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before the pandemic 1000 customers a day used to come through these bathhouse in new york harbor south of tokyo the challenge is now convincing them it's safe to return with the increased intervention and hygiene measures demand is picking up again the mother died i'm relieved to be reopened but we also know if this isn't the end of the virus and we're worried about a 2nd wave our customers are too so we're doing our utmost in terms of hygiene into seem fiction so that they can enjoy the baths in peace. and once your bath is over time for a lie down in the early summer sun then just for a moment forget all the about covert 19. i here's a look at some of today's other coronavirus developments taiwan has approved the drug rendez if for the treatment of patients with covert 19 the drug was originally developed to combat it bola it was approved for corona virus by u.s. regulators this month italy is easing travel restrictions as of wednesday italians will be free to travel abroad as well as domestically from one region to another foreigners will also be allowed to enter and exit the country and gov

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tokyo. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo says he's cautious about reopening the state's economy pointing to the deadly flu pandemic a century ago. >> the country has been through this before, and you learn from the past so o you don't make th same mistakes. >> speaking to reporters on sunday, cuomo referred to the spanish flu that killed tens of millions. he said the disease came back in cities that loosened up too quicklkly. seven of the ten regions in new york state have allowed some businesses to restart. two others near new york city are expected to follow suit this week, but new york city has yet to meet some criteria for reopening including availability of hospital beds. the city is expected to reboot its economy in early june. >>> the u.s. says it'll ban the entry of people who have been to brazil in the past two weeks. the measure comes as coronavirus cases surge in the south american nation. restrictions take effect from thursday. it won't apply to u.s. citizens or their families. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany says the measure will help ensure that foreign nationa

new york. the decision to postpone the 2020 tokyo olympics brought years of hard i know only too well the struggles2020 tokyo olympics brought years of hard work and preparation to a temporary halt for hundreds of athletes. but the dream remains. ramla ali is hoping to be the first boxer to represent somalia, and is determined to make the games in 2021. she's continued her training from home in london. the bbc‘s rhodri davies went to meet her. somali boxer ramla ali didn't think her road to the olympics would lead here. she should be competing in qualifiers this month, but the coronavirus lockdown means she's only practising from home, and having just finished a training camp in the caribbean cayman islands, she found out that the games were postponed. i understand completely why the decision was made, you know, to protect the safety of the athletes. 100% the right decision to be made, but, you know, it doesn't stop the fight, it's quite heartbreaking. last year, ramla ali became africans own featherweight champion and she was aiming to be the first boxer to represent somalia at the olympics in tok

new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] in tokyoery ingredient has its own story. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and great to have you with us. from our studio in tokyo, this is nhk "newsline." we start here in japan where the country's government is considering lifting the state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak for osaka and surrounding areas on thursday. officials are closely watching the situation in tokyo to decide whether to end the emergency in

looking at singapore and of course they're looking at london and they're looking at tokyo and they're looking at new york but it seems a lot of people are looking outside the region now. europe also has interests in hong kong of course could the new security law end up affecting relations economic relations at least between europe and china i think so i mean i think we so far europe is only really said that china should respect hong kong's autonomy the u.s. has come out and said that hong kong no longer has autonomy because of this new security law so clearly there is a tension there and that's going to put pressure on european leaders to make it to take a stance now on hong kong i think we've been waiting to see what chancellor merkel in germany has to say so far a lot of people in. even within your own party are looking for to take a stronger stance at the same time she needs to balance that with the needs of the german economy which is heavily reliant on china for things like cars and heavy machinery so it's a real balancing act it's definitely going to put pressure on the e.u. china relationship and

now a column nist for "the new york times" bureau chief in beijing, tokyo, won a second pull litter in 2006 and with that i'd like to welcome lawrence wright and nicholas kristof. >> thank you, kristina. >> thank you, kristina, and i should say i'm a longtime fan of larry and his work, and also a fan of this book, and you're in for a treat when you read it, but larry, let me start off by saying, it's strange obviously to begin a book tour as you are with this remote -- but it's incredibly in keeping with this book. how else do we get to pin talking bow but book beaut pandemics except in the middle of a pandemic. >> it's really weird. people ask me about it and i say it's very strange but it is really strange. it's not anything i ever anticipated. i did think that we would be facing a big pandemic one day. i didn't know what day. and the fact it is today is a total coincidence. >> so when this -- when did you begin to talk to publisher and say, you know, i've done a little research about this situation that we're headed for, when did you realize you were going to be publishing in the mi

tokyo. he once worked at a three-star restaurant in new york, becoming the first japanese to be appointed as its soux chef. >> i've heard medical workers hardly have any time to sleep. i'd really like to do something to be of help. >> reporter: here's yonezawa's show of gratitude. roast pork bento, combining a classic western dish with japanese seasoning. initially the chefs paid for ingredients from their own pockets. soon farmers across japan began supplying produce. and now with online donations the project continues to grow. since it launched in april some 4,500 bentos have been delivered to 22 hospitals. >> transnslator: it's a really heartwarming meal for us. everyone at the ward apprerecias it very much. >> reporter: yonezawa has long felt a special respect for health care workers. this sentiment goes back to the birth of his daughter who received intensive medical care for a lung-related disease. >> translator: i was so grateful. i really want to show my appreciation through good food that hopefully helps to lift spirits. >> reporter: mouth watering bento, seasoned with heartfelt tha

