hour south korea is protesting against a cold virus travel restriction on its citizens visiting japan tokyo and i still face a 2 day mandatory a 2 week mandatory corns in south korea has more than 6 times in its current ours cases the israeli military has locked and bethlehem with no one allowed in its earlier house and the president declared a state of emergency after the confirmation of certain cases of coronavirus and at times calm is largely holding in syria's it will cope and suffer a cease fire came into effect it was brokered by russia and turkey after days of fighting that wind pushed the countries to war direct confrontation. the syrians from ad lib are among tens of thousands of people trying to cross from turkey into the e.u. they're trying to enter through greece and bulgaria but say they've been met by violence rubber bullets and tear gas that's a good name reports from. hopes the coal left fingers numb it the syrian refugees from it lip along. other migrants have been camped out on this riverbank in a dern a turkey for days they're stuck here trying to figure out how best to c

and so career is protesting against a coronavirus travel restriction on its citizens visiting japan tokyo and i still face a 2 week mandatory quarantine certainly as more than 6000 cold virus cases. but as hopkins university in the u.s. is tracking the i prayed based on w.h.o. figures and infection was released by the governments themselves the big red circles over china and the virtue of the viral epicenter would indicate were most cases are right side asia the major concentrations in the middle east mainly iran and europe chiefly it's really over almost 100000 people have caught the corona virus 55000 or so have recovered and 3300 have died while it's gone i'd say the chinese epicenter was han which shone with its surrounding province remains in lockdown joining us from there is rather to the karna medical student who's been under quarantine an apartment since january 20 seconds thank you so much for speaking to us here on al-jazeera you've been on the korean scene for looks like all 6 weeks now what on earth is like life like. where your eye can you hear as or how to account. you know

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south korea is protesting against a cone of ours travel restriction on its citizens visiting japan tokyo and i'm still face a 2 week mandatory quarantine south korea has more than 6000 coronavirus cases nearly 300000000 students are being affected by school causes worldwide the strict measures are imposed to contain the spread of the virus 22 countries are the ones the suspension of classes united nations says the global scale and speed of the disruption to education is unparalleled. and a court in india's capital new delhi has ordered 4 men convicted on the 2012 gang rape and murder of a woman to be executed later this month the men had filed several appeals since their conviction but they were rejected by the president's the crimes against a student on a bus in delhi triggered widespread protests the attack led to tougher laws against sexual violence including the death penalty and twitter says it will start applying a label to tweets containing manipulated forms of media social media platform also plans to remove any content it deems deliberately misleading it's likely to cause harm c

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speculation over whether the tokyo games would go ahead. -- coronavirus has caused chaos the world over. japan's prime ministers says tokyo 2020 will be held in 2021. the host of the tokyo olympics, taking into consideration the current situation for the athlete and athletes of the world, for them to be able to compete in the best environment and for the run in a safe environment. postponingconsider the games for exactly one year. >> several of the book qualifiers had to be postponed due to the outbreak, putting many athletes at a disadvantage and increase and restrictions on travel made it nearly impossible. >> it was becoming increasingly difficult to see any way that it could be held this year. olympics operates on some many levels. worldhletes around the are training for something that they are not sure whether it will be held or not. many are in lockdown scenarios. that it wouldd put their budget at risk. they have not worked out how much the delay will cost or cool ok. -- who will pay. sigh of relief. they gave us a sense of direction, so that is a relief, but it does not solve everything.

a people of tokyo and the people of japan. a huge people of tokyo and the people ofjapan.0 billion us dollars has been put on by the government to build a new international stadium, facilities, and there was real hope, there was realfeeling that this is notjust a big event for tokyo but for the whole of japan, it was event for tokyo but for the whole ofjapan, it was going to bring millions more tourists and they would then travel elsewhere around the pan. i have friends who run businesses all overjapan and they were hoping that their business is going to boom this summer and now they are looking at the prospect of the olympics either being cancelled or moved with a great deal of doom and gloom. this is already, notjust here injapan but around the world, eve ryo ne injapan but around the world, everyone is being affected by this pandemic, most people very negatively, and so i think people here in japan negatively, and so i think people here injapan feel very much the same way, that this is going to be a huge economic blow and a psychological blow for people who were looking

