several outlets in tokyo already close earlier than usual. super markets are studying measures in response to the governor's request. some plan to open over the weekend as usual, since they sell food and daily necessities. convenience store operators also plan to keep open their locations running over the weekend, but if some staff are unable to come in, managers will consult with owners about short ping store hours and other measures. restaurant chains plan to review business hours and adjust operations. >>> the bank of thailand has slashed the country's annual economic forecast into the negative. it says the tourism and export sectors are being hit hard by the pandemic. the central bank says its projection is now minus 5.3%. the rate given for the previous forecast in december was plus 2.2.8%. a dip below 5.3% would be the lowest since 1998 during the asian currency crisis. >>> credit ratings agency moody's has downgraded softbank group by two notches citing its massive plan to sell assets to reduce debt. the planned selloff will be challen

tokyo saw at least 40 cases friday. ininfections nearly doubled on wednesdayy and hit an all-time high of 47 on thuhursday. tokyo residents are asked too avoid going out this weekend and urged the young to be cautious about transmissions. many young people reportedly show few symptoms during the period in which they are contagious. and governor koike's urge to stay in has kept people scrambling, but they are urging people to stay calm, that there is enough food for everyone. nhk reports. >> reporter: as you can see, there are large crowds of people hoping to stock up on essentials to prepare for the weekend. it didn't take long for this super market to be flooded with wa wary customers. shortly after it o opened, long lines formed i in front of cash registers and shelf stable vegetables were some of the first to g the level of customers is one and a half times more than usual and they're spending about one and a half times more, too. >> translator: even if we are told we don't need to panic, when you see nothing on the

use tokyo as a reference for deciding whether to declare a state of emergency. >> translator: tokyo is on the brink of an explosisive increas of infections. we are trying to prevent a situation like that andnd t try to prevent further spread of virus levels. this is needed now. >> there are more than 2,100 confirmed cases across japan. not including 712 cases from the "diamond princess" cruise ship. a total of 70 people have died including 11 from the cruise ship. >>> meanwhile, japan is set to further restrict entry into the country. nhk has learned that the new measures will apply to the 49 countries and territories. the u.s., canada, china and south korea as well as most of europe and some parts of southeast asia will be affected. once the measures are in place, foreign nationals from a total of 73 countries and regions will be banned from entering japan. the restrictions also apply to people who have visited the designated countries within the past two weeks. >> translator: we have decided to raise the warning level for infectious diseases in response to the rapid spread of the

a people of tokyo and the people of japan. a huge people of tokyo and the people ofjapan.0 billion us dollars has been put on by the government to build a new international stadium, facilities, and there was real hope, there was realfeeling that this is notjust a big event for tokyo but for the whole of japan, it was event for tokyo but for the whole ofjapan, it was going to bring millions more tourists and they would then travel elsewhere around the pan. i have friends who run businesses all overjapan and they were hoping that their business is going to boom this summer and now they are looking at the prospect of the olympics either being cancelled or moved with a great deal of doom and gloom. this is already, notjust here injapan but around the world, eve ryo ne injapan but around the world, everyone is being affected by this pandemic, most people very negatively, and so i think people here in japan negatively, and so i think people here injapan feel very much the same way, that this is going to be a huge economic blow and a psychological blow for people who were looking

. >>> we start here in tokyo where the city's governor is urging residents to stay home this weekend unless they absolutely must go out. the call comes after officials confirm more than 40 new cases on wednesday, the largest one-day spike the city has seen so far. >> traranslator: we are now at critical juncture. we want tokyo residents to realize this and do their work atat home as much as possible o weekdays. though we understand that may not be possible depending on your line of work. we want people to refrain from going out at night. we also want residents to refrain from going out this weekend unless it is urgent. >> koike said tokyo is now facing the risk of an explosive spread of infections. she called o on people coming bk from abroad to abide by the 14-day self-quarantine rule.e. five of the newly confirmed cases were people who recently returned from overseas. 11 others have been tied to a hospital where a nurse and a patient were confirmed infected on tuesday. tokyo reportedd a record number of infections for three straight days through wednesday. 16 were confirmed on mond

