ah, around more than 300000000 people are seeking us because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. w. made for mines. you're watching d w news asia coming up today after 2 long years to pan opens up. the country begins easing entry restrictions, allowing up to $10000.00 people to come per day, though not for everyone, will take a closer look. and everyone seems to be getting into an f t s these days, including taiwanese puppets will explain what's happening at the intersection of digital art and crypto currencies. plus is just the start of spring,

but parts of india are already facing a serious heat wave. how are people staying cool? ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us, japan. we'll finally begin easing kobe to travel entry restrictions friday for $106.00 countries. although it remains closed to tourists. tokyo has shut its borders since the early days of the pandemic. back in 2020, you may recall that it even hosted the olympics without any foreign visitors, save those athletes and coaches participating in competition. now some business and student travelers can come for more. we have zachary lee out of our east asia beer l. zach. bring us up to speed. what has japan's experience been like with cove at the last 2 years?

yes, melissa japan has been successful in keeping the local co infection raised low in the past 2 years compared to western countries, even during the tokyo olympics last summer. infection number only collette for some time. lest they vary. however, japan faced the biggest wave of covina in cases caused by the army quote variant by the rate of infection. and dave are much lower in most of countries in the ward. it has just little days. 2 in japan is 28462, and a cumulative number of covey cases exist. point 8000000 is unclear what a color for japan stuff is in fighting. the virus must, as per critical publics embrace of public health conditions with high vaccination rates, nearly 80 percent of the population has received at least 2 shots in more than 40 percent have 3. now this doesn't appear to be a full opening. for example,

japan is not yet welcoming tourists. why is that true? while most of the countries across regions are re open the borders to a tourist, japan continues to turn them away and it's no rush into any changes. it's actually because japan is politicians and the public have men tend to more casual approach and with an important polio mentor election coming up in july, japan, political leadership is unlikely to do any thing, let endanger their parties. chances of winning uncomfortable majority, which is of course, riskiness rise, incur in their various cases by re opening the country to, to reason. and has this closure of its borders had much of an impact on japan's economy. the last 2 years, you talk about the upcoming politics for sure. a japan span international tourist has caused some local economy. they have come to rely on

guests from for re countries. for example, sky resort spies, the spot towns or tropical islands, fall from the beaten path have opened in sylph in dire financial straits, shutting down to country teresa industry likely coast japan at least 90000000000 years tall in 2020 a loan. this is according to a study by a professor in consign university. wow. well, that really thank you so much for joining us. tie one's longest running, traditional puppet television show is creating non fungible tokens or an f t's to help bring their art form to new audiences and hopefully to make money. and if t's are a certificate of ownership in the digital world, we'll get more into that in a moment. but for now, check out the puppets going digital. bringing the drama, this puppet vanquishes those in fantasy realms. now its creators wanted to conquer a whole new universe. the n f t marketplace. that ad they the sort of an

imagination everyone nowadays has for the online world is developing so fast that we're almost unable to grasp it. and so we've decided that instead of sitting by the sidelines, it's really the best approaches to jump straight in a digital future for an art form with deep roots in tie ones past a centuries old tradition that 1st arose on the streets. now each production is a sophisticated enterprise, the studio hopes and f t versions of their puppets. we'll draw in new foreign fans . now we'll make sure that we're already a stand out on this platform. this is where we can sell more than 30000 n f t's in a matter of seconds means that there's real potential to put. it helps us expand internationally. you need and expanding profits, and a t sales have brought in 1000000 euros. the pupil production house has thousands

of characters and complex story lines amped up with martial arts battles. similar, the n f t brand manager says to marble, comic films. all people that she's out the o feel is the same as marvel and that it's story. structures are very complete surveys on one, for example. they have a lot of heroes. on top of that, the western market actually really like our martial arts. she wrote, a label will come through and so on. douglas, it's through health insurance. hopes are high that anna teas will be a smash hit and fans will want to own one of their own. to tell us more about n f t 's, we have d w 's resident and f t and crypto currency expert michelle stockman in the studio . michelle, we just explained a little bit just now what an f t r, but can you tell us a bit more and how it's connected to crypto currencies?