. >>> we start in japan. tokyo020 is postponed till next year, but the olympic chief sees the games as a light of hope in the fight against the coronavirus. >> we feell with the entire word population, all together, humanity is going through a very dark tunnel. and there we are wanted and we want to make the olympic flame very light at the end of this dark tunnel. >> thomas bach spoke to nhk after an ioc board meeting confirmed a delay until 2021 for the olympics and paralympics. bach said travel restrictions imposed across the world were behind the decision. >> we saw the worldwide spreading of this virus. then the question was not anymore so much what are the conditions in japan, but the question was more, can the rest of the world participate? >> the delay was agreed in a teleconference between bach and japanese prime minister shinzo abe. >> translator: we are committed to holding the games in a complete form when we can prove that human beings have overcome illness caused by the new coronavirus. >> abe is expec

from berlin tonight the disrupted and postponed games pandemic forces japan to delay the tokyo olympics japan's prime minister shinzo off he says he and the international olympic committee have agreed to delay the world's biggest sporting event until 2021 also coming up empty streets in india has an unprecedented 3 week walk down goes into effect 1300000000 people have been ordered to stay home to slow the spread of 19 and new cases of code 19 in the us.

the system is expected to move into central japan, so it looks like tokyo will see rainfall on thursdayng. so have your umbrella handy. and another system is expected to pound the northern japan as we go into friday. this system will cause heavy snow, plus typhoon-like strong winds. so blizzard conditions will happen across northern japan, especially hokkaido late this week. sapporo's high on thursday, 12 degrees. it is going to be very warm, it is going to be the warmest day of the year so far. and tokyo 21 on thursday and staying that way as we go into sunday. temperatures might drop by 5 degrees as we go into monday. now, kyoto will see 21 on thursday, cherry blossom will likely start blooming on saturday in the city. and as we go into the next couple of days, flowers expected to come out in many places such as osaka, hiroshima and koji. and start of the cherry blossom season will be around march 27 in sendai, that's much earlier than normal. now, across southern places of china, there is a stationary frontal system that is expected to cause heavy rainfall and taiwan will see rain an

, one weather system clearing out into the north pacific so brighter conditions across much of japan. tokyo at dry weather and highs of 13 degrees. brightest across south korea but heavy rain across parts of southern china. we should see showers affecting hong kong. ♪ >> our top stories, the french resident emmanuel macron told the french public we are at war against the coronavirus. announcing a raft of new measures he said he is closing all french borders. fears are growing about global recession as the pandemic since markets plunging again. the dow jones closed down 13%, the worst drop in three decades. the world health organization is urging countries around the world to test every suspected case. the director general tedros adhanom says you cannot fight a fire blindfolded. cases of coronavirus have been confirmed through half of africa. 30 countries are grappling with 400 infections. in kenya, the president encouraged people to work from home. nairobi,plane from many do not have medical insurance and have no choice but to risk their health. [crowd ] >> a lot of canyons use public trans

this is d w news live from berlin tonight the disrupted and postponed games pandemic forces japan to delay the tokyo olympics japan's prime minister shinzo off he says he and the international olympic committee have agreed to delay the world's biggest sporting event until 2021 also coming up empty streets in india as an unprecedented 3 week lockdown goes into effect 1300000000 people have been ordered to stay home to slow the spread of code 19 and new cases of code 19 in the u.s. state of new york skyrocketed called health organization now expecting the u.s. to become the epicenter of the pandemic. i bring it off it's good to have you with us it was only a matter of time 4 weeks or 48 hours in the end it took japan and the international olympic committee 2 days not a month to agreed to postpone the summer games in tokyo today the japanese prime minister announced that the games will be pushed back into 2021 the decision came after weeks of pressure from athletes to postpone colliding with weeks of resistance by the games organizers in japan. the tokyo olympics are off the decision came suddenly but

the news and south korea is criticizing a coronavirus travel restriction on its citizens visiting japan tokyo and outs they will now face a 2 week mandatory quarantine south korea has more than 6000 coronavirus cases so far spread to bethlehem in the occupied west bank and now the israeli military isn't allowing people in or out honest and in president.

