sources say kono is planning to travel to ththe u.s. territory august 29th.e has not traveled overseas since february due to the coronavirus pandemic. kono and esper are expected to talk about activities in the east and south china seas amid the virus crisis and on the agenda, a response to north korea's ballistic missiles after japan scrapped a plan to deploy the u.s.-made aegis ashore ground-based missile defense system in two locations. sources say the talks will be held at a u.s. air force base with strict measures in place against coronavirus infection and kono will not need to self-quarantine after returning from guam. japan requires all those traveling abroad to self-isolate for 14 days. ♪ >>> and here's a look at what the weather will be like in your part of the world. ♪ ♪ >>> that's the news this hour. i'm gene otani. from all of us here at nhk "newsline," thanks very much for joining us. ♪ >>> welcome to "newline in depth." i'm sub by yaki. what's big, bright and goes boom in summer? fireworks. here in japan, fireworks are a highlight of the hotter

kono virus infections are on the rise across africa with more than a 1000000 infections but despite this many governments left in the restrictions plus. the coming of age who is taking down symbols this is. the place and with home grown here. i mean my kids and you are welcome to the program. is best known for its beautiful white beaches by the island nation has declared a state of environmental imagine see the huge one oil spill from a grounded ship over 100000 tons of oil need close to its waters efforts underway to salvage the situation. on the beaches already covered in oil which is threatening an entire lagoon on fuel is still pouring into the sea from the grounded ship. locals are relying on their ingenuity to fight the pollution stuff in sugar cayley's into plastic sheets to make improvised booms there just isn't enough professional equipment volunteers are working with the authorities to scoop up the oil and pump it out of the ships tanks. the government has declared an environmental emergency. we're appealing to france and renewing for help the united nations and other countries

kono virus infections are on the rise across africa with more than a 1000000 infections but despite those many governments left in the restrictions plus.

kono virus infections out on the rise across africa with more than a 1000000 infections but despite this many government.

deputy prime minister aso taro, suga yoshihide da, ishiba shig ear rue, kishida fumio and kono taro. it's believed thatt ishiba is certain to throw his hat in the ring the focus is now on who the forces that have opposed abe will end up his successor to hand -- today marks a start of a hot political season in japan. >> thank you for your insight. >> you're welcome. >>> the daily number of coronavirus infections here in tokyo remains high. the tally has topped 200 for the third day in a row. tokyo metropolitan government officials reported 226 new cases on friday. the total number of infections in the capital exceeds 20,000. the southern prefecture of okinawa has been under a state of emergency for nearly a month spurred by a rise in cases. officials there have decided to maintain emergency restrictions for a further week and are urging people not to come together in large numbers. across japan, about 67,000 cases have been confirmed. more than 1200 people have died. in france, the prime minister decided to make face masks mandatory in paris. he says the number of new cases could rise

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he will also travel to japan to meet with defense minister kono taro. >>> we turn now to one of the fourslands that are controlled by russia and claimed by japan. people there are looking around at exhibition of russian military technology. the system was deployed on the island four years ago. has a range ofbout 130 kilometers. >> translator: the ball enables us to protect all of our islands by preventing emies from reaching our territory. >> the exhibition als includes tanks and rocket launchers thussian gernmnmeneieized ee fr island claedyy papan as vale t i mility strategy its sengtheni the forces there with hardware such as missiles and fighter jets. japan has repeatedly launched protests over the islands. >>> a tokyo start up has developed a new type of vehicle for companies adapting to working conditions in the age of coronavirus. a van that can be converted into a workspace. monet technologies is jointly funded by toyota motor and soft bank. it comes with a unique innovation. special rails built into the floor allow users to rearrange the seats to create a minioffice. the company