living in a big metropolis like london, new york, moscow, tokyo, you are living with the idea to achieve this moment we are reconnecting. i think it is also putting so much romance into a horrible situation where we are worrying so much. and suddenly forget about that. windowflix has already won over audiences and directors. like revered german film maker inventors. he gave a personal video message before each film asking those to donate to a thumb campaign. he has also screened his own film about isolation in berlin, wings of desire. more recently, the film—maker and his wife the photographer, made a 122nd movie about the pandemic while in lockdown. though lockdown measures in germany have now listened, they are not completely lifted. organisers see the crisis as an opportunity and have great ambitions by the window flicks project. we are talking now to many possible partners. because we want to bring 100 courtyard simultaneously movies, but also concerts. behind that, our idea is to bring democratically the culture to everybody. to the pporest and the richest people of berlin. we hope

new york, new york 10013. please be safe. i'm amy goodman. thanks for joining us. "newsline." i'm yamamoto miki in tokyo. >>> a new way of life here in japan.that's the message from prime minister abe shinzo whose government plans to reopen social and economic activities in phases as the country recovers from the first w wave the coronavirus. on monday abe declared the state of emergency over in the reremaining

new york e situation reflects the reality for many olympians who struggle to make ends meet tokyo games in particular were meant to be a shop window for japanese athletes but with the olympics and other competitions on hold so to a sponsorship deals. they shoot it's us at our training center has been closed and we don't have any matches because it's still unclear how i will qualify for the olympics. and i didn't feel i could accept sponsorship in such a situation. so i told my sponsors to hold off for the time being arrested that i could not stay to see that. once his deliveries are completed me archy can get back to doing what he does best in the hope that sooner rather than later he won't just be jabbing into thin air. this is david lee news don't forget you can keep up to date on our website at state dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram us d.w. news more world news at the top of the hour good day. the for the night sound. of. the 4. decide on who was born who spend our money. our minds about. cars or how sounds determine our lives make sure. g.w. . rooms are always

new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >>> hello, and welcome to nhk "newsline." i'm yamamoto miki in tokyo start here in japan where the government has lifted the state of emergency ahead of schedule in roughly 80% of the country's prefectures. >> translator: we've concluded that we were able to contain the spread of infection in the 39 prefectures to the level where

new w york . >>> hello. welcome to nhk "newsline." i'm yamamoto miki in tokyo.begin here in japan where the entire country has been under a state of emergency for about a month due to the coronavirus. that is expected to change with the governmenent set to decide lift that statuss for roughly 8% of japan's prefectures. an expert panel is present being

new memory, something to look forward to in these days. so free on youtube starting today will be 100 hours of programming from film festivals such as cannes, mumbai, shanghai, tokyo, sundance, tribeca, new yorkronto. it's an incredible collection of films and it's free. we're also raising funds for the world health organization. so we hope people donate and hope they watch. >> well, you guys are getting creative like everybody else and doing a good job going about your business. the "we are one" global film festival begins today on youtube. robert, we can all relate to your kids running into the room when we're trying to do tv. thanks for being here. robert and jane, thank you both. joe and mika? >> so mika, what are your final thoughts as we go into this weekend? >> i'm just praying for america. i really am. i'm very -- as we all are, incredibly disturbed. the events over the past 24 hours in minneapolis and the anger and kind of hatred coming out of the white house, it's unspeakable. and i'm praying for our better angels and for the frontline workers and for the people stepping up. >> and i just -- i think as we go into the weekend it is so important, again, willie brought up that mccartne

tokyo with a high of 26 degrees. meanwhile people in the north eastern u.s. and eastern canada have experienced record breaking cold temperatutures. we even saw snow in toronto and the state of new york on monday. a blast of cold air will continue to produce winter-like weather in a large portion of eastern canada and the north eastern portions of of the u.s. the high will be only 9 degrees in toronto, 16 degrees in new york. but the morning low could dip down to 5 degrees. that's all for now. stay safe and have a nice day. >>> and that is it for nhk "newsline." thank you for watching. >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." i'm aiko doden. today we are focussing on plastic waste. we're looking at some clever projects people in asia have come up with to tackle a problem that is harming our environment on land and sea. we go first to india where a fast growing economy and rapid urbanization are lifting people out of poverty and in the process creating mountains of trash, much of it plastic. one young entrepreneur is hard at work creating a nationwide recycling system. and he found a critical part of his project lying right there on his doorstep. >> the pile of trash at this dump is nearly