normally you would by and and of t with crypto currency. so let's say one of our viewers wants to go by an, an a t 1st. you would go and take your fia currency, whether it's dollars or euros or rupees, and go to a crypto currency exchange and convert it into crypto currency that you would put in your digital wallet. then you would go to an, an f t market place that's online. something like open sea is a really popular one. you'd connect your wallet into there, and then you would be able to browse through all the different collections and select that. and if you want to bid on it, now anyone in the world can still see that on a t. they could even take a screenshot of it, make a print out, put it on their wall, they could tweet it out and say this is mine. but in theory, you are the one true owner of it because you have a digital certificate that stored on block chain, which is that public digitalized ledger that exists on a network of decentralized computers around the world. and any changes to it can be easily detected. it sounds like a lot of steps. so we just saw this company in taiwan. so are planning to sell and

f t's and taiwan is a very high tech place of the world's most advanced semiconductors are manufactured . they're tell us a little bit about the scene. well, the global craze around entities really took off last year and 2021. and taiwan. yes is among the 1st adopters. so you've got mainstream celebrities like pop star, j chow, who have a really great brand. and they have another revenue stream. now he has endorsed something called a fam to bear, and this and t dethroned what used to be the most popular one for got ape club. oh yeah. i know that one. yeah. i'm doing incredible trade, but also taiwan is among the areas that is trying to make it more user friendly. as we said, there's a lot of steps deal to purchase, an entity tie one, yahoo is launching its own an a t store so that people can just simply pay with a credit card for an end of t really reducing the barriers to a mass audience that would definitely be the option i go for. okay,

so beyond taiwan, what else are we seeing in asia? well, if you talk to a crypto currency enthusiasts, they're going to say the surge is going to be this year. everybody is going to be going for entities, but you know, it's in the interest of crypto enthusiasts to say that it's really hard to pinpoint the actual data. countries aren't really tracking that at this point. but there are a couple indicators we can look at that do suggest that there is a rise in interest in entities arise an ownership, for example. there's a firm called chain analysis. they do block chain analytics and they looked at the web traffic related to entities. first in all of asia, comparing it to north america and europe combined, and they found that that traffic was pretty equal, and yet asia has about 4 times the population. so there's a potential for more consumers. now, this is a really new thing. i know a lot of governments are kind of scratching their heads, trying to figure out crypto currencies and how much they should regulate it. is that having an impact on and if t's and

a t is right now are not really so much on government's radars. there, it's kind of a great area. the exception in asia is thailand. their band. china has band the trading and mining of crypto currency, but has kind of decide it's going to be tolerant around and of t's, but has raised the alarm. it's concerned about the potential for scams and other criminal activity around the crypto sphere and big companies, big tech companies like ali baba and 10 cent have taken their own rules. so they have told customers, if we're seeing something like programs that go in and scoop a whole lot of and of tease right when they're released or they detect money laundering, or other fraud and activities, they're gonna shut those accounts down. but governments across the world are weary, you know, entities are away for creators to make profits. there's opportunity here, but there's also an opportunity to be victimized people who might not understand the rules around and tease. they might not understand the exchange rates. it's

a really valuable market, so you might have something that's worth something one day, the market crashes, you plummet the brave new world. this is so interesting. michelle stockman, thank you so much. you're welcome. northern india is in the grip of a heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees celsius. he w delhi team went out to see how people are coping. the heat in delhi is blistering . the fans full force beating down. people are doing what they can to find, just a bit of shade as the heat makes everybody lethargic. and those who can afford it, try to stay in air condition rooms. so just trying to stay indoors as much as possible with that he's he's on an or believe in get to see him this year as well i we dont, kathy, i'm just coming from a cafe so i still feel a little cool, but it is hot. but gotta be here for indians, rickshaw drivers and daily village liberals that has little respite from the scorching temperatures. did the girl know god were poor people,

whether it's hot or cold, we have to work all year modem or not. i'm going over there. this is, is a lovely, i repair shoes and this he's, i used the souls to find myself in the city and walk around the city or then parts provide free water. these traditional much gas keep the water chilled even straight on to come to relish the cold air around them. and the ever rise and heat of the afternoon, d hydrated residence don't to ice cubes. and traditional ice balls or go long to keep calling. the spiced with a touch of rose water was our treat. headaches and some strokes are common unless people drink enough. it's so hot that regular water isn't enough. and so people look for coconut water stoled like b. now it isn't surprising for india to be this hot in summer, especially in monthly june went on patrol speak. but this is just the 4th week of

april the beginning of summer, and it is already $41.00 degrees celsius. in fact, india has broken its own record. march was hotter than it has been in over a decade. find to say climate change is making the situation worse. so more heat weights are likely visio the next. and probably the next. that's it for friday had a good weekend. we'll see on monday. ah, what is art? a homework of civilization, a reflection of our society. a spiritual awakening. passion for an entire universe of culture. a new episode each week,

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the program. a message of the port is what you commission president or the law on the line wants to convey on her visit to kim. last night, the you has approved an important ban on russian coal as part of a new package of sanctions against moscow. the imports $20000000.00 euros worth of russian coal daily, which is a fraction of what it pays for russian oil. gas measures also include an import band for us and timbers, immense and vodka. it prohibits entry for russian ships, the ports, and a full transaction ban on for key russian backs and import ban on russian cold timber vodka, russian vessels are largely prohibited from using e u ports and there are further measures against russian banks. let's get the view of alexander rodney and ski. he's an economic advisor to the ukranian president. welcome to d. w. alexander. what are your thoughts on.