Europe appear to be stable or declining but he expressed concern that africa and central and south america are seeing upward trends though the numbers are low at this stage. The executive director of the w. H. O. Heaealth Emergencies Program michael ryan highlighted the potential for catastrophe if the virus spreads in countries with weakk medical systems. He said the w. H. O. Has seen an increase of 250 to 300 in just one week, alone, in some african nations. He said we are at the beginning in africa. Data compiled by u. S. Universities show the number of confirmed Coronavirus Infections has topped 2. 6 million worldwide. Johns Hopkins University says the death toll has now exceeded 182,000. The United States has the most fatalities at over 45,000. The governor of new york state has announced plans to launch a largescale program aiming to trace the contacts of people infected with the coronavirus. Once you trace and find more positives, then you isolate the positives. Theyre under quarantine. They cant go out. They cant infect anybody else. Andrew cuomo said the ultimate goal is to identify all those potentially expososed to e virus. He admitted it may be unrerealistic but was an importt measure. The state has already hired 715 staff for the operation and plans to ask 35,000 University Students to serve as tracers. He also indicated his state will partner with neighboring new jersey and connecticut to expand the contact tracicing. Cuomo saidid his state expects receive 1. 3 billion funding from the federal governmentt to cover costs. He also revealed former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg has committed 10 million to the program. New york state has seen more than 250,000 coronavirus cases. About a third of the total figure in the United States. On tuesday more ththan 5,500 ne cases were confirmed in the state with 474 deaths. Turning to the financial markets. Oil prices and wall street stocks have clawed back some ground after recent turmoil but volatility is expected to continue as the pandemic decimates demand for crude. Benchmark u. S. Oil prices rose as far as 16 a b barrel at o o point on wednesday after plummeting to historic lows in previous days. The c climb came amid speculati major producers could cut more output. Meanwhile, stocks closed higher on wall street after two days after losses, the recovery in oil. The Dow Jones Industrial average climbed nearly 2 while the nasdaq deposit gained 2. 8 . The s p 500 rose about 2. 3 to 2,799 points. New york transit authorities have struggled over the years just to keep their trains running. They left their lines open during the crisis to get Health Care Professionals to work. But more and more of their own staff are being infected every day. Nhk worlds Catherine Kobayashi reports. Reporter at any other time getting a seat on the subway might makee ones day. This is not any other time. Walking to work, taking the subway. Just being around fewer people is kind of jarring. Reporter on an average weekday, more than 5 Million People ride the new york subway. These are not averagage weekday. Transit authorities have cut service on many lines but they keep the trains rununning to ta essentiall workers whehere they need to go. Theyre asking everyone else to stay awayay. Most new yorkers are staying home. Thee homeless, m meantime, have takeken over belelow ground. Transit workers have to clean each train at least every three days. 2 83 have died. Still new yorks governor faces calls every day to flick a switch to return to ththe way thingsgs were. Aknow people want to get back to work. I know peoplple need a paycheck. I know this is unsustainable. I also know more people will die ifif we are not smart. Reporter transit authorities introduced a new slogan a few years back, new yorkers keep new york safe. Now that advice suggests its best not to take the train. Catherine koeb yaushtbayashi nh new york. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo pressed china to allow access to its laboratories to check whether viruss are being handled properly. China didnt share all of the information it had, instead, it covered up how dangerous the disease is. It didnt report sustained humantohuman transmit for a month u until it was i in every province inside of china. Pompepeo noteded the presenc labs in china studying complex pathogens. He said its not just the Wuhan Institute of vie rolg. Pompeo said its important the materialals are handled d in a and secure way so there isnt an accidental release. Pompeos accusation come as some u. S. Media speculate the virus may have spread from the wuhan lab. Beijing flatly denies any link between the virus and the lab. Officials in southwestern japan have confirmed a cluster infection on an italian cruise ship currently docked at a shipyard in nagasaki prefecture. Translator out of 57 who have been tested, 33 have tetesd positive. The costa atlantica has been undergoing repairs at a port in nagasaki. There arare 623 crew members o board but t no pasassengers. Health