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The trump administrations handling of the pandemic will likely be a central issue, since pence is the head of the White House Coronavirus task force. With less than a month to go until the november 3rd vote, opinion polls suggest thatt democratic p president ia candidate joe biden has a significant lead over trump. Viewers will be watching whether pence can win overundecided voters, or whether harris can extend bidens lead in her bid to become the countrys first female Vice President. Two Islamic State militants from britain have appeared in court in the u. S. On terrorism charges. They were allegedly involved in the killing of four americans and two japanese hostages in syria. The defendants are charged with terrorirism offenses relat to hostage taking and killing of four americans,s, as well as citizens of great britaiain and japan. T suspects, alexander cody and the other were detained in syria in 2018. They have been in custody for the past year and were flown to the u. S. To face trial this week. They have been stripped of their britisish citizenship. Ththe plea i involved in the de ofof the two japanese c citizen 2015. They made their first appearance in the state o of virginia at a fefederal court on wednesday. Now to the latatest onn the corn in japan. A third party panel of experts compiled a report on the governments initial response to the pandemic. They say some of the measures were too little and too late. One of the focal points of the report was the governments Border Control response. Infectious disease experts concluded the virus spreading in japan from midmarch came from europe where the virus was rampant at the time. The government banned entry from 21 european nations on march 27th. That was ten days after an Advisory Panel made the urgent recommendation to do so as a an further delay would have been too late. The report says confusion about School Closures in february delayed the governments decision on Border Control measures. An official at the Prime Ministers Office echoed the sentiments in the report. Translator the closures of schools led to widespread public criticism. It just wasnt feasible to suggest we limit travel between japan and europe. Which would have led to even more criticism. The Panel Recommends the government to examine the measurements taken. One of the experts, a lawyer, didnt mince his words. Translator nobody was prepared and there was no strategy. Everyone just made things up ad hoc, whichch meant there were discrepancies. What should be passed on as a lesson for another pandemic . I think we need to look at how the measures were decided one by one. Japan has confirmed fewer than 1,000 new cases each day for the past month after hitting a midsummer peak. In total more than 87,000 people have been infected. Over 1,600 have died. Tourism ministers from g20 nations have pledged to join forces to help the sector recover after it was devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. E ministers held an emergency videoconference on wednesday. A Statement Issued afterward says g20 members will introduce and lift travel restrictions in accordance with the International Situation and conditions in individual countries. It also says that members will share knowledge, experiences, and good practices to imimprove response capabilities to uncertainn and volatile crisis. They pledge to rebuild the trust of travelers. The statement also says the g20 will support companies tackling the challenges they face during the outbreak and promote small and midsize tourism operators. The Chinese Embassy in japan is reacting to tuesdays socalled talks between japan, the u. S. , india, and australia. A spokesperson says multinational cooperation should be open and transparent. Rather than being done in closed or exclusive groups. The four ministers of the four countries met in tokyoyo they agreed to work k together d encourage other nations to help ensure a free and open indopacific. The meeting comes as china increases maritime activities in the region. The Chinese Embassy criticized u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo for describing china as a threat during an interview with japanese media. The spokesperson accused pompeo of trying to instigate political confrontation. A Senior North Korean diplomat, who went missing in italy in 2018, has reportedly defected to south korea. South korean media cite government sources in seoul as saying he defected to the country in july last year and is noww under the p protection of sosouth korean authorities. Cho was the norths acting ambassador in rome before he went mising with his wife. Hes now reportedly working at a Government Institution that analyzes developments in north korea. But the media reports say hes unlikely to openly criticize pyongyang, as the couples daughter did not defect and has since been repatriated. South koreas ministry cannot disclose any details off his defection. Separately, north korea will mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of its Ruling Workers Party on saturday. South Korean DefenseOfficials Say pyongyang is preparing for a military parade to celebrate. For insight into the anniversary and the current state of affairs on the korean peninsula, we spoke to someone who defected from the north and is a senior fellow at the institute of National Security strategy. The military parades this time will target more on internationally, both to the United States and south korea, trying to send a message that they can continue to build up more Nuclear Arsenal and carrying devices, despite the level of current sanctions and they will they have give it up. Missiles that can carry Nuclear Warheads are expected to be unveiled. Due to the corona fear, i think they will reduce the number oh of parade soldiers, and the reason why they want to demonstrate their growing strategic arms power is to fill the gap caused by the cease of test fire during the last two years. Allowing more power and letting the demonstrators in an