i'm james tengan in tokyo.his is nhk "newsline." >>> japan's diet has enacted a law which will allow the prime minister to declare a state of emergency over the new coronavirus. once it comes into force on saturday the prime minister will be able to declare a an e emerg shut t the outbreak rapidly sprd across the countntry a and pose serious health and economic threat. an emergency declaration would allow governors to order school closures and ask people to stay home. the law would also enable governors to use land or buildings for emergency medical facilities without the owner's consent. japan's top government spokesperson says an emergency declaration could have a grave impact on people's lives. >> translator: the emergency declaration will require a careful decision based on expert knowledge from various fields and will take into account the opinions raised in the diet. >> some lawmakers expressed concerns over how an emergency declaration would affect the individual rights and privileges of citizens. others

unfortunately, tokyo will see rainy weather on sunday. lots of southerly winds will be moving in, and that will push up temperatures in central japan and western japan. but that's not good news for northern japan, because we have tons of snowfall that could lead to avalanches. watch out for falling snow offf roofs. so dangerous conditions could curb because occur. sapporo could see a high of 10 degrees on monday. and tokyo, 16 on monday and 20 as we go into wednesday. osaka and fukuoka will see rainy weather through the next couple days. meanwhile, the cherry blossom season could start the earliest. it will be on march 15th and sendai, march 27th, that's actually 17 days earlier than usual. it's very rare to see flowers bloom in april but that could happen this year. we are expecting rainfall in the south and this will affect japan over the weekendnd. we are seeing snowfall around beijing. and that is expected to develop as we go into the weekend as well. now temperatures are going to be as follows. 12 in seoul, and it's going to be warmi

the 70-year-old passed away on sunday at a tokyo hospital. his office says he was hospitalized on march 17th after complaining about fatigue. shimura rose to stardom in the 1970s when he joined the hugely popular comedy group called the drifters. the group performed live on tv every week. shimura later hosted a number of shows bearing his name. people on the street expressed surprise and sadness at the news of shimura's passing. >> translator: it's very shocking. i've been watching him on tv since i was a kid. >> translator: as i am the same generation as he, i feel death coming closer. >> translator: when i hear someone i know very well passed away, i think we shouldn't underestimate the powdanger of coronavirus. >>> countries around the world are rushing to find a way to combat the coronavirus. japan is backing into looking into whether avigan can be an effective treatment. japan plans to work with foreign authorities to expand clinical trials and increase the production of the drug. chinese researchers have said avigan was successful in tr

take a look at this footage from central tokyo. actually, this is a suburb of tokyo, and this area experienced accumulating snowfall on sunday. the temperature at noon was below 2 degrees celsius. tokyo's latest date for snow accumulation is april 17th. now, snow has pulled away, however, we are still looking at precipitation across the southern points of western japan, but rain will stay over the waters, so tokyo will stay dry until your tuesday, but another batch of rain will affect central japan as we go ininto wednesday. temperatures are going to bebe much warmer than normal, so we will see rainfall instead of snowfall this week, rainy weather in tokyo on wednesday and possibly into thursday, but sapporo might see some snowfall once again on your friday. that's it for me. stay safe. >>> that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." thanks for joining us. >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." the toll of the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow worldwide. it even halted the world's biggest sporting event, the tokyo 2020 olympic

first priority in the tokyo area is number 573. intelligence informs the general that 573 is already three quarters destroyed. at the moment, number 574 is still untouched would seem more important. operations checks the tactical plan for 574. general la may orders the required changes, okays the target, and commits all executive details to his staff. operations with his deputy chief of staff and project officer goes to work setting up the changes. in that plans folder is a mountain of preparation by special sections of intelligence and operations. a thousand hours of research, collated facts and figures have been distilled into tactical plan 574. aircraft will assemble with three groups of p-51s. smoke markers at one-minute intervals will be dropped by lead planes to expedite departure from assembly point. one squadron each wing will carry a-47 incendiary clusters. balance of squadrons bombs fused a quarter second nose and tail. altitude of attack, 12,000 feet. planes of 314th wing will carry capacity fuel loads of approximately 7

