prime minister abe shinzo instruccted eveveryone to do wh they could toto save livees.e called people across japan to be on alert and get the latest information from local governments. our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us with a look at the situation. sayaka? >> it is the peak of the rainy season for kyushu. in july, kyushu experiences flooding and landslides sometimes, but this time, the amount is unprecedented. now, on saturday, the southwest hit the hardest. on monday, the north is experiencing the worst of it. let me talk about the south. this is the radar, a line of rain battering the south of kyushu island. this is called a training. a training is a series of storms that continues for a long period of time over the same area. because of that, record heavy rainfall has hit the south. we have over 750 millimeters of rain iin tkagoshima prefecture. misaki prefecture expeerienced lots of heavy rain, a as well. rain hass shifted t to the nort. this is the radar monday. training has been affecting the nonorth. the e emergency w warning has b in place in the nororthern

japan's prime minister, abe shinzo, said lee promoted friendly ties with his country, so many peoplen japan have a special affinity for him. we spoke with our taipei correspondent who reported how lee is being remembered. >> reporter: messages of condolences are pouring in from politicians who were close to the former leader. lee's belief in the importance of taiwan's democracy has inspired many to follow in his footsteps. that includes the current president tsai ing-wen. she was particularly close to lee after working as policymaker in his administration. tsai describes his passing as a huge loss. she also instructed the government to support lee's bereaved family with a funeral and other matters. he was known as mr. demomocracy for helping to usher in direct elections on this island just as it emerged from decades of nationalist party dictatorship. he will be remembered most for laying the foundation for a free and democratic taiwan. that was no small feat, and there was a lot of pushback. atat the time, many people cherished d taiwan's ties wiwit mainland china, and some still loo

to lead the japanese capital and is viewed by some as a potential successor to the prime minister shinzohappy. got more news here not to write off the top 2 octaves. on counting the cost of pandemic decimates jobs pushing many expect stream of us think could have green recovery save the global economy senegal flagpoles but try these crews and few of the overfishing less meat processing products make or for next and then counting the cost on al-jazeera form the rubles the. coded 19 is changing the world as we know it. when infections sold earlier this year governments worldwide implemented strict social distancing measures that have slowed the global economy dramatically so far they've been more than half a 1000000 deaths with 10000000 people infected worldwide but the huge financial cost of the pandemic has forced many countries to ease restrictions and reopen their economies. the united kingdom one of the world's largest economies has.

lauded for a smooth performance during the covert 19 crisis in contrast to current prime minister shinzo abi and with a postponed a lympics a major theme of the campaign stressed safety and budget cuts. for more on this let's bring in correspondent julian rial in japan julian thanks for joining us tell me does your recall quicky have her handling of the kovac 19 pandemic to thank for her victory. absolutely but over 19 pandemic has been the biggest issue without question in this whole election process and even the 2nd biggest issue be the olympic games which have been delayed until next year or we see also feeds into the to the to the crisis that we've experienced japan has got off fairly lightly in terms of the numbers of cases of quoted one thing but tokyo has been the epicenter of a problem here we are experiencing something of an uptick a 2nd spike if you like in cases going has been very resolute in the way that she has handled the crisis up until now and i think she's and bought it for that because people can imagine the government has handled the crisis. has very adamant from the

prime minister shinzo has set up a task force to deal with the disaster as the number of missing and dead is sure to rise. well let's go to sports now and in formula one of us has secured pole position in the qualifying run for sunday's austrian grand prix fellow mercedes driver lewis hamilton came 2nd giving their team a clear advantage just as looking for his 1st ever world championship having come 2nd last year the race and austria is the 1st of the 2020 season which has been cut down to an 8 race competition held soley in europe due to the pandemic and in football the german cup finals takes place here in berlin today with labor cruising facing leverkusen facing byron munich now the game would normally bring tens of thousands of fans to the german capital but the pandemic means that this year will be a far more subdued affair league champions bahrain have a chance of securing their 2nd double in a row while leverkusen are only seeking the 2nd german cup triumph in their history . berlin's olympic stadium the fans this year because of the pandemic. the city itself will also be wit

prime minister shinzo has set up a task force to deal with the disaster as the number of missing and dead is sure to rise. some sport now and 2 time olympic badminton champion lin dan has announced his retirement from the sport at the age of $36.00 it means the chinese world champion will not compete in the postponed tokyo lympics he says is fit physical fitness no longer allows him to play at his best after slipping to 19th in the world rankings apart from winning 2 gold medals lin is also a 5 time world champion and seen as one of the greatest badminton players full time . in football the german cup final takes place here in berlin on saturday with les vickers and facing by in munich the game would normally bring tens of thousands of fans to the german capital the pandemic means that this year will see a subdued affair league champions by and have a chance of securing their 2nd double in a row while a because they are only seeking the 2nd german cup triumph in the history. berlin's olympic stadium the ref defines this year because of the pandemic. the city itself will also be witho