officicials tested the cw after one of them tested posititive on monday. The Officials Say none of the 33 people infected are known to be in serious condition. They also say theyre working with the Central Government to disinfect the vessel. April is the start of the new Academic Year in japan, and some Elementary Schools in the central part of the country resumed classes earlier this month. But this School Closed last week after four children and a teacher in one class were found to be infected. Tokyo tops the list of prefectures in the number of infections at over 3,300 after 132 new cases were reported. The total number of cases in japan is now about 12,000. More than 700 cases have also been linked to the diamond princess cruise ship, which was quarantined near tokyo in february. A total of 311 people have diei in japan, including 13 from the diamond princess. As the number of new cases rises, Prime Minister abe shinzo is repeating his call for people to stay at home. Translalator in urban arare the rate of outings has decreased by more than 60 during the week and more t than 70 on weekends. Experts say y in order to reduc social contactct by 80 , the public needs to o make further efforts such as working remotely. He added itits important to strengthen social distancing measures, especially with a string of holidays known as golden week, set to start next week. The warning comes as officials in the seaside city of kamakura located near tokyo say theyve seen a rise in the number of visitors in recent weeks. Translator we cannt overlk this situation in which h so ma people are visiting our cicity. The governmements stayathome request has s not been enough t deter visitors. This map shows the decrease in the number of outings nationwide based on cell phone data. On sunday tokyo and other major cities saw a decrease of over 50 . 12 prefectures saw less than a 40 drop. A panel of experts is calling for more social distancing at supermarkets, saying crowded checkout lines could create cluster infections. Data compiled by u. S. Now a Publishing Company in fukuoka, International Commercial hub in western japan, is stepping in to help. Reporter an online yoga class for parents and their children. A fukuoka publisher is developing the online shows. It produces parenting magazines and Community Websites. Translator our editors and writers are mothers. Were making parenting magazines by mothers for mothers. Reporter its magazines with a total circulation of 400,000 target mothers around d the country raising preschoolers. Now, due to the coronavirus, the publisher has turned to online cocontent,t, streaeaming free l events such as performing arts or craftmaking workshshops. Translator we had about 4,000 viewers. Since were not supposed to meet people right now, we received a lot of comments saying it was fun to sing and laugh together, even through a screen. Reporter ichinose yui, who has children aged 5 and 3, handles marketing and pr. Translator when its just me and the kids, i rurun out of ga ideas, and they get bored. Then we all lose our patience and get irritated. I feel i need room to breathe. Reporter when she noticed her son working happily on an online craft project, she recocognized the potential of w content. Translator until now, events were concentrated in big cities. So, many mothers couldnt participate. Now people a are saying ththey enjoying watching stuff right at home. So there have been some surprising advantages to this situation. Reporter to foster more online interaction, she added a new segment for the Community Website so that anyone can stream events. Translator these are all Online Events, like the Instagram Live jazz bands, et cetera. Moms at our Online Events have said their movements are very limited, so they enjoyed talking to people from near and far who they wouldnt normally meet. I was glad weve been able to provide a place where moms can relax and have fun. Reporter as the Current Crisis is putting more stress on young families, Online Events are becoming invaluable sanctuaries for them to learn, relax, connect, and escape. Its time for World Weather with our meteorologist tsietsi monare. Cool and windy weather will continue over japan and much of western asia. What else can we expect today . Its certainly getting cooler. Theres a bit of an upper trough coming in between the yellow sea and spreading all the way toward the sea of japan. That is causing unstable weather conditions in most parts. Please do look out for slightly cooler conditions as cooler air spreads from the north coming in toward the central part of japan, also affecting much of south korea where we saw sleet for the First Time Since about 19 07, so its been quite a long time there. Snow fell and it froze up in the sky then became a little bit of sleet toward seseoul. Thats basically what you should expect. Cooler conditions are going to continue for northern parts of japan. Sapporo, single digits. Tokyo at 17 for the next two days but it will get warmer again. By sunday temperatures will have gone up to about 24 degrees. Those in central and western japan expect even cooler conditions, fukuoka 14 for your thursday. 