to cancel the tokyo games. we will keep cooperating with the organizing committee, the japanese government, and the ioc to make utmost efforts to prepare for the games. >> reporter: only the international olympic committee can decide whether the games will go ahead as planned. last week, there are some doubts. japan's minister in charge of the olympics says the end of may will be a crucial time for the ioc to decide what to do. in the meantime, officials in japan continue to prepare with some slight adjustment. climbing was held last week. staff members were used instead of athletes. the hope is, come july, when the games are supposed to start, it will be the olympians competing. nhk world, tokyo. >>> a japanese high court has sentenced a man to ten years in prison for sexually assaulting his own daughter. the case sparked public outrage last year when a lower court judge found the father not guilty, saying the daughter could have resisted. under the japanese criminal code, prosecutors must prove victims werere

i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. v vy much f for watching, and do stay with us for more. ♪ >>> a japanese firm that makes face masks is trying to counter the shortage caused by the coronavirus outbreak. officials say they're start making reusable masks att a facty in myanmarar. the firm could begin shipping to japan before the end of the month. kowa says it'll boost impact to 50 million units a month in april. also, they plan to use a government subsidy to increase production of single use masks. government officials are trying to crack down on one factor that's compounding the shortage. they plan to ban h hoarding and online reselling of masks, and they will penalize anyone for doing this. the movove is in responsnse to e growing number of people advertising masks online at inflating prices. hospitals and nursing facilities say this is making it harder for them to get the masks they need for their work. this is "newsline biz." i'm gene otani. >>> a u.n. trade agency stresses that china's manufacturing slowdown has l

a continent of ocean destination tokyo. it's like taking off in mexico for targets in canada the. 314 145 planes, one minute apart 67 tons each. . can those be 29 take offs are tough sweat that first long moment is the worst. some swear takes a look, like a wife stalking to beat it. at a tenure hundred miles north, to more be 29 wings prepare for takeoff 134 aircrafts from the 58th winning. 100 more from the 313th wing. at tie pan a few minutes later the veteran 73rd wing lines up for takeoff, 153 more bombers are added to the mission striking floors. . . . . series of tabulated mission reports. copies of these reports are dispatched to headquarters in washington and posted on a control room report board. during that first hour the be 29 has settled down for the big grind saving precious gas, cruising 1000 feet off the water, ability, experience, confidence right in each plane. a plan of action for 11 men train and tested to function as one. and navigator sets the course. locking island checkpoints as they climb past the no

from tokyo rupert wingfield hayes reports(tx next —— from tokyo rupert wingfield hayes reports.f in today, but for now, every day in the water counts. this woman has her sights set on a middle, in the first ever olympic surfing contest. at least, that was the plan until the virus arrived. translation: right now, i'm afraid. i don't know what is going to happen. the olympics is a dream for me, but we don't want to have a bad olympics, so maybe it's better to have the olympics when the fear has gone. here injapan, you could be forgiven for thinking that there is no global pandemic. schools are closed but apart from that, life is going on pretty much as normal, and it is the same with the olympic games. the japanese government insist it is full steam ahead for the opening ceremony onjuly the 2ath. there are now some prominent voices saying that is denying reality. in central tokyo, the brand—new olympic stadium is ready. $30 billion has been spent preparing the city. but the former governor of tokyo says the chances of holding the olympics this year are now tiny. in central tokyo,

first priority in tokyo is number 573.ntelligence informs the general that number 573 is three quarters destroyed. 574 is still untouched. operations checks the tactical plan for 574. general lemay orders the required changes, ok's the target and commits all executive details to his staff. operations with his deputy chief of staff and project officer go to work setting up the changes. in the plans folder is a mountain of preparations. 1000 hours of research. collated facts and figures have been distilled into tactical plan 574. aircraft will assemble with three groups for escort. at one minute intervals will be dropped. one squadron each wing will carry incendiary clusters. 500-1000 pound bombs. attitude -- altitude of attack, 12,000 feet. planes from the 314th wing will carry fuel. the same airspeed will be flown by all aircraft on the bombing run. the navy has requested to furnish the following facilities. three surface vessels. tor submarines assigned lifeguard duties. two dumbo's to orbit. .uper dumbo's each section of

bombing raid in 145 that had the highest death toll is not the tokyo but you know the thing about we often don't think of the crimes committed by our own side during the war why is that because americans don't do anything wrong when wonderful we never torture anybody we don't waterboard which is the wonderful loving people who believes everything. government tells us the people who decided at the end of politicians they just take it and say ok. we might lose a lot of civilians or whatever and they still do it because for damn power is more important than why that the people former us president barack obama visited her roshumba and nagasaki tacitly acknowledge differend this impact of using nuclear weapons there was some survivors however those who did not perish in the tokyo bombing raids have been widely ignored so i know about the bombing of tokyo on the night of the 10th of march but only from history books honestly i don't know anything about the bombing of tokyo i know about the bombing of tokyo but i'm surprised that it's already been 75 years our parents and grandparents never