as the news swept across the island like a wave, ryan shinzo had been arrested but not by the islandhe fbi. >> then we hear that ryan has gone to jail. we're like oh, my god. what did he do? then we hear no, no. he went to jail for drug dealing which none of us knew he was a drug dealer. i had no idea. >> he was a player in a big money drug trafficking ring. running meth from the mainland to oahu to kauai. when people found out about that, rumors started to fly. was ryan using sandra as an unwitting drug mule when he took her to honolulu? was she bringing back meth with her? >> who knows? she may have been smuggling drugs in her knew louis vuitton suitcase and not known it? >> the final part of that story, maybe she was killed before she could go to the police. but that was just a rumor. in a sea of rumors. police didn't seem any closer to finding sandra's killer, whoever it was. the case grew colder with each passing year. larry still thought darren killed sandra. it seemed wherever larry went on this small island, there he was. >> with the boat and the truck. it's not easygoing by

telling reporters that 14 people are presumed dead after a nursing home was flooded prime minister shinzo has set up a task force to deal with the disaster as the number of missing and dead is sure to rise. well let's go to football now and to buy a new nick have a one at the german cup they feel ever goes into for 2 to clinch a league and cup double in berlin for the 2nd year running the pandemic meant it was the 1st in german cup final to be played before and to stand. davida lava opens us going for byron after just 14 minutes. after surgery not really added a 2nd goal robert lewandowsky made sure of the cop who byron's 3rd goal of the hour . leverkusen hit back through spend bender who scored a powerful header from a corner but despite that and a late penalty it was byron's day they went out for their 4th to clinch another double. in formula one voluntary brought us has secured pole position in the qualifying run for sunday's austrian grand prix so a mercedes driver lewis hamilton came 2nd to giving their team a clear advantage but as is looking for his 1st ever world championship havi

prime minister shinzo has set up a task force to deal with the disaster as the number of missing and dead is sure to rise. well let's go to football now and a byron munich have a one of the german cup they beat a laver who's enough for 2 to clinch a league and cup double in berlin and for the 2nd year running the pandemic meant it was the 1st in german cup final to be played before and he stands. open to the scoring for biron after just 14 minutes after certain abra added a 2nd goal robert lewandowski made sure of the cup with biron's 3rd goal on the hour laver cruisin hit a back through spend bender who scored a powerful header from a corner but despite that and a late penalty it was byron's day they went out of their 4th and another double. well over moody from v.w. sports a joins me now for all the details all over it was a deserved a victory for byron yeah absolutely clear they killed the game in the 1st half they did exactly what small teams. he said with a free kick to really settle the nerves for bye and early on and then make it to the officer just 23 minutes and at that poin

so you have this situation where japan needs china but is also has this good relationship between shinzosident trump so they find themselves caught between china and themselves caught between china and the us. yes, i think this picks up on the geopolitical dimensions of this and the political positions in several countries now find themselves in. i think forjapan, it is acute. if you look at their closest neighbours in trading partners, but japan is closest neighbours in trading partners, butjapan is being asked are you going to offer a support for two a close relationship to hong kong. i think if you look atjapan and making an alliance of america, there is generally the rhetoric coming from america against china, i think it is hard anyway for a country to be on good terms of both china and america and an equal fashion. i think austerity rising means you tend to have to pick an alliance like that. and i think what is happening now and hong kong intensifies that. so it is one of the things i don't see how where there you can keep both on the side forfour there you can keep both on the sid

prime minister abe shinzo said he's watching the situation closely. he maintains the surge is not as serious as in april. >> translator: the nouumber of patients in serious condition is much lower. most newly infected people are in their 20s and 30s and the health care system is not being overwhelmed. >> organizers of japan's professional baseball and soccer leagues will allow up to 5,000 spectators into stadiums. games have been held behind closed doors since june. organizers are calling on spectators to observe social distancing. other measures include wearing masks and temperature checks at the entrance to stadiums. over 20,000 people have contracted the virus across japan. the death toll stands at more than 980. >>> a japanese consumer goods manufacturer has begun domestic production of face masks at its plant in the northeast of the country. he iris has been making m masks at its facilities in china. company officials say the plant is largely automated and can make 1.5 million masks at a day. theyey say most of the masks produced there are suitab

