the japan times writes that there was "fear and shock "amid the siege at us capitol" the uk's telegraphe threat from the democrats, who say they'll remove trump if he doesn't leave "after america's day of shame". so so let's begin and as always lizzy and faiza it is good to have you both with us after what has been a tumultuous day. we are coming to terms with what happened on wednesday. we will start with the daily telegraph which lizzy describes the day of shame. the images anyone who was glued to their screen yesterday wilbur member the images of those people rushing up to capitol hill and preaching the security there and many of the papers focusing on what the telegraph is describing as america's day of shame. yeah, really historic scenes. the telegraph is focusing on the growing calls to oust donald trump after what we saw in the capital even though he is only got less tha n capital even though he is only got less than a fortnight left in office. and there are two options to do that. they could try and impeach him again which would mean he couldn't run for a second term. or they co

what's and on the japan times because normally we would talk about history being made in georgia.e, the two candidates there. who have won, and this is just incredible who has one. what this means for the democrats going forward as well. but that was somewhat overshadowed by the events in washington, lizzy. this is a former slave state going democrat former slave state going democrat for the first... going democrat and it means that the democrats are going to have control of the senate because joe going to have control of the senate becausejoe biden's vice president kamala harris will have the deciding vote. and having control of the white house, the house of representatives and the senate, it has only happened for the democrats infourof has only happened for the democrats in four of the past a0 years. it is meant to me joe in four of the past a0 years. it is meant to mejoe biden is life a lot easier when he is trying to get his legislative agenda through, particularly his spending plans to tackle the coronavirus recession. so, you know, it's a very significant part of the story b

all right let's bring in our guests in tokyo dan or lou it's a sports writer at japan times in milton keynes in the u.k. gail emms is a former olympic silver medalist in badminton and in reading also in the u.k. simon clarke is associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading welcome to the program then let me start with you today i want to talk 1st about the tokyo olympics why is the prime minister in japan insisting that the olympics will go on what are the potential financial costs and the political costs at play if the olympics were to be canceled. well 1st of all thank you for having me the potential costs of not holding the olympics as schedule look the significant surge and which has spent billions new infrastructure in terms of the news that he is preparing to receive tens of thousands of athletes coaches specials and of course fans this was supposed to be the centerpiece of what has been a massive effort over the last decade to really get the country's tourism infrastructure into gear to create these new sports facilities to modernize a lot of things

okinawa is the pinnacle to get to mainland japan. >> time for just maybe one or two more phone calls morning. our live show this morning from the national museum of the marine corps. this is jeff out of merrimack, new hampshire. go ahead. >> caller: thank you for picking up the call today. so i had two quick things. first, i just want to thank all the past, present and future service members. we have so much in this country because of you people. with the delay, i can't look you in the eye and say it, but thank you and thank you everybody else that gives us that. and second, i think this would go to the gentleman with the red tie. my mother-in-law, who passed away a number of years back now, her last name, she was related to do renny gagman. the home i live in, they used to frequent in the '70s and my wife remembers him coming to the house when she was a kid. and they made no big deal of it. when she was a kid, they made no big deal of it when he came here. it was just amazing to me that my wife's side of the family, they make no big deal that they're related to that hero. and that w

japan. little time. because across the island of q. sure we're starting in the metropolis of hack attacks continuing to littlejohn may to the spa town of euphoria and. then enter the volcanic region around mount asto through kumamoto hitoshi and its temples and finally to kaggle shima and to it on the southernmost tip. around travel is a culture of its own in japan lending a touch of elegance even to everyday life. as well as efficiency the cleaning crew has just a few minutes to clean a home track. every gesture has special significance grounds in reassurance have i seen and done everything. that. wasn't possible and from certain people in pockets our station are typical of a japanese metropolis. there is no chaos with everything moving along in an orderly fashion showing discipline in public is a highly regarded virtue. and everything everywhere is constantly getting wiped down because tennis also takes top priority. at our station is the train station in the city of folk or cars which grew together out of 2 different cities and lies