i'm yoshii ogasawara in tokyo. you for watching and do stay with us for more. >>> this is "newsline biz," i'm gene otani. the average price of commercial land outside japan's major cities has climbed for the first time in 28 years. a big factor was growth in the tourism sector which drove demand for land to build hotels and stores. but experts are cautioning that the figures were compiled prior to the coronavirus pandemic, which is wreaking havoc on the global tour ex-. the government surveyed land values throughout the nation as of january 1st. prices rose by 1.4% from last year. it was the fifth year in a row of increases. the average price of commercial land and areas outside major cities inched up by 0.3%, first uptick since 1992, just after the collapse of the bubble economy. part of a town in the northern resort of nisako saw the biggest price rises for residential and commercial land demand is growing there for vacation homes for foreigners and lodgings for resort workers. one real estate expert is warning t

yeah, we still had a brereezy d and it was relatively dry here in tokyo.hink we'll be seeing a calmer and warmer day as we go into wednesday. then by the time we get to thursday and friday in tokyo highs are getting close to 20, if not above 20 degrees. we saw snow as we had the northwesterly flow up running through and we saw the snow taking place. now we have a high pressure system coming into the picture, it will push that cold air more toward the east and then back toward the west the southerly flow will help to push up the temperatures so we'll see the temperatures climb up. highs in 20s in places like fukuoka on wednesday. we will see moisture that will return and will bring in additional rainfall on thursday. then other areas of japan seeing rain by friday. but again, much warmer temperatures coming up into the picture as we go into the latter part of this week. i mentioned the rain that's going to be coming into the picture by the latter part of the week. that's already impacting the southern areas of china because when you have calm, stable air, b

bombing raids have been widely ignored so i know about the bombing of tokyo on the night of the 10th of march but only from history books honestly i don't know anything about the bombing of tokyo i know the bombing of tokyo but i'm surprised that it's already been 75 years our parents and grandparents never told us about it so we only know what we learned from t.v. and newspapers i don't think there's enough attention being paid to this in our education in japan. i know about the bombing of tokyo but i have forgotten the exact date i think the media should tell us more about this tragedy not just about hiroshima and nagasaki. from a theoretical point of view i see why the americans thought this was a price worth paying to end the war but personally speaking i'll never be able to accept this as 820-0000 people were killed including women and children on the only it's sad that very few people in the west seem to remember the suffering and innocent victims of that. it looks like the people there remember only these tummy bombs dropped on japan now there is no consensus among historians

with abundance of sunshine and even 21 on thursday in tokyo. and staying almost the same as we go into next week. osaka and fukuoka will see the warm weather. and sapporo, with snow on the ground, there's a possibility of avalanches so please watch outu for that a stationary front to the south of china, expected to bring heavier rainfall in the southern areas and there's a possibility with snow across northeastern areas of china. temperatures are much warmer than normal. not just in japan, but beijing, and seoul. 15 for the high in seoul. 20 in beijing. rainy w weather is i in the fort in bangkok. meanwhile, across north america we are seeing some warm temperatures across the east coast of the u.s. and there's a possibility of a severe thunderstorm on tuesday as well as wednesday and late season heavy snow is in the u.s. more snow is possible in the sierras. and now spepeaking of snow, a re on snow took place in alaska. look at this footage. norwegian musher woerner and his 12 dogs won the iditarod and it's about 1,500 kilomemeters. warm weathe

again why monday does mark the 75th anniversary of the us firebombing of tokyo the deadliest air raid in history it resulted in around 100000 civilian deaths a number comparable to the atomic bombing of hiroshima the same year. check whether people in the u.s. and japan knew what happened. america's use of atomic bombs at hiroshima and nagasaki is common knowledge however there are other atrocities from that historical period that have slipped out of the memory monday marks the 75th anniversary of the united states launching bombing raids against tokyo. u.s. officials knew full well that many civilians would die and that did not deter them flying fortresses will be dispatched immediately to send the papers cities of japan on fina that won't be any hesitation about bombing civilians it will be worn out the idea was to demoralize the japanese population by inflicting death and misery on an unimaginable scale the bombs that were used were incendiary and a city made mostly of wooden structures caught fire rather quickly you're going to deliver the biggest fine crack of the japanese have e

