The First Time Since the nationwide state of Emergency Declaration was lifte in may. 40 of hospital beds allocated for serious covid19 cases are occupied. Officials plan to double the number of such beds from 150 to 300. But its not clear how quickly hospitals can do that. Translator were on the verge of a serious situation, where ordinary Health Care Must be sacrificed. Strict measures should be taken immediately to prevent the spread of infection. Experts are requesting people take basic preventive measures. Theyre also cautioning against nonessential travel to and from areas where the virus is rapidly spreading. Tokyo officials have asked bars and restaurants that serve alcohol to close earlier starting this weekend. Local officials are making the same request for businesses in osaka, sapporo, and nagoya. More than 140,000 people have tested positive in japan since the outbreak began. More than 2,000 have died. Many restaurants in the capital are now facing a difficult decision abou
That really has been down to currencies. The dollar index is up at the moment, but if you look at it over 24 hours, actually, its down by. 3 ,. 4 percent. One of the main beneficiaries of crown weakness has been strength. Sterling has been propelled about 1. 5 in the last day or thereabouts. The dollar weakness has been felt with the yen also moving to the upside. Theres another reason we are seeing upside on equities in japan. Gold not a major beneficiary, though it was at oneweek highs at one stage after the dollar was sagging earlier on. Thats a look at markets. Lets head over to tom. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the other first word headlines. The Trump Administration is ramping up tensions with china once again, designating six asnland Media Outlets foreign which it says are controlled by beijing. They include the economic daily, which provides a look at beijing economic news. The Administration Says all six are substantially owned or by atively controlled foreign gov
Underscoring japans relationship with the asean relationship and boosting ties with the two indopacific cntris. Translator at the two summits we created japans wish to create a peaceful and prosperous future in the region together with asean nations. We agreed to deepen cooperation toward that goal. Strengthening the japanasean partnership will lead to Economic Prosperity and will become a cornerstone of a free and open indopacific. Suga stressed that japan opposes activities that endanger security in the south china sea, urging involved parties to follow the rule of law. The comments are in apparent reference to chinas increasing maritime activities in the region. Beijing and other asean countries, including vietnam, have competing territorial claims. The Prime Minister also said japan will work with vietnam and indonesia to revitalize all three economies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Translator with vietnam, we agreed to resume regular flights connecting the two countries
Reopened. Reporter the incident on thursday deprived investors of their chance to buy and sell shares. On friday trading kicked off without any problems at 9 00 a. M. Local time. At a News Conference on thursday, tse officials said the glitch was triggered by a hardware failure in the system. They apologized for the inconvenience caused by the system failure. The tse introduced its arrowhead core Training System ten years ago. Officials said it suffered a disk failure. A back up system would normally kick in but on thursday, the switchover failed as well. Theres concern that the market outage could erode confidence in the financial center. Ill be back reporting on the trading situation from the Tokyo Stock Exchange miki. Thank you, marie. United states, russia and france are calling for an immediate cease fire between azerbaijan and armenia. Fighting reignited on sunday over a decadesold conflict involving a disputed territory. Over 130 people have died. U. S. President donald trump, r
Marin county is forcing new evacuation orders tonight. The rush to get out. This is our third scare here in the last three years. At the same time, people forced out by the flames return home for the first time tonight. Stories of heroism, how one man ended up saving his neighbors homes. I am happy that people get to go homes. We begin with that breaking news out of marin county. Good evening. The woodward fire is now threatening three dozen homes. Residents who live south of Inverness Park , fox drive, and northway are told to leave immediately. Emergency crews are asking those evacuees to go down first serve branches drake boulevard. Evacuation center is open at the marina center. Across the state, it has already been an historic wildfire season. Currently, more than 7000 buyers scorching more than 1. 4 million acres. Three of the biggest are right here in the bay area, in the north bay. The lnu complex fire has burned 352,000 acres. Five deaths are blamed on that fire. After that is