particularly harsh winter in east asia particularly noles in china and if you want to count snow japan this time we got wind to add to surfer honshu it's wind and snow i think blizzard certainly up in the high aground to support roe persistence they're not necessarily as windy but look at the temperature regime we are running night time temperatures by day and going well below the average overnight and it's been a consistent story for the last couple of weeks it carries on into friday some of that snow still be caught on the edges of the islands in south korea even parts of northeastern china but more obviously it's the temperature by day the highs ministry in beijing is about 0 in shanghai and it's 13 in hong kong's everywhere is suppressed temperature wise and some of that cold has picked up boosted the big showers that run through in this northeast monsoon season so we've had flooding as you probably know in the malaysian peninsula the interior lazy that's going to continue the showers are still big for the next couple of days and some usually wet running out through go towards mumbai in the

customers to spend time in our stores with peace of mind. >> the department store put about 70% of its lucky bags on sale at the end of last year as an additional way of reducing crowds. >>> japan'smperor has expressed concern for people affected by the coronavus pandemic in a new year video message. >> this is the first time that emperor naruhito and empress masako have addressed the public in a video message. the emperor expressed concern for those who are facing difficulties. >> the emperor thanked health care workers and other people for their efforts in protecting lives. he also conveyed his hope that people will support each other and move forward in these difficult times. >> the empress expressed her concern about the impact of ongoing winter storms. >> the imperial family's traditional new year greetings at the imperial palace have been cancelled this year due to the spread of the coronavirus. >>> snow caused by a powerful frigid air mass is intensifying mainly in mountainous areas along the sea of japan coast. the meteorological agency says heavy snow is falling on the hokuriku and toe reek cue regions along the sea of japan coast. the snow is expected to continue throug

have an aging population no growth or inflation and falling interest rates so keep in mind japan aged at a time when the rest of the world and china was just inflating the entire world. japan had no way to stop the disinflation that they talked about it imported that disinflation and after that first decade japan has not done badly. so this is on the original work we have done with 20 years of making data to go over the reports and actually come to the conclusion that japanese cobras do not behave as if they were encumbered by deleveraging. it was flush with labor. to increase employment and the rest of the world particularly in china and north asia. and actually took into account global demography and a maximizing way. and you can't fire everyone in japan the labor market isn't flexible moving people into part-time work in manufacturing in the services and finally all those transformations make the path far more productive so why do we look at the growth rate at 1 percent on average when the population was shrinking and the gap between the two is something most economies would bite your hand o

japan. at this time 24 hours ago an angry violent mob had stormed the u.s. capitol forcing their way past police and penetrating the heart of u.s. democracy they were driven by the false belief a claim perpetuated by donald trump that the november presidential election had been stolen by the democrats or by the end 4 people were day 15 police officers in hospital one of them in a critical condition it's a very different scene there on thursday now calm has been restored business as much as it can be as usual but former trump allies have resigned that he's been banned by facebook and instagram at least until he leaves office there are calls for the vice president meanwhile to invoke the 25th amendment that's the constitutional clause that allows a president to be removed from office articles of impeachment have also been circulated well so far more than 60 people have been arrested on charges ranging from violating a curfew to carrying unlicensed or prohibited firearms that number is expected to rise and while there is growing scrutiny over the capitol police

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in germany have now died from corona virus the number of people dying by suicide in japan has risen over for the 1st time in over a decade as the pandemic reverses years of progress combat in a high suicide rate japan's health ministry says women and children in particular are taking their lives at higher rates and in spain the easing of travel restrictions over christmas to allow families to get together caused a huge spike in infections intensive care admissions have increased by 60 percent in the last 2 weeks. european countries are struggling to contain the spread of new variants of the corona virus now e.u. leaders are strongly discouraging people from traveling across the continent for non-essential trips and have warned tougher restrictions could be decided in the coming days meeting in a virtual summit leaders from the 27 member states also discussed creating a common standard for vaccine certificates but they have delayed talks about any possible easing of travel restrictions for those who have already been vaccinated. we asked the brussels bureau chief alexander phenomenon what e.u. leaders dec