infected and more than 60 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus have been reported in japan's capital tokyo the prime minister since the lobby is giving a press conference right now it's a record that they really increase and the number of infections in the city. germany's confirmed cases have risen to nearly 50000 the country as some of the highest infection numbers in the world but with only 325 deaths it's for tallaght the taliban rather is lower than its neighbors dominic heinous and when it takes a look at what the country is doing right to take you live precautions they can medics help administer tests for corona contamination at this center in berlin dr lekan lipka and her team are showing concerned patients how to perform the procedure on themselves and stalls when it's done their swabs and blood samples a sent for analysis. right up so that we explain and deal with people's uncertainties including the everyday problems worries about chronic illnesses in connection with the coronavirus by doing so we're taking away some of the burden from a marriage and see ambulances and that's how

infected and more than 60 new confirmed cases of the new chrono virus have been reported in japan's capital tokyo it is a record daily increase in the number of infections in that city the governor says the capital is on the brink of an emergency and has asked tens of millions of residents to avoid all non-essential travel until april 12th. france has extended nationwide lockdown measures until mid april the prime minister warns a difficult days ahead with the wave of new infections inspected in paris and northern regions which has more in a paris suburb volunteers transform a gymnasium into a clinic for coronavirus patients. they send to ease the burden on emergency rooms and g.p. if a group patients in one place where we can follow procedure and isolate them so they don't infect others. most people in the french capital all obeying president emanuel macro's cool to stay indoors streets a quiet and roads nearly empty nevertheless the region is bracing for a wave of new coronavirus patients the french prime minister says it's a similar picture across the country. increase we are in a crisis that

but one weather system clearing a into the north pacific so brighter conditions across much of japan tokyo looking at dry weather highs of 13 degrees brightish across south korea but you notice we got some heavy rain across parts of southern china and we should see some showers affecting hong kong. young women with this space i used to do. about working in the best will come of it you know like not sounding nice about a small stuff the science the giant leap for mankind in co good start for don't place it inside and at the scheduled time the south like of the center to space women make science kirk a stunt space school at the certified on al-jazeera. no . longer amount of top stories here on. the french president emanuel macor has told the french public we are at war against the coronavirus announcing a raft of new measures he said he's closing french borders. fears are growing of a global recession as the coronavirus pandemic sends markets around the world plunging again the dow jones closed down 13 percent the worst drop in 3 decades. the world health organization is urging countries aro

japan it's 7:00 p.m. on a friday. i'm james tengan in tokyo. is is nhk "newsline." >>> japan's diet has enacted a law which will allow the prime minister to declare a state of emergency over the new coronavirus. once it comes into force on saturday the prime minister will be able to declare a an e emerg shut t the outbreak rapidly sprd across the countntry a and pose serious health and economic threat. an emergency declaration would allow governors to order school closures and ask people to stay home. the law would also enable governors to use land or buildings for emergency medical facilities without the owner's consent. japan's top government spokesperson says an emergency declaration could have a grave impact on people's lives. >> translator: the emergency declaration will require a careful decision based on expert knowledge from various fields and will take into account the opinions raised in the diet. >> some lawmakers expressed concerns over how an emergency declaration would affect the individual rights and privileges of citizens. others

japan. passenger planes from the two countries would only be allowed to land at narita airport near tokyo orr kansai airport near osaka. they are trying to curb the number of coronavirus infections. the government is also asking operators of maritime passenger services to suspend routes connecting japan with china our south korea. mean while, latest figures show that the number of chinese visitors plummeted last month to almost one tenth from a year earlier. immigration authorities say fewerr than 60,000 chinese entered the country. that compares with nearly 570,000 visitors logged in, in february last year. they say that japan had fewer than 1 million foreign visitors in total last month. that's down by more than half from 2.4 million a year ago. >>> rakuten is amending a plan to offer customers free shipping. the online operator now says the policy will only apply to merchants who agree to it. company executives say they are also taking measures for vendors that may be negatively affected by the change. rakuten had announced it would make shipping free for orders starting at just under $40,

