices significantltly, but thats se to put customers off. So were thinking of scaling back the pork section. Reporter the supermarket raised the price of pork by 25 in just a month. Thats enough to make many consumers think twice about putting it in their baskets. Translator its a blow to the family budget. Translator usually its pork or chicken. Now i go for chicken. Reporter a sudden upset to the supply demand balance is behind the price jump. Translator demand is growing, but were not getting enough pork from north america. Reporter about half of the pork sold in japan is imported. The two biggest foreign suppliers are the United States and canada. The coronavirus pandemic has forced meat procecessing facilities in those countries to close temporarily. Dwindling supplies have pushed up prices. Affordability has been the biggest appeal of imported pork, but with that advantage largely gone, more consumers are turning to domestic pork, so its price is also rising. Restaurants that have just reopened after coronavirus restrictions were lifted are feeling the pinch, too. This restaurant serves canadian pork. Its specialty is a thick pork loin steak. But the price of the canadian product is up 15 from the usual level. The restaurants owner has been long involved in importing pork from north america. He says that prices started to seep up with pressure last year after african swine fever devastated pig herds in china and elsewhere. He adds that japan can be particularly affected when supplies are tight. Translator exports in japan need to go through strict restrictions and detail criteria. This has resulted in less pork being shipped. Reporter the drop in customer traffic, combined with rising pork prices has posed a challenge and funakoshi doesnt think prices have topped out. Translator the pork purchase in arriving in july and augugus so thats when price also be the highest. Well have to get through the crunch o one way or another. Reporter with no sign of a resurgence in imports, pork pricices may remain high. That could add to weeklyy grocey bills and dampen overall Consumer Sentiment in japan. Lets have a look at the markets. From the news line biz team. Im gene otani. Thanks very much for a government reshuffle as president macron tries to reverse his plummeting popularity. 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