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time. but a state of emergency is less rigid in japan than in many western countries.t's so far relied on voluntary closures rather than strict lockdowns. suga says he'll submit a legal revision to the diet that would allow penalties for those who do not comply. with the number of serious ill patients surging, governors around the capital are warning the health care system could collapse. front line medical workers say they hope the state of emergency will encourage people to be more alert. the state of emergency will look a lot different than when the entire country was affected in april. nhk world's nishikawa looks into the effectively of the government's latest strategy. >> reporter: the latest state of emergency would target outbreaks in places like this. busy areas where people come to eat and drink. people hope asking restaurants and bars to close earlier will help curb a surge in cases. it's a far cry from last april. businesses closed, schools were suspended and people made major changes to their habits. the work seemed to pay off with daily infection counts dr

last year this will be wonderful forjapan, time last year this will be wonderful for japanan suffered a terrible tsunami and earthquake, some of the olympic events were scheduled to be held in fukushima where the nuclear meltdown took place so it was supposed to be japan's grand moment, really. now we will be moving exactly ten years after the soon army and earthquake but it's very difficult because —— tsunamijapan is meant but it's very difficult because —— tsunami japan is meant to welcome thousands of athletes, coaches, journalists, forget spectators but at the same time the virus is rising exponentially and the number of cases there. the world's all this population and they are not even hello there. we've got a cold weekend coming up. today, a day of sunshine and showers, but for some of us, we've already seen some snowfall. this was dunbar in east lothian, the eastern side of scotland seeing the snow this morning. those snow showers have been tracking across fife, also bringing a covering of snow before working across east lothian, the scottish borders and into north—e

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japan. they asked for more time to challenge extradition from the u.s., but the judge rejected their argumentt they would be denied legal rights in japan. the pair would still have the chance to appeal the latest ruling. global news 24 hours adair on air -- 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake powered by more than 2700 analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell. >> it has been such a volatile week. asian markets higher. gains in the u.s. off session highs. we have a prolonged rally, asset bubbles, predictions of a fullback. because be in negative territory -- the cosby -- the cosb in negative territory. cibc says the dollar index is talking about key resistance levels. we have the yuan at 6.4785, the strongest level since 2018, and taking a look at where we are in terms of code -- commodities, oil at 52 right now after demand questions. japan saw another month of falling factory output in december. it also signaled a broad-based slowdown in japan's recovery at the end of 2020 with retail sales weakening. let's bring in the president and ceo of temporary holdings, a multibillio

japan. in 2019, a huge wave destroyed a reproduction of the original structure built at the unesco world heritage site. thefire time after a renewal. we need a photographer whose career has developed thanks to his special relationship with sury castle. over the decades his life and work has been linked with the castle and that hasn't changed even with the inferno. >> reporter: 79-year-old photographer lives in naha city. at 4:00 a.m. on that fateful day he shot the castle from this spot. translator: the fire from the roof was burning with incredible force and looked like a dragon rising agonizingly towards the sky. i've never seen anything like it. i feel sad and so discouraged. >> otsuka used to work as an advertising photographer for an auto maker in osaka. in 1980 he moved to okinawa and went free lapse, shooting landscapes and events. he is particularly captain vivay the way the castle changes depending on the season and the time of the day. the post war reconstruction efforts of the castle began at about the same time otsuka launched his new career in the environment of okinawa. his career advanced in tandem a

times bigger than the atomic bomb. i mean, imagine that. you know, the atomic bomb killed a couple hundred thousand people in japan. this was a thousand times bigger, ok? we pulled back in, and the first ones off the ship you would think would be the scientists. 10 m.p.'s. and we took -- they took all of our clothes off. they had a decontamination place alongside the ship. took our clothes off. went on the island. i took about 30, 40 showers. go take another one. go take another they kept one. checking us for radiation. turns out, there was something. we got contaminated. [laughter] there is no doubt about it. you know, i breathing problems from it still today. i ended up in the hospital for four days. and i tried to get records. hannah: and sticking with the 1950's, we're going to focus on ken holmberg. he joined the navy in 1956. he was stationed in the marshall islands. at that time, they were still doing testing at the pacific proving grounds. operation hardtack was in 1958, and it was again atomic explosions being studied. they were studying many different things. one of the things they wanted to see was how an

