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i'm ramin mellegard, thank you very much for watching. ♪ >> spain is clclose to the start of the declinee pandemic. the prime minister tells lawmakers this is the face extending the state of emergency. in a moment, we will go to madrid. the u.s. reports attack -- its highest daily death toll yet. new york state is still the worst affected part of the country. a bleak warning from oxfam. the charity says covid-19 could push as many as half a billion people into poverty.

up this edition of nhk "newsline," i'm raja pradhan in tokyo, coming up next is "newsline" biz with raminse stay with us. >>> the coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on air travel. one of japan's busiest international airports says it's closing one of its two runways. the operator of narita airporor near tokokyo says ththe runway be closed from sunday. it's the first time for a runway to close due to a sharp fall in air travel since the airport opened in 1978. this comes after the number of weekly international flights of the airport plunged by nearly 85% from a year ago. things are so bad that the airport opperator iis considder giving airlines a moratorium on lananding ffees and other costs. they w will alsso seek ggovernm support as its own operations could be at risk. this is "newsline" biz. i'm ramin mellegard. >>> the pandemic has forced a japan airline subsidiary that was going to start operating out of narita next month to postpone its debut. the new low cost carrier zip air, the budgdget aairline saay travel restrictions in japan and thailand it can't expect passeng

coming up next is "newsline" biz with ramin mellegard, so please, stay right there. >>> officials atjapanese travel agency h.i.s. says it's giving its employees a month leave. they plan t to pay staff t thro public employment subsidies. the firm will retain several dozenn workers. two other travel agencies have essentially closed all outlets in regions affected by the emergency. >>> this is "newsline" biz, i'm ramin mellegard. japan saw a plunge in the number of overseas tourists in february due to the coronavirus. the decline led to the first drop in the country's net earnings for tourism in a year compared with the same month in 2019. finance ministry officials says japan's travel account surplus means people spent more in japan on accommodation and shopping than japanese travelers did abroad. meanwhile, japan's current account surplus in february grew to more than 3 trillion yen or $29 billion. that was due to a larger trade surplus because of a decline in imports from china where the pandemic damped production. >>> e-commerce giant r rakuten wants to help free up spaces in hospit

i'm ramin mellegard.se government has made moves to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic. the impact of restrictions on the greater tokyo area would push down the country's gdp this year. they say the damage could be between half a percentage point to a full percentage point. once the prime minister makes the declaration, prefectural governors are expected to call for greater efforts to fight the virus. these could include asking residents to stay at home, except for essential outings. they could mean calling for a wide range of events to be suspended. but violators would face no punishment. an estimate by bnp paribas japan looks at how three weeks of restrictions in tokyo and seven nearby prefectures would affect the economy. it projects that limits on social activities could push down gdp by 4.3 trillion yen. that's about $40 billion or 0.8%. both capital investment and personal consumption would suffer. nli research institute foresees a scenario not quite as dire. it imagines rest

that would have been unsuccessful strategy that brought in or ramin new.is a big gamble for them now, and i would not be surprised if we have to see them analysts decision and -- serious decision in the next few months. taylor: how does this open supply -- oversupply complicate russia,or saudi, iraq, even opec? are no longer constrained by the opec deal and do not want to lose out to saudi arabia, anyone they can find to buy this oil is a plus. you might think, wouldn't it be better if they kept it in the ground and sold it later when prices got higher, but that is not the way it works for these companies that depend on these revenues. even if they are losing money, they need the revenue coming in. if iraq gets a good supplies -- supplier from asia as well as to the united states, it will really be a question of who can get into these markets. taylor: our thank you to alan wald, seniorn fellow at the atlantic council. up next, we hear from the eric management executive chairman, tony rustler, next. this is bloomberg ♪. taylor: this is bloomberg markets. i'

i have a question, ramin. wait, wait, wait. i have a question.was an official briefing for the entire state? >> yes. at this was the official -- >> laura: what! >> the formal briefing, the governors briefing. there was also a daytime dog segment, laura. i kid you not. >> the dogs won't even [inaudible] i had to trick the dogs to come in to take a picture with. >> is not a relationship issue is that like a canine issue? >> this is classic andrew cuomo. >> laura: yeah. >> he's bringing the family in. this is like jimmy fallon bringing his daughters into do the show. it's warm, sentimental, but this is the governor, by the way, who for a month did no press conferences. now is bringing the whole clan and we are talking about dog photos and fly-fishing. if this pretty amazing. he is a master politician and i think cementing his way to 2024. he went out of his way to justify his brother's appearance there was a lot of fawning daytime talk repartee. look. >> this is going to be a great public service in an ironic way. you living it, showing it, doing it