16 coming up toward friday. The rest of asia is going to be quite sunny starting from ulaanbaatar to beijing. The United States, well be seeing turbulent weather particularly toward the deep south here. Weve seen tornadoes, hail, and also possibilities of damaging winds along those parts so please make sure youre safe at all times and what you need to do is listen to the news and the Weather Forecast and make sure that you find safer grounds whenever you notice some unstable weather conditions. Those could be quite devastating and as the season is in full swing now, do expect more to come through over the next couple days. Your temperatures starting in toward Oklahoma City to be at 26 degrees and you can see along the southern part of the United States, temperatures along the upper 20s and also lots of moisture developing from mexico city through houston and all the way in toward miami. But as you move up toward the northern part, temperatures cool down. Vancouver, canada, as well as winnipeg along the mid to upper teens. Slightly cooler conditions are expected for the north. That is all for your weather. Take care and have a great day. Thats it for this hour on nhk newsline. Welcome to newsline in depth. Im marie yanaka. Manga and animation are japanese art forms most people regard as populalar culture, not serious creation. Today we look at two that are a big different with manga and anime crossing over into big arts and wider audiencesexpress. We start with the legendary anime set during a futuristic war fought by young people in mobile suits. The show has become a phenomenon for its realistic rendering of human emotions, especially the spiritual struggles of the teenage warriors. Gundam last year celebrated its 40th anniversary and the company that holds the rights to it went allout to cash in. By signing up an unusual range of collaborators, the firm reached an even wider audience both in japan and abroad. Reporter tourists stock up on gundam goods at a shop in a district in tokyo. Maybe about 15 to 20. Translator i love gundam. Reporter the anniversary of the iconic series last year gave rise to a sprawling industry of new merchandise incncluding e eyedrops and hair dye. Fujiwara oversees this side of the gundam business empire. He calls himself cgo, or chief gundndam officer. T translator promotining gu to as many people as possible is what were all about here. We can do that by combining the strengths of individual companies with the charms of gundam this is an ironware teapot inspired by the robots. Translator people will buy that . Translator absolutely, its really popular with foreigners. Reporter the company that makes plastic gundam models sells roughly half of them overseas. It set up more Assembly Lines to meet growing demand mainly coming from asia and north america. Translator 80 to 90 of our foreign clients are in asia. Earnings in north america are rising, but there are more things we can do in europe. Were working hard to promote gundam worldwide. Reporter gundam long ago cemented its reputation as a cultural icon. Now its become a business phenomenon, too. With sales for the anniversary year reaching almost 800 million, the diverse collaboration certainly paid off. For example, the popular teapot was made by craftsmen of ironware that attracted fans of japanese traditional art. In our next story now, we visit kyoto to take a look at some new projects mixing Popular Culture with ancient tradition. Artists in manga, anime, and gaming are working with priests and kimono craftsmen. Together theyre breaking down preconceptions, raising tourist revenue, and shining a light on venerated industries. Reporter shinzuan is nestled withthin japans largest zen temple complex. The treasures here are the sliding doors painted hundreds of years ago. The problem is theyre not just in need of some tlc but a full restoration. The head p priest started thinkg ababout howow to raise the fund. A set of new doors, t the firstn four centururies, would create quite a buzz. He could then charge an admissssion fee to helpp bring old ones back to their former glory. For the priest, it was time for a radical turn toward the contemporary. He asked six of japans leading creative talents to take part. Among them, yamaga, the man behind the hit anime, neon genesis. Thanks to the work of veteran manga artist, the temples main hall was almost unrecognizable. Translator i was told that this is me praying for everyones happiness. Its titled paradise. Across 16 sliding doors, the dead and the living occupy the same world as if its all just one big party. Translator some people objected to the new art because its manga but one of thehe charming things about kyoto is how people gathered from all over japan to innovate. We must remember, this is how things eventually become tradition. Reporter he is most famous for designing the characters in final fantasy. One