the east. 18 for the high on wednesday in tokyo, 17 on friday.o, bouncing a little bit in the mid to upper teens, but still on the warm side as you go through the week. i mentioned the low moving across japan is bringing showers back toward the eastern areas of china. we'll be dealing with clouds in shanghai. so, we'll see somehowers lingering as we go through the day. down toward australia seeing showers along the eastern and northern areas of the country here. that wet pattern will continue. elsewhere back toward the west, relatively dry. big contrast where the rain was constantly impacting the area. we're going to be seeing much of a dryer pattern coming up on tuesday. we're looking at some wet weather in sidney. across north america we have this pretty developing low pressure system moving through the central plains here. as it continues to lift toward the north and east we're talking about warm weather. be on the look out for that, maybe stormy weather possible along with this particular system. 23 in oklahoma city, 25 in houston, d.c. with

first priority in the tokyo area is number 573.ntelligences forms the general that 573 is already three quarters destroyed. at the moment, number 574 is still untouched and would seem more important. operations checks the tactical plan for 574. the general ok's the target and commences all executive tales to -- details to his staff. operations with his deputy chief of staff and project officer goes to work setting up the changes. in that plans folder, the mountain of preparation by special sections of intelligence and operations, 1000 hours of research, collated facts and figures have been distilled into technical plan 574. assemble with escort, smoke markers at one minute intervals will be dropped by lead claims to expedite from assembly point. one squadron each wing will 47 incendiary clusters. 1000 pound bombs fused, altitude of attack, 12,000 feet. the 314th wing will carry capacity fuel loads of possibly 7300 gallons per plane. calibrated airspeed of 210 miles per will be by all aircraft on hour the bombing run. landfall, 3450

tokyo in the deadliest day in history after the break we'll be asking people in america whether they know about what. you. please. driven by banks failing and country sailing and now in lebanon they've got a huge crisis and of course big points come to the rescue. monday marks the 75th anniversary of the u.s. bombing tokyo the deadliest raid in history that resulted in around 100000 civilian deaths a number comparable to the atomic bombing of hiroshima the same year or more being checked with the people in the u.s. and japan know what happened. america's use of atomic bombs at hiroshima and nagasaki is common knowledge however there are other atrocities from that historical period that have slipped out of the memory monday marks the 75th anniversary of the united states launching bombing raids against tokyo. u.s. officials knew full well that many civilians would die and that did not deter them flying fortresses will be dispatched immediately to send the people cities of japan on fina that won't be any hesitation about bombing civilians it will be worn out the idea was to demoralize

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, tokyo.d of self—isolation, 100—year—old yavar abbas had one important concern — how will this impact his upcoming wedding. the filmmaker and former bbc journalist was set to marry his partner, indian activist and writer noor zaheer, on march 27. with their plans in dissaray they managed to get the last wedding slot at their local registrar's office before going into self—isolation. let's take a look at their special day. let's hear from the newlyweds. we haven't got a lots of time. noor has to leave the country under the immigration laws by the 24th of april. when we went, when we found that this is going to happen, this wretched coronavirus, we had a, sort of, had another look at our situation. we went to the registry together, to the registration office two days before the 27th... the 17th. we we nt before the 27th... the 17th. we went on the 15th and they said that they could manage the 17th for us. the earlier, they said they could manage it on the same day within half—an—hour, they said

tokyo.nd we have a three-day weekend coming up. how's the weather looking? >> this weather will be lovely during the three day. we will see unseasonably warm weather plus very nice sunny conditions. and today, tokyo experienced the warmest day of the season. the high rose to 22 making it more like early may and it's usually chilly this time of year. saw a high of 2 24 in toyama. that's over 10 degrees higher than normal this tomb of year. they will likely see heavy snow and powerful winds too. thanks to warm weather action just the north of tokyo saw the flowers,s, cherry blossoms bega blooming. beautiful weather will likely enhance the blooming of cherry blossoms for the next several days. but tonight tokyo will see rainy weather. we have a low pressure system approaching central japan. because the low will move over the kanto region, tokyo will see heavy rainfall with possibility of thunderstorms tonight. rain will likely ease by friday. another storm too the north wil pass northern japan