steve: yeah, look, tokyo joe said -- we must not laugh but one think that we said was clearly planted by the biden campaign in "the new yorka couple of weeks ago and was all about how one of the messages and arguments they would put out there at this time is biden's experience in running the stimulus after the last economic collapse is the reason why you can trust him to do the recovery now. i thought are you kidding? [laughter] >> it might surprise you to hear this steve, and i the audience but i do trust joe biden to rebuild the chinese economy. [laughter] i think that if this is a referendum on making sure that china has a good century, joe biden is your candidate. if you want to see a week in america he would be phenomenal. if you want to see open borders and a deteriorated middle-class, he's got a drake track record adapted if you want to see reckless boring wars and displacement of military leaders, that's joe biden. steve: real quick, last thoughts. [inaudible conversations] >> worst recovery ever. steve: i like to conclude but thank you so much all of you. thank you so much all of you. >> out of respect for each ot

new york and the u.k.. lockdown restrictions are being eased across much of japan, but prime minister shinzo abe is maintaining a state of emergency for tokyo and osaka. -- government will also begin working on its second budget plan to help people hurt by the pandemic. they will evaluate next week if they can lift restrictions on certain areas. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. vonnie? that.: thank you for that is mark crumpton. some countries easing lockdown, it is important to track patients who have recovered from covid-19. a professor at johns hopkins university spoke to us earlier about a study that will follow patients post coronavirus, and urged patience to keep social distancing. have a listen. >> as you would see a soldier at war who can be relaxed and between the battles, you can see health care workers relaxing between those battles. i don't think the public should know,he sense of, you there is a lack of urgency and our response. by that urgency, i mean continuing to be safer at home a

tokyo. i could see some of that business coming into new york and london but what it really means is that hongong will not be what we think of when we hear the term, hong kong. neil: gordon chang, some very scary stuff, my friend. thank you very much. gordon chang following developments better than anyone we know. big story in washington the president's crackdown on sites like twitter and facebook, well, they're not fair and not balanced and when it comes to coverage, certainly of this administration, they're overstepping it. question, what will he do about that? some freedom lovers are saying going little too far. others saying maybe not far enough. hey, blake. reporter: neil this comes in the form of an executive order we believe at some point later today from the white house n advance of this executive order, the twitter ceo jack dorsey is trying to lay out the case in part that the white house shouldn't necessarily be signaling in on twitter employees who are the ones labeling the president's tweets with fact check distinction. here is part of the response from jack dorsey on twitter, he s

tokyo. >>> well, moscow's tv tower has joined others to pay tribute to health care workers, bart of the heroes shine bright event launched at the empire state building in new york city. and in the heart of paris, one of the most iconic structures sparkling before sunset. the eiffel tower is lit to honor health care workers and those fighting coronavirus. the french government is planning to extend the state of emergency for about two months. parliament will look into the proposal starting tuesday. it includes a quarantine process of people entering france from abroad, its overseas territories or corsica. efforts so far seem to be paying off, as the number of people dying from covid-19 each day there continues to drop. >>> well, british prime minister boris johnson is sharing more about his time in intensive care. last month he spent a week in hospital fighting coronavirus. he told the "sun" newspaper that he was given leasers iters of oo keep him alive, and leaders were putting to the strategic plans in case he didn't make it. his condition far more serious than many people realized. >> reporter: including frankly, the public statements from his own office, dow

tokyo's metropolitan government. now police in the united states are searching for 2 n.f.l. players for arrest a warrant has been issued in florida and baker and the new york giants and quinten of the seattle seahawks they're wanted for alleged armed robbery at a party queues of stealing thousands of dollars and high price watches and that's all is for free and you back to camp thank you so much for that summer. you can of course find much more on our website the and press that is all just there a dot com to go away though i'll be back in just a moment with more on the day's news. on county mcauliffe they're rich in brazil says but some opec nations are struggling to make any money right now but then also the oil price crash the opening the green economy needs a lot plus spoils biggest player moving in on a little piece of north east england. counting the cost on al-jazeera. not in america in a region of the wonder joy of tragedy and violence but it doesn't matter where you are you'll have to be able to relate to the human condition. trying to break away. i've been covering all of latin america for most of my career but no it's not like and it's my job to

new york, raising most of monday's declines. global shipping, the coronavirus devastates demand. theill outlook -- discuss outlook for japan's largest operator. straight to the markets, sophie is in hong kong. sophie: kicking it off in tokyo 225 gaining round by 0.1%, fluctuations over the topix after a two-day advance that pushed it towards a bull yet.t but not there the yen study after falling the most since march 5 ahead of it -- a heavyngs day earnings day. ahead of the sale of tenure bonds, gdp traders will be keeping watch after benchmark yields rose above zero for the first time in more than two weeks. let's check in on the mood in seoul. the cost be edging higher while the korean won is him -- on the back foot. high-frequency indicators bloomberg bloomberg shows -- 50 day moving average on monday, and bonds continue to fall in australia ahead of the business confidence data. a new deal as a new syndicated sale opens. treasuries holding steady at the asia open ahead of a tenure sale of the u.s. with a record size of $32 billion plus. there are five speakers scheduled later tuesday. you can see the dollar extending gains after the fed downplayed the idea of negative rates. in the oil patch, w g.i. and brent gaining