reduced our operations the international committee meanwhile says it's in talks with japan about postponing the tokyo games canada has announced its athletes won't compete unless as a delay and australians have been told to prepare 48202111 x. 40 salami in japan has more on the growing international pressure to postpone the games will the last survey showed that 70 percent of the people feel to that it would be wise to delay holding the olympics of course everyone wants to wants that wants the olympics to be held on time but still nobody wants to screw the lives of others and put people in danger until now they have sections in japan haven't passed 1050 cases but the people are watching the news now from spain from italy from us and everyone wants what had been in china and they feel also that holding this large sports on the events may raise their disk of infections not only in japan but also worldwide. a u.s. senate bill to help cushion the economic impact of coronavirus has hit a stumbling block democrats have been demanding more funding and will now renegotiate with republicans more than 30000 am

and we are looking at rainfall across many places, japan, including tokyo.we will see rainy weather once again in tokyo on wednesday. temperatures will be going down to the single digits once again on wednesday. today's high was nearly 18 degrees. it is definitely a beautiful day but tomorrow is going to be very cold and very wet.t. however, sunny weather should return on thursday. osaka will see rainy weathther wednesday. if you remember last week, cyclone esther made landfall in the northern territory. as a low pressure system, it's dumping heavy rainfall over the northern territory and it looks like it iss expected to dump heavy rainfall not just in the northern territory but also queensland, new south wales a a partss of south australia. so many places of australia will receive flooding rainfall, at least into friday. meanwhile, we have a system located over the north causing giant waefs over the island. the system will likely stay here for a while. that's it for me. have a nice day. >>> and that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasaw

tokyo. good to see you, will. so, japan's prime minister had been resisting the inevitability of this for a little bit there, hadn't he? but now it's reality. how's this going to work for 2021? and what about all those folks who already have their tickets? >> reporter: well, this is the big question, rosemary. now that they have made this, i guess, unofficial announcement, because it's going to be the ioc that says this is going to be the date, but we presume it will be summer of 2021, when the 2020 olympics will be called. they will still call it 2020, so they don't have to take down all the signs in the city, but it's a huge logistical nightmare with figuring out what to do for people who spent thousands on tickets. do the tickets transfer over? what happens to athletes village? a lot of the units are presold. people are supposed to be living in them by next year. but this has a historical aspect to all of this, because in the history of the modern olympics, during world war i and world war ii, the cancelulations happened t

japan's famed cherry blossom is in full bloom and tokyo's residents are making the most of the spring spectacle while they still can . coming just after japan took the painful decision to postpone the 2020 summer olympics everyone here has been given a reminder of why their government took that step a sharp increase in the number of coroner virus cases in the japanese capital has led tokyo's gov to urge everyone to stay indoors this coming weekend. we must 1st take measures to prevent the spread of the corona virus we cannot move forward that hasn't changed. so far life in japan has been relatively untroubled by the global pandemic with businesses and restaurants remaining open. but gradually a realisation is setting in that life might be about to change. when you are stuck at home it's stressful i wasn't sure if i should be here but i wanted to come. my wife wasn't happy about me visiting tokyo but it's outdoors and if i keep my distance from other people i think it's ok. the olympics are meant to be the high point of prime minister shinzo obvious premiership and their postponement i

japan. the tokyo olympics are off the decision came suddenly but was not unexpected after weeks of debate and speculation in order to safeguard the health of the athletes and everybody involved in the olympic games that we have to postpone the olympic and paralympic games or talk you were 2022 the year or 2021 with the aim to have feet there are the latest in summer time $21.00 it's a decision that was not taken lightly or willingly but pressure had been mounting from athletes and sports federations it's it's a power that i will give the be the limits this year but yet to understand the situation understand that things are a little bigger than warden and we have a next year. so many athletes are now. i'm not been able to. prepare you know they haven't been able to do their qualification. on the station. and a lot of it's also don't have access to training venues. and it's not fair if everyone. compared the best way this is the 1st time the olympic games have been postponed and it's a mammoth logistical task contracts need to be renegotiated tickets for a sold out venue is transferred overturn