unprecedented, open way, proves that kim jongun is in charge of interkorean and north korean relations, and shes the second most important person, both internally and externally in case something wrong happens to kim jonguns health or in an emergency. Recently, she not only exercised broader leadership in interkorean relations, but also released an important statement on north koreau. S. Matters, asking to obtain a u. S. National davidio parade tape. The fact that shes the only person in north korea who can release such important government statements personally without any official government title means that she was authorized to act even in the name of her brother, kim jongun. No matter what will be the result of the next president ial election, President Trump will remain friendly to kim jongun in any way. So i expect that north korea will not choose to do any harm or influence the election. Rather they want to do something good to President Trump if they are allowed to do any. Now for world weather, we turn to our meteorologist tsietsi monare. Were looking at hurricane delta thats left a trail of disaster in mexico and is heading for the gulf coast. What are we expecting from here we should expect the same disaster in cancun to exist again along the gulf states today. It is picking up weight and strength, because its now in open waters, and that amount of disaster was left behind quite devastating and also think about the storm that passed through there a few days ago, compounding on the amount of stress and pressure in mexico and the gulf states. Lets take a look at this video to get a good picture. As delta made landfall ass a category 2 hurricane, peak sustainened winds off 135 Kilometers Per Hour were reported, and the storm overturned boats and knocked out electricity. About 39,000 people had been evacuated. Fortunately, no reports of deaths or any ininjuries, but s of work left behind for people to clean up, get back on track after all the disasters from the storm. And like i said now, its about to enter open waters and strengthen again, get back to a major hurricane, and what you need to look out for is the possibilities of roofs and structural damage because of the strong winds, and many caravans, including trucks and cars could be blown away. So try not to take cover behind any movable object, because it will be movoved a and it will b dangerous for you. And we are mononitoring many otr storms. The one here just south of japan, is becoming a typhoon. In fact, it has become a typhoon now. It is quite strong, and also the movement is erratic, making it very difficult to track. Its moving to the northnorthwestern direction and it looks like it might turn towards the east. The problem is, it might just skirt along much of the coastal parts of japan, dumping lots of reignfa rainfall. The possibility of tornadoes and flooding could be a major problem, and it could make landfall just around this region there, which would leave heavy rainfall along its path. Temperatures for tokyo, much cooler today. Thursdays at 15 degrees, and its not going to arrive much until sunday when it gets back to the low 20s. Heavy rainfall will be coming your way. So please take care at all times. Thats all your weather. Thats all for this edition of nhk newsline. Thank you very much for staying with us. Welcome to newsline in depth. Im shibuya akaki. Innovations such as Artificial Intelligence and robotics are changing our lives at a dizzying change. In three stories, we look at the promise of new technologies in everyday situations. Across a range of fields, including agriculture, autos, and customer service. The latest breakthroughs have the potential to solve a host of social problems. We start in china. After being hit by the coronavirus, the country is accelerating its development of new infrastructure as part of efforts to restart the economy. Reporter on a busy street in shanghai, this taxi is being steered by technology alone. Its pa it offers passengers free ride. A screen inside the vehicle shows in realtime how the Road Conditions are beingng taken in countt based onn information fr the attached radar and camera. Each day, around 100 people can take a ride. For now, the test is limited to a seven kilometer route in a designated area. In case of an emergency, a safety worker sits in the drivers seat, and can intervene if needed. Translator it responded well to Road Conditions and made good judgmentnts about neaearby vehi and pedestrians. Whwhen a car jumped out from t side, it braked ququickly. I felt safe. Reporter they plan to increase the number of locations and routes within n the next fe months. Shanghai residents are also getting used to this mobile van. Its ann Autonomous Vehicle tha gets sent to a specific location to sell boxed meals. Developed by a beijing company, its already proved its value in wuhan, the epicenter of the coronaviru pandemic. It deliverededicines and sulies to hospitals durg the height of the crisis. The vehicle can be deployed anywhere, but its popular near office areas. Payment is made via qr code. More than 60 were sold at this site over the course of an hour. Translator it takes halff a hour to go to a restaurant or order delivery, but this takes only five minutes. A. I. Is attracting a lot of attention with this type of service, and i think it will stimulate new demand. Reporter they plan to increase its driverless vehicles to 1,000 and deploy them to cities across china. Transnslator the spread of e infrastructure, such as 5g, will strongly improve our key technologies. As an innovator, we want to help change peoples lifestyles. Reporter drivers vehicles are just one example of how technology is helping to get new business. Chinese farms are exploring its potential in a range of sectors. Nhk world, shanghai. Our next story takes us to a farm in japan. A robot startup is helping harvest vegetables in the southern prefecture of saga. The effort could help address the shrinking labor pool due to the rapidly aging population of farmers. Reporter this farmer owns