japan? >> no, he visited numerous times, but truman did not visit japan, no. >> short answers. like that. >> this i think it definitely the most questions we have ever answered in a program. >> a big topic and a big anniversary. >> what was the time line of decision making by president truman between the first and the second use of the atomic bomb? >> so there really wasn't a second decision. the way it was explained to me is that he authorized the military's use of the bomb. so they had a new wept and they were able to use it. once the reports came in of the amount of devastation, and things like that. they said for the future use of this they go back to the executive, to the president, as commander and chief. so there was no second order needed, it was used as necessary. now there was only two that existed at that time. the third was not going to be ready until august 12th or 16. by then, if there had been one. if they're ready to use more than one, then it would have been truman's decision again. but the first two it was only one decision. that is what is most often misunder

time strategy to be covert 19 his newly signed executive orders include emergency legislation to appease that same production and requiring international travelers to quarantine when they arrive in the u.s. japan has denied reports it's considering canceling the take your lympics the times newspaper has the government said privately concluded the games would need to be called off because of the pandemic and i sort of claim responsibility for a double suicide bombing in the iraqi capital $32.00 people were killed and more than $100.00 injured on thursday when the blast ripped through a busy market in baghdad. trying to rain has caused widespread flooding in refugee camps in syria that's left thousands of internally displaced people without shelter while others have been forced to stay inside flooded tents and as laura beth manley reports the conditions are also increasing the risks of covert 90. the aftermath of 4 days of torrential rain and snow thousands of people displaced by war are trapped in this camp and many have nowhere to go they do their best to clear their living spaces marked pushed up to the side the tents offer some protection from the water the rains came in the middle of the ni

for the first time, ever, the japan sumo association held a march tournament, without any spectators.wing the government's declaration of a state of emergency, the may tournament was cancelled. then, tragedy struck. a cluster of infections hit several sumo stables. in mid-may, a wrestler died after developing covid-19-related pneumonia. the sumo association suspended tournaments, normally held outside tokyo, moving them to the capital city. spectator numbers were restricted. fans were asked not to cheer. but they could still wave towels and clap. most of the tournaments in 2020 had strict protocols and regulations. kakka, this had a big impact on wrestlers' preparations? >> yes, they could not visit other stables to practice. and provincial tours were cancelled. >> training with wrestlers from other stables didn't resume, until october. meaning, they were unable to have competitive practice for seven months. >> that's right. stables that have top-division wrestlers to train with had a big advantage. the difference really affected the quality of their practices. >> as we know, wrestler

increased by 60 percent in the last 2 weeks and the number of people dying by suicide in japan has risen for the 1st time in over a decade as the pandemic reverses years of progress combat a high suicide rate japan's health ministry says women and children in particular are taking their lives at higher rates. india has begun vaccinating its population of 1300000000 people frontline health workers are among the 1st 3 off for the job but the rollout has been slow with less than 60 percent of the target being met so far the government says one reason is a mistrust of back scenes that's being fueled by misinformation on social media some people are also concerned that one of the vaccines was approved before phase 3 trials were completed w.'s minera chaudhary has this report. put 37 years old. it's a big day today she's going to get her 4th do is of the call that 1000 vaccine. he does has been working as a nurse at a private hospital in delhi put theists and has been a health club for over 20 years now as a head worker during the pandemic she has been worried about the safety off her family against the vitus.