of speculation about whether the tokyo games would go ahead the corona virus pandemic that's caused chaos the world over made the event increasingly unlikely now japan's prime minister says tokyo 2020 will be held in 2021 i feel though. as the host of the tokyo olympics taking into consideration the current situation for the athletes for the athletes of the world for them to be able to compete in the best environment and also for the games to be one in which it is safe and worry free for spectators i asked if it would be possible to consider perspiring in the games for approximately one year i think this weekend seeing several countries signalled they wouldn't be seen detains to the event originally planned for july several input qualifiers had to be postponed as a result of the outbreak putting many athletes at a disadvantage and the increasing restrictions on global travel made even getting to the competition nearly impossible it was becoming increasingly difficult anyway which could be you know this year. you know you think about it it operates in so many different levels. think about. just 2 levels around the world which one train is something tha

>>in japan, tokyo's famous fish market has seen a sharp slump in tourists and foot traffic.apanese sushi houses in the bay area get their fish. blake essex spoke to one sushi owners who says f he's facing have to close his doors amid the coronavirus pandemic. >>these days had decades to your attorney doesn't waste much time. the tow, your suit fish market, the moves quickly between stalls navigating a narrow path in search of fresh fish for more than 9 years. this has been sued grading his menu on the line. that it's sushi marr about sue preparations are underway for what he says is typically a busy one service catering to japanese locals. well at least it was until about 2 months ago. >>continental in plea customer stop coming severe tells me customers stopped coming. how do you deal with that see this of top. i'm hungry for those across town vendor saying it's even worse. the staging market is one of the most famous fish markets in the world typically this place is jam-packed with people shoulder to shoulder making it difficult to walk that as you can see right now it's pr

in japan, tokyo's stock average fell 4%, at hong kong fell by over 4%, before gaining back slightly, to more than 25,000 points, in south korea, stocks open lower with the stock price index of nearly 3%. fures are down nearly 1000 h points. oil prices are plunging amid worries that producers won't cut supplies enough to match falling demand as global travel slows. crude prices are down 26%, at this hour. the stock market opens in just an hour and a half at 6:30, and we will bring you live updates once the opening bell rings. >>> one of nasa's employees has tested positive for the coronavirus, nasa has implemented mandatory tele- workforce for its employees of this research facility. >>> the san francisco unified school district is taking precautions against the potential spread of the coronavirus as well, this morning one public school is closed and many more are feeling the viruses impacts. kpix 5 jackie ward is live at lowell high school this morning, with more details. >> reporter: also called nonessential events, things like practices, games, rehearsals, performances, assemblies,

we move on to japan, where tokyo's govovernor hahas asked warningo stay at home, residents of japan'sapital that they needed to prevent an explosion of coronavirus cases. shoppers raced to stock up p on food a and other essential good, with fears of an official lockdown looming over the capital. for the second day in a row, tokyo has seen a sharp rise in tokyo 19 cases, -- covid-19 cases, which now are over 2050 people. empty store shelves have now become the norm for many countries across the world, even though officials have appealed not to buy more than you need. in fact come authorities in the u.k., united states, trillion, and hong kong have warned against buying more supplies than is actually needed and have sought to reissue to people that there are adequate goods going around. tokyo has some 212 confirmed cases, for a total of 1200 in the c country. families of f the victims of t e christchchurch mosque shootings have been left in shock after the suspected shooter changed his plea to guilty over the killings. nownds andd parents -- he murder and ants of terrorism charge for th

reduced their operations the international olympic committee says it's in talks with japan about postponing the tokyo games canada has announced its athletes won't compete a mess as a delay and australians have been told to prepare for a 2021 and things and a u.s. senate bill to help me economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak has had a stumbling block democrats have been demanding more funding and will now renegotiate with republicans more than 30000 americans have tested positive for the virus now daily coronavirus death toll has fallen but the country still reported $651.00 deaths on sunday it comes as countries around europe are putting in place increasingly strict masha's. reports. it is a mark of the severity of italy's situation when its latest coronavirus daily death toll can be viewed as good news $651.00 new fatalities more than anywhere else in the world but still fewer than the nearly 800 italian dead announced on saturday. unfortunately today again we register a death toll of 651 people numbers are lower than what we reported yesterday but we must not lower our guard. prime minister k