there's also kono, who is fluent in english, georgetown graduate.lly out loud, saying that boj should possibly exit its monetary policies, and that maybe is not the right path forward to some because of the coronavirus a decimation of the economy happening in japan right now. rishaad: what is the conventional thinking for policies?do they think of abenomics or is there somebody who has a different plan, a different course to take? stephen: that's a tough one. everyone is saying it's pretty much going to be staying the course, especially with kuroda-san, his term does not end until april of 2023. factory output in july, we just got those numbers. they jumped the most since 1978 but do not be fooled by the reopening jump. output is 16% below last year's levels. inflation is flatlining and deflation could accelerate after the coronavirus hitting the economy. households and companies aren't saving what again so the three arrows, monetary easing, fiscal policy, regulatory reform as well, you know, he had initial success, but going forward, what are the o

restrained to ruffle the feathers of china. , perhaps heo kono could take a more hawkish approach toward china. he's the supporter of the so-called 5 i's intelligence alliance. if he goes to the forefront, he's a georgetown graduate. he would have high international appeal. but what he ruffle feathers in beijing? again, it is not the deep bench, so you have to look at what these individuals have said over the past few years. there's some continuity in some of these ldp officials. there might be some new blood needed, though. anna: it is interesting that a lot of the guests we spoken to so far in european programming have played up the need and the expectation in some cases for continuity when it comes to abe's three arrows around monetary, fiscal policy, and economic reform. there does seem to be a suggestion from guests we talked to that there is not really the opportunity to change course on those because of the virus. stephen: that's right. you heard it in the press conference with shinzo abe. he said the number one thing that is occupied is time has been combating this coronavirus, a

at least over the next several months in a statement, the pac 12 said if conditions related to the konooronavirus improve it would consider a return to competition, some time next january. whether college athletes will be sitting out this season, the pros are getting paid millions of dollars to work and here they are training camp. in santa clara, the niners are navigating through the pandemic just like everybody else. but the team says they are hitting the ground and they are running. >>we've just kind of picked up where we left off. >>this is it's nice to be and an offense that i'm you know is our 4th year doing it. so we'll have to spend so much time on the day one day 2 that kind of stuff like we're kind of past that and or to a point that we can really just our building on everything that we've already done it. >>the first game for the niners scheduled for september 13th when they host the arizona cardinals. >>well now to baseball the oakland a's lost the angels last night in los angeles, but it doesn't compare to the loss of ramon out a lorry for 6 games. now that's a suspension t

for me ok he's widely seen as our base preferred successor is also the current defense minister taro kono known to have close ties with washington as well as former defense minister should get to it shiva a critic of r.p. the only woman in contention for the prime minister's post is sake an order she's held several cabinets and party polls and finally 71 year old tara are so who is the deputy prime minister and the finance minister. well tomohiko taniguchi is a special advisor to the cabinet options a y b he joins us now on skype from tokyo good to have you with us mr taniguchi as we've been lining this is an enormously challenging time for all countries worldwide so this must have been an enormously difficult decision for sins to make it must have been a difficult decision you know him well just tell us more about what he must have been weighing up to decide to stent standalone at this time. he described what he thought about in detail when he made a press conference earlier today and he repeatedly said to the members of the press that it was a very difficult decision and i couldn't agre

city of kono showed during a 3rd night of black lives matter protests video on social media reportedly shows a gunman shooting at protesters and then people running away from the line of fire police haven't revealed the details of either the victims or the attack. so this happened the attack happened at least during the latest demonstration against the shooting of jacob blake a black american as power lies after police shot him in the back 7 times on sunday a state of emergency is being enforced on the national guard is on patrol in wisconsin several buildings were set on fire and tear gas fired to prevent the storming of a courthouse john hendren has a report now from kind of she was going. to know she was smolders the city corrections building burned to the ground one of 3 dozen buildings left in ruins in a single night firefighters and residents sweep up the wreckage. i am with black live matter moving on you know i've been protesting that i'm not what this is not immediate. philip mary arrived to find the windows of his 92 year old office smashed but it was largely spared his neigh