japan i ahead. jeff kingston from temple university injapan i think you very much for your time. tal tokyo took on a more serious meaning this year. with fewer people taking part, the teppou—zu inari shrine added a theme of "warding off epidemics". the ceremony is held every year on the second sunday of january. this report from jatinder dhillon. warming up for what is about to be a very cold ritual. with the temperature at 5 degrees celsius, these men and women in protective facemasks brave the cold, clap and chant for a good reason. they are preparing to take part in the annual ice bath. but this year, they are also praying for an end to the coronavirus global pandemic. once ready, the nine men and three women plunge into the tub filled with cold water and ice blocks and continue to chant. the annual shinto ritual at teppou—zu inari shrine attracts nationwide attention. usually, more than 100 people, most of whom are from the shrine's parish, would be taking part. but this year, this has been scaled down because of the health crisis. no spectators are allowed. translation: i pra

japan's role in the industry? >> in 2016, baby-tech began a business category for the first time in las vegas, one of the world's largestpps. the market has been growing rapidly in the u.s. and europe. the market in the u.s. has reached 46 billion. japan was lagging behind in the field at first but has now caught up, boosted by the thriving child care industry. japanese products attracted a lot of attention. s he received an innovation report for his device that features the cry analyzer at ces, held this month. originally he was focused on getting products more involved in baby care, but he has since learned that customers in the u.s. and europe are likely to spend more money on baby monitor because parents and babies often sleep in separate rooms. so, despite all the different types of needs, the product has attracted attention worldwide. >> but we know that health issues can't be solved by technology alone. the fact is especially true in emerging countries. i understand the fetus monitor in your story is attracting strong interest outside japan. >> yes, there's strong demand in developing countries. they are now plan

significantly lower their expectations was up in the publics appetite in japan for these games seems to be decreasing all the timey officials seem optimistic. in response to this news the japanese prime minister said the games will go ahead in the summerand be said the games will go ahead in the summer and be safe and secure. but the question still remains, what form will they take? the next few months will be critical and a lot depends on the success and speed of the japanese vaccination program. but the ioc has already said that another postponement is out of the question. this really is the last chance saloon. officials are confident that a form of the games will take place in july. confident that a form of the games will take place injuly. i think given the current situation, no one can really say with any certainty exactly what these tokyo olympics will look like. there are two games in the premier league this evening. everton are hosting west ham — david moyes still looking for a first win at goodison park since leaving everton in 2013. goalless there early in the second half. in the late game manchester un

on thursday, daily cases in japan surpassed 7,000 for the first time.bout half of that figure comes from the tokyo area. officials in the capital confirmed a record 2,4 revenue cases on thursday. 121 people are now in serious condition. the highest figure to date. meanwhile, the governor of osaka says he plans to ask the central government to declare a state of emergency for the western prefecture. >> translator: there are clear signs that infections are spreading rapidly. we should take preemptive measures. >> yoshimura says he wants to coordinate osaka's response with neighboring hyogo and kyoto prefectures. >>> as the state of emergency is about to take effect, many people are wondering if they have the coronavirus or not. nhk world's shirakawa marina looks at the growing popularity of private pcr testing. >> reporter: even before opening its doors for the first time, this private testing company was booked up for months. people line up looking for peace of mind ahead of holidays or business meetings. >> translator: my company told me to come here to

timing bomb. >> when we issued the ultimatum to japan to surrender, -- he had to get all this time some of theireople seem to be acting behind their backs, back to the cabinet, trying to in the pursuit of peace in one way or another. look we knew it was only one of two things to do. we'd advanced on japan and fight every inch of the way, losing 1 million of our own men, or drop the atomic bomb. we drop the bomb. and still there was no rehashing. we learned the japanese cabinet met and there was enough to agree to surrendered to split the cabinet have. one half in favor of surrender, the other determined to fight on. in the spirit, the emperor was finally called on to give his opinion. an unprecedented move. you don't want people to die more than he wanted to surrender. we had the military they were notified of their capitulation. we didn't drop a second bomb on nagasaki. that did it. the cabinet met again, and really decided but that wasn't the end. they notified us that they would accept an unconditional concerned or, but implied the conditions the emperor might be retained in some way. the emp

