hello and welcome to nhk "newsline." we start here in tokyo where officials are reporting the lowest number of coronavirus infections in weeks. they announced 39 new cases in the capital on monday and that's the smallest increase since march 30th and the second day in a row that figure has fallen below 100. nearly 4,000 people have tested positive in the capital so far. the increase comes as the

government urges people to stay home in a statewide emergency. on sunday the number of people in tokyo's shopping and entertainment hub was down 81.9% compared to earlier this year. the number of people who are in osaka's district fell, and data from a mobile carrier showed visitor numbers have declined sharply at major tourist sites across japan. mean while lawmakers have started discussing a bill that would help deal with the measures with the pandemic. >> we want to have the measure approved as soon as possible so we can i implement thehe measur. we will take prompt bold action in response. >> the government's emergency package includes about $119

billion for cash handouts. every resident in the country will be entitled to about $930 under that scheme. small and medium-sized companies will also be eligible for subsidies for up to 18,0$18,000 the revenues have dropped because of the virus. japan is also expanding a ban on foreign travelers. beginning wednesday anybody that spent time in russia, saudi arabia, qatar peru in the last ten weeks will be denied entry, and that's in addition to 73 other countries and territories already included in the ban. more than 13,000 coronavirus infections have been confirmed in japan. that does not include 712 cases linked to the "diamond princess" cruise ship that was quarantined near tokyo in february. about 400 people have died

including 13 from the ship. the bank of japan has unveiled measures to stimulate the economy. policymakers held a one-day session on monday instead of their regular two-day meeting to deal with the urgent situation. nhk world is at the boj with the details. >> reporter: the boj says its purchases of government bonds are now unlimited. the expansionary move is in line with the goverernment's emergen economic measures that include stepped up issuance of government bonds. another part of the boj's asset purchase program is to help with the funding needs of companies struggling amid the pandemic. the central bank will boost its buying of corporate bonds and commercial paper up to 20 trillion yen or about $185 billion by the end of

september. the measures come as a call by the government for people to limit their outings and decisions by companies to halt production affect small business and large corporations alike. furthermore, the boj has sharply revised downward its outlook on japan's gdp growth for this fiscal year. its projections see the contraction of between minus 5 to minus 3%. the previous outlook from january expected an expansion of 0.9%. the u.s. federal reserve and the european central bank are also scheduled to hold policy meetings this week. one focus will be on what their additional easing measures will look like. the coronavirus is inflicting severe economic pain in both the united states and europe where infections are more widespread than in japan. yanaka marie, nhk world. officials in japan have called off an annual junior sports festival as the pandemic continues to disrupt fixtures

nationwide. more than 30,000 high schoolers were expecting to take part. the all japan high school athletic federation made the decision at a board meeting on sunday. it is the first time since its 1963 inception that the summer festival has been canceled. competition was to be held across the country during august. the event covers dozens of sports including athletics, swimming, and ball games. the officials cited difficulties ensuring the safety of athletes and staff during competition, as well as risks associated with travel and lodging. they also noted that many of the athletes have not been able to train properly with the closure of schools.

a senior south korean official says north korean leader kim jong-un is alive and well despite a u.s. media report that reported he e was in grave dang after surgery. moon jae-in is a former adviser to t the south koreaean preside he told fox news on sunday that kim has beenen staying in an eastern city since april 13th. a cnn report last week claimed the u u.s. w was monitoring intelligence about kim's health. north korean media have not reported on his activities for about two weeks. south korean unification industry said on monday its view has not changed, that nothing is unusual is happening in the north. an expert at south korean think tank also cast doubt on the health rumors. they said if kim was gravely ill, he would have been transferred immediately to pyongyang. they say kim is expected to make a public appearance soon. as coronavirus infections

have spread in u.s. nursing home readmitting recovering residents has reemerged as a contentious issue. clusters have occurred at many nursing homes as tallied by a private donation showing that more than 10,000 home care residents died as of last thursday. the state of newew york is urgi care homes to readmit their residents after ththey are released from hospital to free up beds for more serious cases. authorities in california and new jersey are issuing similar instructions. but home operators are resisting the call sayining it could s sp infections to more residents. experts say nursing homes are often short of p protective gea suchch as face masks and have smaller staffs compared to hospitals. new york governor andrew cuomo has repeated his call for care homes to comply with state