becomiming a panda keeper at a te tokyo zoo. would eventually turn to despair when a baby panda in her care died six days after its birth. >> translator: i was devastated. it was so hard. i never wanant to go through something like that again. >> abe eventually returned to the breeding center in china to brush up her skills. a few times a week, she works overnight to feed the cubs milk and rub them to help with their digestion. sometimes it's a challenge to get the little ones to breastfeed from the mothers. abe imitates a cub's cry in an effort to stimulate the process. but it doesn't always work. 30 minutes later, abe tries again. this time, with success. one of her responsibilities is keeping the pandas in good shape. for meal time, she has devised a contraption that gives the animals a little workout, not just for their bodies but, their minds, too. to get the food, they have to reach up into the basket. >> i think it's good for the pandas. they have to find the food, which stimulates their brains. >> abe keeps a detailed re

bombing to tokyo in the deadliest day rate in history after the break we asked people in america and japan they whether they even know about what happened. it baffles driven by banks failing and country sailing and now in lebanon they've got a huge crisis and of course big points come to the rescue. again our trial has got underway in the netherlands of 3 russians and a ukrainian accused in the downing of flight m.h. 17 the malaysian airlines boeing was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine almost 6 years ago killing all 298 people on board the suspects are accused of transporting a missile system from russia across the border into ukraine where it fired the fatal missile russia day rejects the accusations and claims the investigation is biased from the netherlands his shot at the. it's a trial it's set to last more than a year 3 russians and the ukrainian are accused of helping to bring a book missile launch from russia into eastern ukraine where it fired the fatal shot that brought down the boeing 777 the 4 suspects are not charged with personally firing the missile the men all

is one of the biggest disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic so far the summer olympic games in tokyo have been postponed into 2021 what do you think about it's disappointing fishel but when you think about the health of the athlete as well as that of the spectators i understand. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the 2 dramatically different faces of a pandemic in the u.s. a new disturbing figures coming from the state of new york the governor today said that the number of new cases is skyrocketing new infections doubling in just the last 3 days. well that means the peak of the pandemic could come sooner and hospitals could face even more people who are in need of medical treatment now contrast the u.s. to charting a 2 months ago all the world watched in astonishment have the chinese government announced unprecedented lockdowns in who bay province around the city of where the coronavirus outbreak began overnight 60000000 people were told to stay home or the government said today it will now begin lifting those restrict

bombed tokyo in the deadliest raid in history after the break we'll be asking people in america or in japan whether they even know about one half of. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those with. no dares thinks. we dare to ask. an almost choked small seemed wrong all right old quotes just don't call. me old yet to shape out these days it comes to education and in games from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. monday marks the 75th anniversary of the us fire bombing tokyo the deadliest air raid in history and it was built in around 100000 civilian deaths a number comparable to the atomic bombing of hiroshima the same year on the scale of more pincheck for the people in the u.s. and japan even though what happened. america's use of atomic bombs at hiroshima and nagasaki is common knowledge however there are other atrocities from that historical period that have slipped out of the memory monday marks the 75th anniversary of the united states launching bombing raids against tokyo. u.s. officials knew ful

bombed tokyo when the deadliest there right in history after the break we asked people in america and japan whether whether they even know about what happened. good point adoption is driven by banks failing and countries trailing and now in lebanon got a huge crisis and of course big points come to the rescue. something seemed wrong. just don't hold. me. to shape out just being educated and in the game equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. she still looks for common ground. join me every 1st week on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to give us a little bit politics sports business i'm sure. i'll see you then. welcome back monday does mark the 75th anniversary of the us firebombing of tokyo the deadliest air raid in history it resulted in around 100000 civilian deaths a number comparable to the atomic bombing of hiroshima the same year however the reports it's an atrocity that many have forgotten. america's use of atomic bombs at hiroshima and nagasaki is common knowledge however there are other atrocities from that historical period that have slipped out

