Manufacturers fell to minus 34. The Previous Survey was minus 8. The index shows the difference between the percentage of companies saying business is good and those says its bad. The index declined for the sixth straight quauarter to its lowes since 2009. Thats due to a sharp drop in exports and production in april and may when japan was under a state of emergency. Business sentiment also worsened among nonmanufacturing sectors such as tourism and retail. Turning to hong kong. Residents are waking up on this anniversary of the handover from britain. It is the first day that chinas National Security law for hong kong is in effect marking a new historic day for the territory. The committee unanimously approved the law on tuesday. The law defines four criminal acts that it says endangers National Security, secession, subversionon, organizatation an terrorist activities and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements. People convicted could face up to life imimprisonment. M
Across the countntry a and pose Serious Health and economic threat. An Emergency Declaration would allow governors to order School Closures and ask people to stay home. The law would also enable governors to use land or buildings for emergency medical facilities without the owners consent. Japans top Government Spokesperson says an Emergency Declaration could have a grave impact on peoples lives. Translator the Emergency Declaration will require a careful decision based on expert knowledge from various fields and will take into account the opinions raised in the diet. Some lawmakers expressed concerns over how an Emergency Declaration would affect the individual rights and privileges of citizens. Others said the government would have the responsibility to explain its actions if it decides to declare a state of emergency. The International Olympic Committee Says it will leave it up to the World Health Organization to decide the fate of the summers Tokyo Olympics. Ioc president thomas ba
Officials collected seawater samples from 11 points off the coast of fukushima, miyagi, and ibaraki prefectures on tuesday going as far as 70 kilometers away. The Ministry Says the concentration levels of tritium at all locations was below the minimum detectable level of ten beckerals perliter. This matches the results of the last five surveys. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant suffered a triple melt down in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Water used to cool molten fuel there has been mixing with rain and ground water. The accumulated water is being treated to remove most radioactive substances but still contains tritium. The plants operator has been delighting it to reduce tritium levels to about oneseventh of the World Health Organizations guidelines for drinking water. The ministry plans to keep monitoring tritium levels once a week for the time being and publish the results. The autumn holidays kick off in china on friday for the First Time Since beijing lifted its zerocovid pol
About crimes committed by base personnel. More than 70 of u. S. Military facilities in japan are in the okinawa prefecture. Translator this is unforgivable. I am lost for words. Translator incidents like this will happen as long as we have the bases. Japans Prime Minister voiced his anger. Translator i demand that the u. S. Respond in a strict manner to absolutely make sure similar incidents do not happen again. Officials say the Prime Minister plans to discuss the matter with the governor of okinawa who will visit tokyo on monday. The head of the u. S. Forces in okinawa visited the local government to apologize. Lawrence nicholson said that, even though the suspect is not an employee of the u. S. He takes responsibility. We will continue to work to ensure that all americans, military and civilian, behave themselves and live in accordance with the laws of japan while they are here in okinawa. Okinawa governor said the incident is intolerable. He said its shocking and causes anxiety in
Translator we understand the development of the far east region is one of russias most urgent priorities. We will enhance cooperation between our countries in the region. Translator i think it is very important for the governments to support Business Development between the two countries. Were seriously examining various proposals japan offered us in may. Abes focusing on those proposals which include Energy Development and industrial assistance in the far east. Abe will also focus on how to conclude a peace treaty. The countries havent signed one since the end of world war ii because of a dispute over four russian controlled islands known in japan as the northern territories. Tokyo maintains theyre an inherent part of japan. Abe hopes the meetings will build trust between him and putin and help make progress on solving the territorial issue. Sources tell nhk theyve agreed to putin visits to japan to hold another round of talks in yamaguchi, abes hometown. The issue of the northern ter