policy. he says nursing homes are obliged to deal with the issue responsibly, the same as medical institutions. the coronavirus has been spreading in african countries since late last month with the number of cases on the continent now about 30,000. one of the main challenges in combating the outbreak is the lack of resources. our next story looks at one japanese aid worker who is trying to help in uganda. >> reporter: this man has dedicated his life to help refugees and child soldiers escape armed conflict in neighboring sudan. but for the past two months, his focus has been trying to save people from an invisible enemy, the coronavirus. his days are spent visiting small villages, talking to residents, and advising local leaders. in the wake of the outbreak, the country closed its borders and banned residents from going out. but complicacating the situatio is that some international aidi groups the country relies on have suspended operations.

food aid from the united nations has been cut by 30%. he says the cuts come at a time when they are needed most. >> translator: they've improved living conditions here h have c backck their operations considerably so it's been difficult. >> reporter: so far there have been over 80 reports cases in uganda but local doctors fear what could happen if the number of cases rise further citing lack of equipment. >> we have limited beds, i think about seven beds, and that's quite limited. so if we have hit at this very point in northern uganda realize that the capacity to control this to help patients who are already sick are very low and i get -- i think i am just looking at a situation where we have get

so many related to the coronaviruses. >> reporter: right now, prevention is the biggest priority. ogawa and his team visited a market in the city center to distribute fliers about the importance of social distancing and washing hands. but there's only so much that can be done. many places lack infrastructure. ogawa has helped set up cleaning stations as a stopgap measure. >> translator: if we don't do this now, it will be too late. hopefully these campaigns to raise awareness will be effective. >> reporter: ogawa has been posting updates online hoping it will compel the international community to do more to help countries like uganda. his message is simple. the problem extends beyond borders.

♪ ♪ although it's still april people in parts of the southwestern united states is dealing with midsummer-like sizzling weather. >> even cooling shelters are

open in los angeles, andnd thes are the highs from what we saw from fridaday to sundayay. for example, thermal california had a high of 40 degrees on friday making the record for the day,y, and downtowown los angel had the highh of 34 degrees tha hit the record for the day as well. unusually high temperatures are continuing to grip many places at least until thursday. las vegas, the high will be 38 on wednesday and in palm springs, over 40 degrees every day from tuesday to thursday, and death valley, 46 degrees. watch out for heat stroke. the firefighters put out a fire in parts of western germany last week and it was beabnormally dr this last winter and more fires could occur because hot and dry conditions continue in germany at least into tuesday. there will be cooler

temperatures plus wet weather can be found until thursday. paris with a temperature of 19 degrees on tuesday, so it's cooling down a bit. london will see a significant dual koupb on tuesday with a chance for thunderstorms on the day. let's go to japan where we see pop-up thunderstorms against central areas of japan including central tokyo. over the last six hours we saw heavy rainfall, and we have thunderstorm advisories finally posted for japan. more thunderstorms along with hail are possible as we go into tonight. tomorrow it's going to be a lot calmer but there's a chance for thunderstorms in parts of japan, including tokyo once again. that's it for me. stay safe. ♪ ♪

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edition of nhk "newsline." thank you for watching and we will have more for you soon. welcome to "news liline" in depth, we will look at the impact on young people, thinking who they are and their history and where our societies are headed. first we take you to a neighborhood in bangkok where members of a university art faculty are giving a makeover to street scapes and old buildings. they are putting the graffiti in

the hands of local artists. >> the circuit box looks ordinary until you see it as part of street painting, a thai soccer star that plays in japan decorated on the wall. colorf colorful creations like these are being noticed bypasser. this is the brainchild of the area from the university. the school wanted to add some charm to the area to add more beauty. >> many of the places we chose tended to be dangerous and out of sight. we believe street art will add color to the area.

>> this restaurant specializes in fried chicken. it's exterior now hasas chicken-ininspired artwork. >> many who visit the restaurant says the painting is beautiful. we also have gained customers. >> the particular art project is attracting the attention of artists with the advertisement. she and her colleagues worked at an old theater that was shutdown and later renovated. four hours after they started something like a cat appeared on the wall.