. >>> we start in japan. tokyois postponed till next year, but the olympic chief sees the games as a light of hope in the fight against the coronavirus. >> we feell with the entire word population, all together, humanity is going through a very dark tunnel. and there we are wanted and we want to make

committee president almost back remains confident the tokyo games will be a success despite concerns of the coronavirus disrupting the event japan's olympics minister says the country could postpone the event until the end of the year tokyo's contract stipulates that the i.o.c. holds the right to cancel the games if they aren't held this year but japan argued the contract could be interpreted as allowing a postponement interpretation aside japan's government remains committed to hosting the games begin in july 2004 and i.o.c. president thomas bach say as for now it will be business as usual the i.o.c. the organizing committee the host city of tokyo the government of japan and in particular the world health organization really remain very confident with regard to the safety of these games 2020 i would like to encourage all the athletes to their preparation for the olympic games tokyo 2020 with great confidence and with steam. in the german cup quarter finals and she's denied defending champions by in munich defeated hosts shall go one nil to advance in the day's other fixture f.c.s. became the 1st ever 4th division side to advance

but one weather system clearing into the north pacific so brought to conditions across much of japan tokyo looking at dry weather highs of 13 degrees brightish across south korea but you notice we got some heavy rain across parts of southern china and we should see some showers affecting hong kong. young women with this space i used to dream about working in a. small staff of the science that giant leap for mankind in congress don't mean for don't place it inside and at the scheduled time the satellite will be sent into space women make science gets down to space school at the south 5 on al-jazeera. org or earth order. form. one of top stories here on al-jazeera the french president emmanuel mccall has told the french public we are at war against her own a virus announcing a raft of new measures he said he's closing all french borders. fears are growing of a global recession as the coronavirus pandemic sends markets around the world 100 again the dow jones is just closed down 13 percent the worst drop in 3 decades. the world health organization is urging countries around the world to test

committee president thomas bach remains confident that the tokyo games will be a success despite concerns of the coronavirus disrupting the event japan's olympics minister says the country could postpone the event until the end of the year on tokyo's contract stipulates that the i.o.c. holds the right to counsel the games if they aren't held this year but japan argue the contract could be interpreted as allowing a postponement interpretation aside japan's government remains committed to hosting the games begin in july 24th and i.o.c. president thomas bach says for now it will be business as usual the i.o.c. the organizing. the whole city of tokyo the government of japan and in the world health organization really remain very confident with regard to the safety of these olympic games talk your 2020 i would like to encourage all the athletes to their preparation for the olympic games tokyo 2020 with great confidence and with foreign steam a reminder of the top story we're following for you. moderate presidential candidate joe biden has opened up an early lead in the democrats in the democratic party's super tuesday primaries he's project

two of japan's most famous olympians lighting the tokyo 2020 torch. ames are still set to begin in late july. in just over four months. japan is hoping for a comeback from the catastrophic earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown at fukushima, nine years ago this month. japan's spirit and economy desperately needed a revival. tokyo 2020 was on track to be just that. the novel coronavirus pandemic changed everything. >> translator: it's possible the olympic games will be cancelled, despite japan's best efforts says japanese lawmaker ishiba. >> reporter: telling thomas bach the summer games will not be cancelled for the first time since world war ii but he now admits postponing the games is on the table. last week, the prime minister quickly shot down president trump's idea to postpone the games for a year. but a recent poll says 70% of japanese have doubts that the games can go on. do you think it's capable to host the olympics in july? under the circumstances, i don't think it's safe says this resident. as an athlete, i really want to post the olympic

stories south korea is protesting against a coronavirus travel restriction on its citizens visiting japan tokyo announce they will now face a 2 week mandatory quarantine south korea has more than 6000 coronavirus cases israeli military is now locked down bethlehem with no one allowed in or out such stuff to the palestinian president declared a state of emergency after the confirmation of 7 cases of coronavirus when there was a tense calm largely holding in syria's province after a cease fire came into effect it was brokered by russia and turkey after days of fighting that almost pushed the country's towards a direct confrontation. political ceremony in afghanistan's capital kabul has come under attack even $25.00 people dead the head of the peace council was giving a speech was being broadcast live when the shots were fired afghanistan's chief executive abella dollar was also there witnesses say he was not hurt. and kabul for us on the news hour what more can you tell us on this particular attack. well 4 hours in and this standoff is still ongoing from the latest reports we've seen that foreign