time for the perfect journey. the weather -- sponsored by qatar airways. >> i'm pleased to say we have an improvement in the weather in japan. say goodbye to the snow for the time being. little bit of clouds, snow pulling out into the open waters. you can see the clouds across northern parts of peng shuai and into al qaeda. -- hokeida. as the winds push off in a more southwesterly direction, warmer direction, we will gradually see temperatures picking up. 40 celsius in tokyo. further west, we will find it dry. dry weather stretches across indochina, but we've got some heavy showers into central parts of the philippines. plenty of showers across malaysia, pushing towards borneo. hopefully a little dryer just around the malay peninsula. dry across central and northern parts of india, but for southern areas of india, we've got some rather heavy rains in the forecast. heavy showers as we go through the next couple days. >> the weather -- sponsored by tar airways. >> the first esode of a new series explores the imperial origins of the drug trade. >> the empire was good for commerce. these things run together. >> opium's passage

time. but a state of emergency is less rigid in japan than in many western countries.s so far relied on voluntary closures rather than strict lockdowns. suga says he will submit a legal revision to the diet that would allow penalties for those who do not comply. the education minister says the government will not request schools to close during mixed reactions from students. >> translator: i can study hard at school. i don't want my school closed. >> translator: i'd rather study at home, even if i have to do lots of homework. >> but transportation will likely be affected. the tokyo governor is asking railway companies to stop running earlier than usual. and all nippon airways says if there's a decline in demand, it will reduce the number of flights to and from the capital. a government panel of coronavirus experts warns that the virus could spread across japan rapidly unless infections in metropolitan areas are brought under control. they compiled a proposal on tuesday. the panel said the infection is taking on aspects they've never been seen before, pointing out that

time. meanwhile, japan has recovered well. they too offer a significant amount of safety.o get a differentiation there. we will likely, commodity currencies within the g10. our top performers is the canadian dollar. that outperforms the dollar. we see a lot of differentiation within em. em gets a big boost from growth here. as we start to see already, there's differentiation taking place. a highly indebted economy is doing less well. growth oriented, equity oriented economies in north asia or israel. we are doing better. manus: with that commodity, let's dig deeper into some of what you just said. let's squared away. germany has appalling numbers in terms of the tragic death toll of over 50,000, a war zone in u.k. hospitals. do you sit and try to sift through the horror of the headlines and say, the vaccine will rollout, that momentum will build and that will alter the risk paradigm? marvin: yeah. that's largely the way our forecast is based. we have to expect that these actions are likely to work. there is the south african variant that is causing consternation. our equit

well, it is| eventually well, it is well—positioned, especially since the trade talks with japan but it will take time cptpp yet the agreement and it would be rather awkward to go forward with the negotiations for new members until the original 11 have fully ratified and are fully participating in the pact. i suspect this is something that will be prepared this year and possibly negotiated next year. 0k, possibly negotiated next year. ok, that makes sense. the trade deal that everyone wants is with the us. what you rate the chances of a uk deal with the us? �* ., chances of a uk deal with the us? ~ ., ~ chances of a uk deal with the us? �* ., ~ ., us? again, i think we have already had _ us? again, i think we have already had extensive - already had extensive negotiations. i do not see them moving forward to conclusion this year. and i would not glue the possibility that the us and the possibility that the us and the uk canjointly the possibility that the us and the uk can jointly negotiate a session to the cptpp in their future on somewhat revised terms. the united states will not return to the agree

time. but this giant of japan's most iconic sport, has won a record 44 tournaments, has succumbed to the virus lost his sense of smell. this is a cle contact sport. other members of his -- just last week1 members tested positive. in may, a 28-year-old wrestler died dpl to mul organ failure related to coronavirus. he came to japan at age 15 to enter the world of sumo. now 20 years on, he is under pressure. he has been dealing w any injury and has notomplioed a competitn since march. withdrawing from three tournaments. he has an official warning for repeated absences. the sports strongest rebuke, short of recommending retirement. japan is battling a third wave of coronavirus infections, but the prime minister insists that the government will still hold he says the games will be prooft ankind overcame the virus. for now, he has to beathe virus to stay on top of his game. bbc news. katty: looking at those people fighting in close contact. coronavirus is going to spread. sweden's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has divided medical experts and public health officials around the world. theha nat