prime minister abe shinzo referred to the recent spike in infections as japan observeves long weekend>> translator: we once againn ak everyone to takake thorough preventative m measures to h he stem thehe spread o of the viru during t the four-day holiday. that meaeans avoiding close contact with others as well as refraining from speaking loudly in public. >> across the country the total fig kbrur has exceeded 29,000 cases. that includes over 700 people on the diamond princess cruise ship docked near tokyo early in the crisis. the death toll has reached over 1,000 including 13 from the cruise ship. >>> the number of coronavirus infections in the united states has now surpassed the 4 million mark. figures compiled by johns hopkins show that 72,000 new cases were reported on wednesday. the number of infected people hit the 1 million mark on april 28th and doubled to 2 million june 10th and passed 3 million on july 8th. it only took about two more weeksoror it to reach 4 million. about 1200 new deaths were repoeded onwednesda topng a ousand f a secon consecive day. about 200 re reported

prime minister abe shinzo say police, firefighters and self-defense force personnel have rescued morehan 2,300 people. >> translator: i want officicia to do all they can to save lives, search for missing people and h help those who live in ars cut off by the disaster. >> abe says the central government plans to provide local authorities with funds to help them rebuild affected areas. >>> officials in tokyo are dealing with a jump in coronavirus infections. the number of new cases has now topped 200 for two days in a row. it's the first time that's happened since the start of the pandemic. on friday officials reported a record high of 243 new cases. the capital recorded 224 the previous day, but the government says that so far there's no need for another state of emergency. tokyo's governor says s she realizes that many residents are concerned,d, but she says an increase in testing to 3,000 a day is behind d the surge. >> transnslator: >> translator: operators of nighghtlife entertainment establishments which found their employees infected arere cooperating. some are holding group test

prime minister abe shinzo visited sites hit by the disaster including a nursing home where 14 people lost their lives. he met with local leaders to discuss financial support and reconstruction plans. abe later told reporters he realizes people in the farming, fo forestry, and fishing industries as well as small and mid-sized companies have already been badly hit by the coronavirus and the latest disaster must feel like the final straw. >> translator: the government will compile a a rescue packagef over $3.7 billion to help restore disaster-hit regions, plus a reserve fund. >> abe also said the government will prorovide assistance including setting up temporary housing and dispatching support staff. >>> volunteers in the disaster areas are running up against new challenges from the coronavirus. but as our next report shows, some are finding ways to lend a hand from afar. >> reporter: in the city of hitoyoshi, volunteers have their temperature checked and hands disinfected before they get down to work. this volunteer center only accepts workers from within kumamoto prefecture to limit

japan's cabinet secretary says if the bowing figure is meant to be shinzo abe, it would be an unforgivableernational protocol. a garden spokesman says the figure could be anybody. represents a person in any position who is at fault or anyone who could be in a position to apologize. people say it is abe but the artwork doesn't refer to him at all. if it is him, that would be good. anchor: virgin galactic unveiled the design of spaceship2 cabin, which it says will ferry tourists and scientists a space b a passengers will fit in specially designed seats. you will be able to float around the cabin and look back at earth through specially designed windows. the company says more than 1000 people have expressed interest in a trip on spaceship 2. it will cost more than $250,000 per ticket. >> it is a cabin designed specifically to allow thousands of people to achieve their dreams of spaceflight

a press release said the male statue symbolizes abe shinzo, and it was set up in the hope that japan up to its past. the head of the garden told nhk on tuesday says it doesn't specifically i'm sbol lies abe but a person who owes the girl an apology. japan's top government spokesperson commented on the issue on tuesdayay. >> traranslator: thihings like cannot be accepted in teterms o international protocol. if the media reports are true, it will have a severe impact on japan/south korea ties. >> suga added the government will continue to demand that south korea steadily implement a 2015 bilateral agreement that the issue of comfort women has been finally and irreversibly resolved. >>> tensions between the united states and iran may heat up again after iran reportedly moved a mockup of a u.s. aircraft carrier to the straight of who muse likely for target practice. media outlets including the associated press reported it was moved from band har abbas to the strategic shipping channel through which 20% of the world's oil passes. they cited satellite imagery taken on sunday. the fake carr

prime minister abe shinzo says 130,000 police officers, firefighters and self-defense force persononnelre engaged i rescue operations. >> translator: we must do all we can to rebuild the affecteted areas as soon as possible. >> abe called on people across the country to remain on alert and get the latest information from their local government. >>> relief and rescue operations are still under way, but the coronavirus is complicating an already difficult situation. nhk world spoke to one doctor who is helping coordinate support efforts. >> translator: it is still raining heavily today. things have yet to settle down. >> reporter: it's a race against time for the doctor and his team. their goal is to deliver medical support and supplies to the hardest hit areas. but, as extreme w weather continues t to pound the region they're being forced to exercise patience. >> translator: even if we receive information that there are people in need, it's difficult to get to them. so it's been very stressful.l. >> repororter: he's used to challenging circumstances, but this time is didifferent. the doc