rupert wingfield hayes is our tokyo correspondent.ralia have made their opinions clear. it seems no matter what japan and that the ioc might want, the decisions seem to be made by athletes in competing nations. i think it is really interesting that canada has now come out and explicitly said it will not send a team to the tokyo 0lympics will not send a team to the tokyo olympics and paralympic this year. as far as i'm aware, thatis this year. as far as i'm aware, that is the first country to do that. the australians, as you said, have followed saying it can't happen. this could start a chain reaction and and prime minister shinzo abe this morning in parliament set a postponement was under consideration if the games can't be held safely and that he been discussing that with the ioc over the weekend. he said, no decision will be made forfour said, no decision will be made for four weeks from now and the governor of tokyo has come out and said the same thing, four weeks to a decision is made. i think the action by canada and australia sh

the tokyo olympics have been postponed for a year. japan's prime minister is determined to hold the games in a symbol of as triumph over coronavirus and india has brought in unprecedented measures. its citizens have been told to stay home for three weeks. elizabeth has more. >> after two days of heavy , they spell out the situation facing all indians. >> listen carefully. will be in antry complete lockdown and ordered -- in order to save india, in order to save the citizens of india and save yourself. tonight, there will be a total home. going out of your every state, every territory, every district, every village and locality is being put on lockdown. >> he said it was the only way to stop the spread of the virus, but even before the announcement, police were out across the country. police dismantled all of the protest signs against the government citizenship law. people had been gathering there for 100 days to show their opposition to the legislation, which vast tracts to minorities from three neighboring countries but excludes musl

plus a new day for the 2020 tokyo olympics mark your calendars for the 23rd of july next year last week the games were postponed because of the global coronavirus. on public voting yes welcome to the program we start in the united states where the death toll from covert 903000 over a 3rd of those victims were from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers andrew cuomo called a number of deaths staggering so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered paul most call meanwhile a u.s. navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the city's hospitals. a welcome sight for new york as the battle against the coronavirus ramps up. a u.s. navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. the mayor spoke of the city's frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point we've all been through a lot these last few weeks. and we needed this boost we needed this hope that's being created by our brothers and sisters the u.s. navy marine corps central park in the middle of manhattan is the late

tokyo 2020 and the tokyo council to prepare for games that will be safe and secure for athletes and spectators. but the i.o.c. stance has come under a welter of criticism both from within and without the organization. canadian i.o.c. member hayley wickenheiser a 4 tame ice hockey gold medalist with canada called it insensitive and irresponsible reigning olympic pool vault champion catarina stephanie of greece said being asked to train every day meant the i.o.c. was risking athletes' health no not just in 4 months time. in tokyo the countdown clock ticks down the seconds till the games but olympic fever is notably absent in a city that has also fallen victim to the coronavirus but here if we say will hold the olympics with fans in the stadiums then without doubt people from all over the world will travel here that increases the risk of death a virus can be unknowingly reintroduced and that worries me a lot watching. others worry about the impact on japan should the games not take place. on or shortly only the games are one thing. what worries me a lot more. is what it would all mean for the eco

so stay with us. >>> tokyo's benchmark stock index surged again on thursday. investors welcomed news from u.s. congress on passing a stimulus package. the nikkei 225 ended the day at 19,546, a gain of more than 1,400 points and the largest increase in 26 years. the decision to postpone the olympics dispelled some investors' worries. the benchmark in mumbai ended up around 7%. sydney rose 5.5%. this is "newsline" biz, i'm ramin mellegard. the head of japan's largest business lobby says he accepts there was no option but to postpone the tokyo olympics and paralympics. the japan business federation chairman says the group will do all i it can to support the reschool reschor rescheheduled games. >> translator: we will give our best efforts foror the games. >> he said the federation will consider what it can do in line with prime minister shihinzo abs pledge to enablble all events t be held in their complete form. >>> japanese internet usesers c enjoy ultra fast 5g connections from ts wk. ey'relso launching 5g compatible smartphones. ntt d docomo launched the count

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♪ >>> live from tokyo, this is nhk "newsline."'m james tengan. >>> we start in china where the country's leader has paid his first visit to the city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak. xi jinping's trip to wuhan comes as theovernmen report that new infections continue to slow. state mia reported that xi visited a hospital which was built to treat patients at the height of the virus scare. communitiesemain under lockdown and xi gave encouragement to those in quarantine. it's not clear when those measures will be lifted. the number of newly confirmed cases dropped to 19 on monday. the total is now around 81,000 and the death toll stands at about 3100. >>> at the same time, other nations are ramping up efforts to stop the virus's worldwide spread. italy is now entirely locked down. prime minister giusepp conte says the unprecedented measures will last until april 3rd. he asked residents to stay at home and for bayed them from gathering in public. individuals should only go out for work and health-related needs and emergencies.

