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Confirmed friday. Osaka has signaled its entering a local state of emergency due to the strain on the medical system. Authorities there are calling on people to avoid all nonessential outings until december 15th. Translator the number of people in serious condition will not decrease unless the number of infections falls. We need to practice selfrestraint in the shortterm to save lives. The governor of neighboring kyoto prefecture is urging people to refrain from traveling to osaka as much as pos...

Tensions a are also high betwee china and the United States over the South China Sea. The u. S. Has r rejected beijing Maritime Claims across most of the South China Sea as completely unlawful. In july, the u. S. Held military exercises in the area that included aircraft carriers. In the following months, the Chinese Military test fired Ballistic Missiles toward the sea. At wednesdays meeting, asean countries are expected to call for restraint. An expert says that china and the u. S. Need to und...

Japan. The powerful stotorm is expecte to approach the southwestern part of the country from sunday through monday with nearly its full force intact. Translator it is necessary to fully consider the possibility that the typhoon will have a bigger impact than weve ever experienced. Its the second major storm to hit in a week. Typhoon maysak brought heavy rain to the kyushu region earlier this week. The storm left at least five people injured and hundreds of thousands of homes without power. A sea...

Continue a phased reopening of the economy. That includes the governments signature Goto Travel Campaign which aims to boost the struggling tourism sector. Starting wednesday, domestic travelers can apply for discounts on accommodation and transportation, but tokyo with its rising cases wont be eligible. That suddeden explosion caught people off guard and raised concerns about cancellation fees. Now the government says both touriststs and bususinesses wil compensated. Translator we realize we di...

Discussing the draft law on sunday. It is scheduled to end on tuesday. It is aimed at cracking down on antigovernment activities in hong kong and lays out four criminal acts that beijing says threaten the country. They are advocating secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign or external forces. It also stipulates the Chinese Government will set up a National Security agency in hong kong that may exercise jurisdiction in certain circumstances. Provisions of the proposed law hav...

And 7 00 a. M. On thursday. More heavy rain is on the way as unstable atmospheric conditions are expected to continue through early friday. And for the next 24 hours, up to 300 millimeters is expected to drench the kansai region, 250 millimeters for northern kyushu. Residents elsewhere in japan can expect up to 115 millimeters. Officials are urging people to be on the alert and think about evacuation routes. For more details on the heavy rain, lets bring in our meteorologist tsietsi monare. Tsie...

He injured 26 others in the rampage at the Tsukui Yamayurien home near tokyo. In his sentencing remarks, judge Kiyoshi Aonuma referred to the maliciousness of uematsus crimes describing them as extremely grave. The 30yearold had previously worked at the home and he admitted in court to carrying out the murders. He said he targeted the victims because he thought people with disabilities who are nonverbal live unhappy lives. But uematsus lawyers argued he could not be held responsible for the murd...

Good monday morning. Welcome to the show. Im dominic chu in for Brian Sullivan developing story as tensions between United States and iran reach new heights in the wake of that air strike that killed iranian general Qasem Soleimani. We have Team Coverage this morning. Nbcs tracie potts joins us from washington, d. C. Also nbcs cal perry is live in doha, qatar. Tracie, well begin with you. Reporter lets start with whats happening on capitol hill and whats expected to happen this week. Remember, c...

the household energy supplier octopus is to buy its competitor bulb — the largest energy company to collapse last year, amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. since then, the government has spent billions of pounds keeping bulb afloat. but now, octopus has agreed a deal to take on the companys 1.5 million customers. our business reporter, ramzan kamali, has the details. the energy market was in disarray this time last year, dozens of firms going bust as energy prices soar...

this is the last chance for the candidates — jair bolsonaro and luiz inacio lula da silva, to reach millions of brazilians before sundays election run—off vote. now on bbc news, the travel show. mind blowing. look at this. i have been to japan several times but never to explore the remote rural and volcanic south where you can expect the unexpected.— where you can expect the unexpected. the extroverts. risktakers- _ unexpected. the extroverts. risktakers. and _ unexpected. the ex...