meanwhile, prime minister abe shinzo says he'll postpone easing restrictions on large scale events until the end of august. >>> thursday marks one year until the opening of the tokyo olympic games which had been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. the biggest challenge facing organizers is securing the safety of athletes and spectators. officials need to consider quarantine measures and medical services including virus, tests, and vaccccines. thee organizing committee plans to decide on basic practices by the end of the year. the postponement is expectcted cost several billion dollars. in an interview with nhk, the president of the organizing committee pinned the future of the games to the ongoing worldwide efforts to beat the virus. >> translator: whether the olympics can be held or not depends on whether human beings can overcome the coronavirus. >> he specifically highlighted a need for progress in the development of vaccines or treatments. >>>> translator: if the circumstances were to remain unchanged, the games could not bebe held, but it's not the kin of decision that ja

annoying japan about it is the fact that the man here does look a little bit like prime minister shinzo are himself no stranger to him framing that speech japan says if it is based on our will seriously impact relations with south korea. duce got doggedly with her and i think such a thing is unforgivable in terms of international courtesy if the reports are accurate it will have a decisive impact on japan and south korea relations. or the bigger issue behind this is over repatriations for the so-called comfort stations they were in use from 932 to the end of the 2nd world war and women were by the offer of work only to be forced into providing sexual services to japanese imperial army soldiers it's thought that around $200000.00 mostly careen women were enslaved now attempts to resolve the dispute over the years have been pretty slow to say the least a treaty to try and normalize relations came about in 1965 but it took japan until 993 to finally apologize and admit that the women were forced into sex slavery by 2015 her formal apology and deal was agreed with a fund to compensate victi

annoying japan about it is that look closely here the man looks a little bit like prime minister shinzo out himself no stranger to inflaming the very dispute that we're talking about japan says if it is based on how it will seriously impact relations with south korea the. duce got a good deal with it and i think such a thing is unforgivable in terms of international courtesy if the reports are accurate it will have a decisive impact on japan and south korea relations. well it's a long complicated story the bigger issue behind all of this is over reparations for the so-called comfort stations in use from $132.00 to the end of the 2nd world war back then women were lured with the offer of work only to be forced into providing sexual services to japanese imperial army soldiers it's thought around $200000.00 women were enslaved in those brothels and most came from career as well as suffering kidnap and rape some would talk shit or even killed if they resisted well attempts to try to resolve the dispute over the years have been slow they've been very painful longwinded japan agreed a treaty

wedge between the country's japan's chief cabinet secretary says if the bowing figure is meant to be shinzo of the it would be an unforgiving for breach of inter international protocol or garden spokesman says the figure could be anybody. on time or it represents a person in any position who is at fault or anyone who could be in the position to apologize people sites but this work doesn't refer to it all if that person is a then that would be good. urging that i think has unveiled the design of its space ship to cabin which the company says will ferry tourists and scientists to space passengers will sit in specially designed seats to coordinate with the folks based suits and be able to float around the cabin and look back at earth through specially designed windows the company says more than $1000.00 people have expressed interest in a trip on space ship 2 it will cost more than 2 $150000.00 per ticket. it is a cabin which has been designed specifically to land thousands of people to achieve their dreams of space flight safely and tonight every aspect of that fabulous jinnie. a triptych of

now is that the man looks just a little bit well you could judge for yourself like prime minister shinzo himself no stranger to said argumentive flabby with the way to japan says it is based on it was seriously and relations with south korea. does god or god deal with it and i think such a thing is unforgivable in terms of international courtesy if the reports are accurate it will have a decisive impact on japan and south korea relations. well we'll see what happens on that but the bigger issue behind this is over reparations for the so-called comfort stations in use from 1032 to the end of the 2nd world war women were lured with the offer of work only to be forced into providing sexual services to japanese imperial army soldiers it's thought around 200000 mostly korean women were enslaved now this cycle is going on for a long time attempts to resolve the dispute over the years have been slow they've been painful there's a lot of acrimony over it a treaty to try and normalize relations that came about in 1965 but it took japan in till 93 to finally apologize and admit that there were wom