but of course this year the big event coming this summer was the tokyo olympics. have insisted that they will go ahead as planned, even with lots of different qualification events being cancel around the world right now —— cancelled because of the olympic international committee are staging crisis talks with all international sports federations. we are expecting anything concrete from that meeting, it is being described as an update. but with just four months into the games due to there is understandably going concern. as you've been hearing, there's a continuing impact on qualification for the tokyo games, boxing is one of the sports affected. qualification is to be suspended because of increasing global travel restrictions and quarantine measures. the final events were taking place in london earlier. as it stands there's a plan to complete the remaining action in may and june if possible. our olympic reporter nick hope explains. it comes that no surprise that boxing eventually followed suit. the biggest question was perhaps waited so long? in truth, the internat

keeping the flame burning tokyo postpones the olympic games until next year is saying the events in 2021 who represent victory over the coronavirus and france's new coronavirus coastguard police officers order everyone off the beach. hello the relentlessly growing coronavirus death toll has marked more grim milestone france is now reporting more than a 1000 deaths and the number of fatalities in italy has more than double that of china for 2 days it seems as if italy's outbreak was slowing but on tuesday the toll spiked again rising by more than 748 and dashing hopes that an outbreak had plateaued and spain has recorded its high is daily number of deaths confirmed cases and there are concerns that frontline health workers do not have the protective equipment and after weeks of speculation the tokyo lympics have been postponed for a year japan's prime minister shinzo abbay says he's determined to hold the games in full by summer 2021 as a symbol of the world's triumph over coronavirus and india has brought in unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the illness its 1300000000 citizens

haven't seen that in tokyo since late november. so we are seeing that warm weather coming back in. but yes, if you're an allergy sufferer you're sniffling a little bit more. we'll be seeing the dry pattern for the rest of this week, then we see some showers by the week weekend so maybe that will be more of a -- a little relief for you as it were as was go towards saturday. so here's the pattern right now. we had a system rolling toward the north, that low way up there. that ended up bringing some warmer and wet weather up to the northern portions of japan. here in tokyo, we saw temperatures really warm. we are going to see that off and on for the rest of the week. we'll cool d down just a b bit e head toward thursday, then we warm right back upup to around degrees as w we go in to friday. but then the cold air really starts to come into the picture. as we take a look here, look at this, looking at snow from the couple of days and thing down to around 3 for saturday and sunday. 16 for the high in tokyo. 19 on friday. and then we're

tokyo is different.ics were in japan, 19 six 24, the bullet train, all these great innovations. this was meant to future japan sustainability and do a lot more working from home. anybody who lives in tokyo knows that july and august is the hottest, most humid time of the year. many people in tokyo stay at home. they wanted to showcase that japan was back in a big way and kind of on the global scene. this puts a damper on things for sure but i think the japanese are really excited about this and the world is going to need some type of celebration, next year after all this is over. taylor: can you talk about what this means for shinzo abe, some of his relationships with trump, with some of the other g7 leaders? >> it is the right time to be talking about a given that the beens also virtualized. i would argue the way this was handled actually plays into shinzo abe's hands because this could have been a long, drawnout process, where the ioc makes a decision months from now. he talked to the ioc president and

also on thursday, the governor of tokyo met the prime minister to ask for help fighting the virus. >> translator: w we will do o whatever we can to prevent an explosive spread o of infection working closely with the central government. i came to ask the prime minister for hehelp in that effort. >> koikeke says abe gave a a st response to her request. she asked him to promptly provide information on how t th cecentral government can help p prefecture. meananwhile, japan is stepping travel restrictions. starting on friday, the country will deny entry to foreign travelers who have recently been in iran, italy, spain, germany, or 18 other european countries. japan has now confirmed about 1,400 coronavirus infections. that does not include more than 700 cases from the "diamond princess" cruise ship. 47 people have died along with 10 from the cruise ship. more than 900 people have recovered and left hospital. >>> tokyo confirmed at least 47 new infections on thursday. that's a record high for the fourth straight day. it prompted the governor to urge residents to stay home this weekend if th