these asparagus fields. Since asparagus can grow well over ten centimeters per day, they must be harvested regularly. Each morning at dawn, a team of three to four staff spend four hours harvesting over 3,000 spears of asparagus. But recently, theyve added a new member to their team. An autonomouous harvester robot. Thisis robot can navigate the greenhouse on its own and able to select and pick only mature asparagus spears that meet the harvest requirements. How can this robot tell the difference between immature and mature plplants . After inputting thousandsds of images intnto its memory, the r bats a. I. I is the can compare it. The robots arm iss able to appy just the right amount of pressure to pick asparagus before placing the spears in its storage box. It takes the robot four times longer than a seasoned worker to harvest one spear of asparagasp. He says the robots are providing welcome support. Translator it certainly isnt perfect, but itits taken some of the load off of us, and we appreciate that. Not to mention, the robot never complains or feels under the weather. And if there are any mechanical issues, were immediately provided with a replacement. Reporter the company that developed this robot is an agri startup. Founded in 2018, many of the companys engineers hail from University Research departments and Major Electronics makers. Their Business Model is almost as unique as their robots. The company lends out their robots to farmers for free, and then receives 15 sales from the asparagus that its robots pick. Even mor valuableo them than the sales earnings is the data they receive from the robots. This allows them to make improvents to the hardware and software and provides the farmers with updates that increase efficiency. This process has allowed them to create four new models in the last two years, with upgrades to the body and robotic picking arm. Perhaps the most impressive achievement, improvemements to thak recognition system have increased harvesting acura is fri 50 to 80 . Were working on providing the cutting edge technologies. Thats one reason we use a Profit Sharing system. That and our priority is getting ouour robots out in the fields be used by as many fararmers as possible. Reporter farmers growing other produce dont need to be jealous for much longer. The developers are working on robots specifically designed for harvesting other vegetables. In japan, robots for agriculture could help solve the labor shortage caused by restrictions on Foreign Workers due the coronavirus pandemic. The government has stepped in to promote the expansion of smart farming. Discussions have started to establish subsidies for the creation of companies to offer a. I. To manage farm produce. The ageold practice of farming is becoming a new field for the latest in i. T. Robots come in all shapes and sizes. Just like people. In our final story, we look at a robott thats controlled remotey by a humaman. Its called an avatar robot. It allows the staff member to work without having to walk around, and thats an advantage. Not only in reducing the risk of coronavirus transmission, but also in providing opportunities for employees who arent so mobile, such as people with disabilities. At this burger chain in tokyo, customers are being served up an unexpected side of entertainment. This robot greets customers and takes orders while wearing a custom made uniform for its 23 centimeter tall frame. Diners received their meals at the Cash Register nearby, which is staffed with a person. The system aims to reduce the risk of infection by cutting down on human contact. But taking orders isnt the robots only important job. Reporter it also helps customers decide what to eat. Translator it felt as warm as a human, even though its a robot. Reporter this is because the robot is controlled by actual people who are working remotely. The robot is allowing people with disabilities to work from anywhere, providing Employment Opportunities that arere convenient, as well as keeping the coronavirus at b bay. This woman is the executive of the burger chain, who promoted the robot project. He felt it was important to keep a human touch in customer interactions. Translator if we can provide Good Customer Service while social distancing, it will open up many newew p possibilities ie service e sector. Reporter heres the startup in tokyo that developed the robot. Customer feedback has given them a chance to plan for further improvements. At their recent meeting, they decided to add a sensor to quickly alert the robot to a customomers arrival in respons to the restaurants request for prompt service. The pandemic has not just put limits on our social lives. Instead, its creating opportunities to innovate that keep us connected. The developer of the avatar robot tells us the idea came to him during a phase he went through as a boy, when he refused to go to school. He dreamed off r robots going t places for people who couldnt move around. Hehe was alsoo inspired by the story of a friend who was bedridden by a Traffic Accident at the age of 4. Learning about what his friend went through made him think robots could help people with disabilities take on a variety of jobs. Hes still refining his idea. Hes working on an avatar robot to help a remote human operator coffee machine serve customemer espresso. That couould extend thehe job prospects for people who are less mobile. The technologies we looked at today were already in development before the spread of the coronavirus coronavirus. The pandemic has given them fresh momentum and a wider rake of application. Thank you for watching. And see you soon. Aiog the sd coronavirus measures are in place. We take a closer look at how the pandemic could influence the tone of the upcoming u. S. President ial Vice President ial debate. This is al jazeera, live from london. Alalso coming up, more than 5 million brazilians have been infected with coronavirus in latin americas worst hit country. International intervention to avoid a wider escalation. Foreign ministers from azerbaijan and