to lead the japanese capital and is viewed by some as a potential successor to the prime minister shinzo abbott. got more news here not 0 right after talk to outta here. on counting the cost of pandemic decimates jobs pushing many expect stream promising could have green recovery save the global economy senegal flagpole has been trying these crews accused of overfishing us meat processing products make or for banks and then. charging the cost on al-jazeera from the order. coded 19 is changing the world as we know it. when infections soared earlier this year governments worldwide implemented strict social distancing measures that have slowed the global economy dramatically so far they've been more than half a 1000000 deaths with 10000000 people infected worldwide but the huge financial cost of the pandemic has forced many countries to ease restrictions and reopen their economies. the united kingdom one of the world's largest economies has among the highest cope with 19 infection and death rates. british scientists like many others are working around the clock to find a vaccine. with one o

the japanese prime minister shinzo abe's ruling party is calling on the government to cancel a visit from xi jinping. no choicehey have after the imposition of a national security law for hong kong. it would make secessionist activities illegal. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. i'm vonnie quinn. fors go to the emily chang a conversation with the postmates ceo. week.iously big news this postmates agreeing to sell to for $2.65 billion. joining me now is the cofounder and ceo bastion lehman. so curious to hear your thoughts process. as recently as last week, you were still considering taking postmates public. take us through your decision-making progress, how did you decide to sell to uber, and why now? >> thank you for having me, always great to talk to you. you are right, we were very close to -- we were very excited about that pat. what happened in quick order, i got a phone call from dara. we spoke o

japan's prime minister shinzo abbey has also made clear that with the backing of his powerful patronamerica he wants to reawaken japanese nationalism and reclaim its military power. while we were filming this ceremony outside the base on a day when people paid respect to that apartheid loved ones giant american helicopters circled above us intimidating as always by. the threat of these low flying aircraft is a constant presence in okinawa teachers often come to each because of the noise and the fear. this was the khan age when an american fighter crashed into a primary school off to the pilot had a check to safety. kira had 7 was terribly buns. and. so did they i know. yes so that. must as housing are not so not cut is it going to go or do it the same as in the middle of the colony don't think it'll need a coke and i got that this isn't the 30. and i still gotta get a. job you need. to get elected. if. you get there do you understand. yeah ok well i think the member did. well. but under you ok. you. get paid to do it they just. could i did. ok or suffer throughout his youth and died

wedge between the country's japan's chief cabinet secretary says if the bowing figure is meant to be shinzo our day it would be among forgivable breach of international protocol but a garden spokesman says the figure could be anybody. on. it represents a person in any position who is at fault or anyone who could be in the position to apologize people say it's a bit this doesn't refer to it all if that person is that would be good. scientists say nearly 3000000000 animals were killed or displaced during australia's the state english fire season the world wide fund for nature describes it as one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history it's estimated about 11400000 hectares an area comparable in size to england was scorched from september to february that disaster affected nearly every species on the continent particularly koalas who are endangered any animals that survived the fires faced starvation dehydration and attacks by other animals well christopher dickman is a professor of terrestrial ecology at the university of sydney he was involved in the research and is calling for bet

capital reach records for two straight days, new casesting 188 yesterday when the prime minister shinzorating has suffered, down to 32%, while his disapproval ready has risen to 62%. the government is kicking off a campaign to boost domestic tourism, by giving out vouchers. according to another poll, to third thought it should be suspended, not as for tokyo, but parts of japan. 20% say kick it off but exclude tokyo. -- asthe tokyo olympics, to the tokyo olympics, only 20% thought the next summer games to go on as planned. >> yvonne man in hong kong. in the u.s., president trump continues to play down coronavirus saying the country has quote the best mortality rate, and that many people experience nothing more than a sniffle. his handling for the pandemic is a key topic for voters and medical experts. a johns hopkins professor told us the response to the buyers has been a failure. >> being prepared for this antenna, having seen -- for this pandemic, having seen the first large number of cases that came to the country, we should have been better prepared to deal with the eventual surges a

obviously japan is not unique in yourself crediting prime look ministers shinzo abe of depoliticize inmoved the issue of diversity out of the realms of human rights into the realm of economic growth. is it translating into economic growth? that is the challenge. kathy: of course. as i said with respect to getting women in leadership positions, this is not going to happen overnight. frankly speaking, japan's female dissipation rate was when only lowest in the developed world not that long ago. it was in the mid-50's and now it is 70% plus. it is one step to get women outside the house and earning an income. it is another to get them working longer hours, more full-time, and entering the pipeline for leadership as visions. i -- leadership positions. if we look at economic activity before the crisis, you did see more than 3 million women earning an income outside the home. even if it was part-time they were earning more income for their households. more income means more consumption, more consumption means more revenue for companies. those companies are recycled back into the economy thro