>> translator: we hope the cat will attract people to the theater so it will never be shutdown again. >> one theater operating in southeast asia sees the art boom as a business opportunity. the firm hit on the idea of using street art to ties its product, so it began developing spray paint made only for artist. >> translalator: we think more artists have accepted our products. we want to spread the trend around the world in the future. >> the many works by street arartis are notot o only revitalizing commumunities inn thailand, they are also creating new opportutunities for artists

and businesses. nhk world, bangkok. >> the street paintings already appear at more than 40 locations. people that want to learn more can scan the codes for artist informations and other arts nearby. the project will continue until the walls of the area are filled. and then the unique comics make them a uniquely strange art form. once the story was made into a valuable work, things have changed. the originals of famous manga such as this page from astro boy behind me have recently been auctioned for significant sums.

in our next story, we look at how they collect and preserve these valuable documents and inspire young artists of the future. >> he's a prolific artist, and she's a pioneer. and now she turns to her legacy and what will happen to her artwork when she's gone.e. >> in japan, a lot of original manga artwork gets thrown away or stored badly. >> it's a problem to countries that the manga museum decided to rest. this museum has been focusing

graphic art since 1995. now it's expanding its mission. more than 17 manga artists have donated to the museum about 320 drawings, and it's a warehohous of manga, it's a room with humidity and temperature is controlled to keep the art works from deteriorating. >> translator: each volume is stored in-boxes. we place the anti-aubgs tautive paper to prevent degradation. >> here they maintain a database wherere they note if the pages

have yellowed or have tape marks. the museum also keeps high resolution scans of the drawings. visitors can enlarge the images on a touch screen to view intricate brush work or the artist's instructions to their assistance. >> translator: these original sketches have inherent value as cultural heritage, and i want to preserve them for the next generation and this museum will hopefully understand why we are doing this. >> and manga is a large part of popular chinese culture and it has not always been seen as worth preserving. the museum curators are working hard to change that. >> the museum archives reveal the artists sophisticated

technique, for example, the scales on this fish is drawn with meticulous care as seen here. they want to hold lectures and other events. he hopes to inspire institutions across the country to preserve the historic resource of original manga artwork. we have been looking at how art expresses ideas whether it's on building walls or sheets of paper. we now introduce you to a taiwane taiwanese animation worker, and she grew up under strict martial lalaw with little freedom to expresss hersrself, and shehe ds the territory before and after dedemocracyy came in the late 1980s. the film was a bigig hit when i

was r released three years ago. many young people rediscovered it during the presidential elections earlier this yearr whn they revisited the meaning of democracacy in cna's social and historical context. the film has also taken off in japan. >> on happiness road follows chi,hoho is living in the united states. whwhener grandmoth dies, she returnto taiwa and t dratatic changes that have tak plac in her homeland causes her to reflect on her homeland, and it's inspired by her own

experiences. >> i lived when taiwan moved to dem krauization. i wanted to show how it affected the growth oththe people. >> the nationalistsartyromm mainland china looms large and forces its values on th people tain, replacing its traditns and culultus with martl law. at her school, they have to spk mandanhinese instead of their local language, a anybod ttreaks t the res are hit with a fine, andree speeeech is suppressed. >> translator: when i was a

child the people around me spoke mandarin. my cousin was the only one who encouraged me to use taiwanese. i was deeply shocked when i heard my cousin had been suppressed. >> after martial law was lifted in the late '80s, a p pro democracy groupprung up in the young pele,, and ioins it spspiteer p parts. >> parents thought social

movements and demonstrations were not good, and they believed what the government says is always right. >> her personal dreamsre met with the same kikind of respons. >> i thoug s studyg hdd a findg g a gd husband and becoming doctor wou me me ppy, buty thinkg has chand alo wh the chang se inaiwan. pern's happiness cannot be measured with a single gauge. >> it's easy to see why her struggles have resinated with so ma y young people in taiwan. th director's mess sgg c---- messagage is clr, the road to hainesessnvolves looking back as mucas l loong f forrd.

>> that's it for today's "news line in depth." thank you for watching, and see you again next time.

anchor: thank you for joining us on "france 24." boris johnson has resumed work after contracting the coronavirus. he is urging the country to keep going with the lockdown in place and says economic activity can only resume when the first phase is over. in recent weeks, his government has come under heavy fire for a series of missteps under the slow response to the pandndemic anand lack of protective gear fr medical personnel. >> and it is still true that this is the biggest single challenge this country has faced since the war.