or postponed until 2021 recently ioc chief thomas bott came out and said they are fully behind japan and tokyo020 as it is currently scheduled. >> blake esic, thanks so much for that. >>> pete buttigieg ending his historic presidential run. the former south bend, indiana, mayor turned into a national political player with his unexpected rise. buttigieg made the decision to step aside seeing no viable path to success on super tuesday and beyond. >> our goal has always been to help unify americans to defeat donald trump and to win the era for our values. and so we must recognize that at this point in the race the best way to keep faith with those goals and ideals is to step aside and help bring our party and our country together. >> buttigieg didn't endorse anyone but critical support in states like california and texas could gravitate towards joe biden whose convincing win in south carolina revived his campaign. biden is calling on super tuesday states like virginia to keep the momentum going. >> on tuesday here in virginia you could be the launching pad to the path to beat donald trump. >> for

world's biggest mobile phone show mobile world congress in barcelona the 2020 summer olympics in tokyo japan could be next i'm watchful. of an engineer so i'm a little more conservative minded probably but i'm watching things you know. you. wouldn't i wouldn't travel just for personal reasons that were like i have a daughter in san diego and i was going to go visit her in. but now if you go probably shouldn't go. in their ninety's and i'm sort of have to keep an eye on so i'll probably do that trip and i was going to go visit him but he's lives in seattle and i don't think i want to go to ground 0 for. museums like the louvre in paris and tokyo disneyland are temporarily shut down while many cruises are not accepting cancellations many airlines are offering one way tickets as low as $20.00 but many are saying that simply is not enough reporting for boom bust their mom test r t. the turbulent week on wall street continues as a 50 bed cut earlier did nothing to restore confidence to the market about 9 trillion dollars has been wiped off of global stocks in 9 days and the 10 year has now tumble

japan. becomiming a panda keeper at a te tokyo zoo. would eventually turn to despair when a baby panda in her care died six days after its birth. >> translator: i was devastated. it was so hard. i never wanant to go through something like that again. >> abe eventually returned to the breeding center in china to brush up her skills. a few times a week, she works overnight to feed the cubs milk and rub them to help with their digestion. sometimes it's a challenge to get the little ones to breastfeed from the mothers. abe imitates a cub's cry in an effort to stimulate the process. but it doesn't always work. 30 minutes later, abe tries again. this time, with success. one of her responsibilities is keeping the pandas in good shape. for meal time, she has devised a contraption that gives the animals a little workout, not just for their bodies but, their minds, too. to get the food, they have to reach up into the basket. >> i think it's good for the pandas. they have to find the food, which stimulates their brains. >> abe keeps a detailed re

japan's capital tokyo it has a record daily increase in the number of infections in that city the governor says the capital is on the brink of an emergency and has asked its tens of millions of residents to avoid all non-essential travel until april 12th and after more than 2 months of lockdown restrictions are being eased in china's hu han city that of course is where the new coronavirus outbreak 1st began people are now allowed to enter the city but it's 11000000 residents are barred from leaving until april 8th . south korea's prime minister is warning against complacency in the fight against the virus. the government's preparing for a long battle $146.00 new cases have been reported raising the total to nearly $9500.00. so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera and other polls and at the top of the hour in the meantime the listening posts next. as the well battles the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the outside. with updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. coronavirus pandemic special coverage on al-jazeera. to extract just.