jan and the weather sponsored play qatar airways all over the weather squatting down for the time being. in japan but we have got more unsettled weather coming through as we go on through the next couple days hopefully less in the way of snow more in the way of rain right now in the process of pulling out of the way dry brush the weather for good parts of saying that fine weather stretching across the korean peninsula will pass of china but this little clutch of wintry showers they will gather they'll make their way across the korean peninsula north korea to see some very heavy snowfall that could cause some disruption as we go on through thursday it will eventually make its way toward northern parts of japan as we go on through the weekend so but most of that 10 south is that we have in tokyo both fought in try across a good part of china 10 celsius there in shanghai as well somewhat warm in hong kong temperatures here at around 23 degrees with some pleasant sunshine and the sunshine stretches across much of india china much of india also try and quiet we have still got the mist and folk problem

and earthquake but it's very difficult because japan is meant to welcome thousands of athletes, coaches, journalists, forget spectators but at the same time cases there. this is the world's oldest population in japan and they are not even scheduled to begin vaccinations until february and japan is also really seeing a real decline in an appetite to even host the olympics. the state broadcaster just had a survey. 63% of people said they wanted it to be postponed or cancelled altogether and they are looking at a massive tax bill, more than $15 billion. let's end on a last note, a thought of optimism. each of you. what is the one place you would like to be and why briefly if you can, before the end of the year that would tell you this pandemic is finally over? it's not going to happen, maybe, but ijust want to be in canada. canada feels to me like a kind of sanctuary from, in the western world at the moment. it has kept its head, it later appeals to me, its people seem sane by comparison to many others and ijust want to be in canada. where i almost migrated a few years ago and wish i now had. henry? for me, this past year, 2020, i had been l

time effort. the games must go on japan's prime minister dismissing talks of canceling the olympics and says they'll be proof the world has overcome the fires. state of emergency is imposed in the central african republic has a coalition of armed groups threatens to overthrow the newly elected president. respond to threats australia pushes back after google said it could block its search engine that because of a dispute over the place. i'm joining the sports liverpool suffer a shot glass in the premier league and their boss takes the right we'll hear from him in the next hour. or. so the u.s. president joe biden has launched what he calls a full scale war time strategy to beat the coronavirus pandemic which is now claimed the lives of more than $400000.00 americans on his 1st full day in office he signed a 10 executive orders and that includes emergency measures to boost vaccination in testing and quarantine requirements for international travelers arriving in the united states over in europe travel is being strongly discouraged the european union imposing new measures on the blocks hardest hit area

japan's government has denied reports it's considering canceling the tokyo olympics the british newspaper the times says the japanese government has privately concluded the games will need to be called off because of the corona virus pandemic which can be reports. the olympic games jewel to be held last year but were delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic now a rise in infections has forced the government to impose a state of emergency in tokyo and other parts of the country and that's raise questions about whether the summer games will be held in 6 months as planned newspaper reports that you pans government has privately concluded the games will have to be reshaped jeweled have been denied by the prime minister. regarding the tokyo games it will be a symbol of humanity overcoming the novel coronavirus and a chance to showcase japan's reconstruction from the devastating northeastern earthquake and tsunami to the world we will be well prepared on the measures for the infection japan has spent $25000000000.00 preparing for the taking of a lympics most of which is public money but a recent poll

they are made from rice that has been around in japan for a long time. ago which are made from sweet sticky rice and not after being chilled with water like here taste the best of always it was in japanese culture a great deal of emphasis is placed on celebrating the season with such clear water like here is a pleasantly refreshing in the summer and when you fish so many notice out of this water and eat them it's a playful and fun experience for the all good to. it speaks to our souls and minds which take joy in the seasons thought i'm going to move that's what my gosh he saw men are forming the betting on this he'll. be seeing cold noodles from a bamboo stam is also a way to celebrate food a piece of japanese tradition and for their part japanese people have no trouble fishing the noodles out of the water. here contemplation and quirkiness sometimes much. thank you the whole town is full of little fountains. everything here seems very indelicate but the a delicate scenery is fragile with a severe earthquake rocking the area in 2060. the famous are so te

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