tokyo. >>> japan's prime minister shinzo abe has announced tighter quarantine measures amid the new coronavirus pandemic. they have been expanded to those from 38 natations includingng m of europe. >> translator: we concludeded strictcter quarantine is necessy for people comoming from 38 countries,s, including european countries, iran and egypt . >> abe says they'll ask both foreign and japanese nationals arriving from the places to ice -- isolate themselves for at least two weeks from home and hotels and they'll be asked not to use public transportation. they've added visas are void. the measures will continue through april. the same requirements arall reddee in place for people traveling from china and south korea. and expanding the ban to include people from italy, spain a and e whole of iceland. the pandemic is forcing the abe administration to rethink the imperial family's schedule. emperor and empress were set to make a state visit to u.k. in early may but that's been cancelled. it would have been the couple's first trip overseas since the emperor's succession to the e thrown last year. a

today japanese prime minister shinzo abi announce that the summer olympic games in tokyo are being postponed into 2021 japan and the international olympic committee reached the decision after weeks and weeks of pressure from athletes across the globe. the tokyo olympics are off the decision came suddenly but was not unexpected after weeks of debate and speculation. or talk of the more i suggested to the i.o.c. president thomas spark that the games be perspiring for a year and he was 100 percent in favor of that or you'll forgive me it's a decision that was not taken lightly or willingly but pressure had been mounting from athletes and sports federations. canada had already announced it would not be sending competitors if the games took place. if you got a phone i would use that we have agreed with the i.o.c. that we will stay in close contact to make sure that the elim pick and paralympic games will be able to take place eventually then we can send a message that humanity has overcome coronavirus because of the situation of the day. this is the 1st time the olympic games have been postponed and it's a mammo

hello, sayaka. >> hello, yoshi. >> tokyo is dealing with strong winds today, and northern japan is dealingh heavy snow. what's causing these conditions? >> yes. two storms are merging into one big storm, and they are intensifying very validly. the storm is creating windy conditions and also ushering in cold air. that's why we're seeing some blizzard conditions across hokkaido. the worst is happening along the pacific side. we have some video from hokkaido. hiro has 1.5 meters of snow on the ground now. blizzard warnings for the south and east of hokkaido. dozens of trains suspended, and roads have been closed. 150 flights have been canceled, and visibility is almost zero. whiteout conditions are happening across hokkaido at this moment. over the past 24 hours, hiroo had 80 centimeters of snow, a record. also, gusts of nearly 90 kilometers per hour, a record for the month of march. also, we're seeing snowfall across western japan, as well. conditions will get even worse because this low pressure system is still intensifying. now, the central pressure as of thursday morning was 1,000 hectare

japan's prime minister shinzo abe and the tokyo 2020 organisers have reiterated the games will go aheadplanned. it's due to be a big day across several sports as they plan for the future amid the coronavirus pandemic. england's rugby premiership is set to postpone their league season — plus european cup competitions are also set to be put on hold. let's go now to our rugby union correspondent chris jones.

of foreign studies and she says she's expecting a drastic rise in the number of cases in japan particularly in tokyo. you know i think it's been quite concerning to the outside world looking at japan that you pay and has played this out as if it's some type of exception to the rule and just 2 weeks ago the tokyo metropolitan governor kuwait day was saying there was not a chance that the olympics would be canceled that was a loss of time and needed 2 weekends ago people were out on the cherry blossoms and they were in mass gatherings in the knock a mega row section of tokyo where the blossoms were in full bloom and i'm fortunately that probably led to a lot of silent infection contact infection so we won't know until this coming week and just see if japan has been this exception but i doubt it and i'm sorry to say that but we're hearing reports from italy and spain and then japan could be next especially in tokyo now the world health organization has warning that while the epicenter is on now in western europe and north america the pandemic is far from over and asia and the pacific and the wild bank

, but rain will stay over the waters, so tokyo will stay dry until your tuesday, but another batch of rain will affect central japan as we go ininto wednesday. temperatures are going to bebe much warmer than normal, so we will see rainfall instead of snowfall this week, rainy weather in tokyo on wednesday and possibly into thursday, but sapporo might see some snowfall once again on your friday. that's it for me. stay safe. >>> that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." thanks for joining us. >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." the toll of the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow worldwide. it even halted the world's biggest sporting event, the tokyo 2020 olympics and paralympics. cities around the world are scrambling to contain the infection. voluntarily and involuntarily, people are self-isolating and working and studying from home. shops as well as restaurants are shuttered. suddenly, the world is living a new normal. and of course, people are re-evaluating their social and work lives. after the coronavirus threat passes, some things are sure to return to normal, but many things will probably be forever al