of the most successful video game series of alltime. The priest asked him to depict the goddess kano residing in buddhist heaveven. Translator for creators, its gratifygratifying, for our exists longer than we do. Temples make that possible, and im truly grateful. Translator we are able to raraise funds to protect and restore our cultural assets. Im so grateful to everyone. We wanant more young people to visit our temple, to share our world. Old meets new has really caught on here, too. This shrine, every autumn it hosts the kyoto nippon festival fusing japanese tradition with the latest pop culture wonders. Last year, a remarkable 13th Century National treasure took center stage. The scroll tells the story of the shrines deity. Things take a turn for the worst when hes rebornrn as a vengefu spirit. But it wasnt the only work bringing the wow factor. A number of up and comie ining artists also showed pieces. All were inspired by the shrines deity. Translator looking at the modernday version, i got a sense of how people in the past must have enjoyed art like we do. One of the best way, actually, to introduce the traditional art, japanese art, to the younger generation. Not only, you know, in japan but also around the world. Reporter manga and the divine. It might seem like an odd mix, but, in fact, temples have long served as hubs for their communities. Translator manga can take something complex and make it easier to understand. Our shrine used to be the starting point for many trends. We want to return to our roots and attract people in a way befitting of these modern times. Reporter kyotos newfound taste f for pop culture is gaing the attention of local artisans. Yamada is a kimono papainter. His fafamilys studio was found more than a century ago. He wo everything is done by hand. The aesthetic stems from the local school of painting. Hes concerned about the shri shrinking kimono market, now less than a third of what it was just 30 years ago. Translator the slump in the industry means there are fewer artisans. This makes the prices rise putting them even further out of reach. Its a vicious cycle. Reporter he sees mafga as the perfect way to promote his stud studios style of painting, ultimately helping to preserve its history and techniques. His searchh for collaborators draws in some of the biggest names in manga including a Legendary Institute yostudio. He hopes to exhibit the works around kyoto. Translator im working on ast astrobite. Reporter he says the kimono industry is faced with the same problem as s sempls s temples a. A glaring need to reach people on a deeper level. The most experienced painter in ya yamadas studio agrees. Hes also fallen in love with the concept of collaboration. Translator i never dreamed of getting involved with manga after working as a kimono painter for 50 years. At first, it was scary. I wondered if i could draw manga using my skills but now im happy were doing it. Reporter yamada wants to take his ideas even further and give kyotos monks and priests a boost at the same time. Today he visits one of the most prestigious temples in the city. Hes keen to exhibit his works to attract more people and spread awareness about his studios techniques. A true win win situation. Translator our new work depicts a cherry tree planted in garden right here at this temple. We added astroby on top. Its really beautiful. Beyond words. I believe yamada and temples like ours can be mutually inspiring. Reporter yamadas idea to really gaining traction. He can now count the temple a unesco world Cultural Heritage site among his collaborators. In december, a special exhibitin was held at the temple. Star billing was given to the temples legendary goblins and ghosts but also the iconic charactersrs from a h hit manga. The event was quite an honor for yamada who became the first person in history to paint the temples resident monsters. Translator in particular, i focused on fear. R. I think the form has evolved with the times but the feeling will never change. Reporter the priest who organized the exhibition says its been a real step in the right direction. Translator im afraid traditional Japanese Culture is losing its place in everyday life. Ive been hoping to find a way forward thatt fits with the times. For us, tradition is like passing a flame on to others. Its fragile. I believe it can only be preserved with new oil every day. And for yamada, the faith he has in his hometown is only growing stronger. Translator i believe kyoto still has the soul to keep on creating. To cause a buzz and get people excited. Many people say the worlds of comics and high culture shouldnt mix, but the fact is manga has been influencing fine art for decades. And like the priest who brought pop art into his temple said, works being produced today could be hailed as classic if they stand the test of time. Its interesting to look at it the other way around, too. If we study ancient temple scrolls and screen painting, we can see elements that may have influenced manga in the art that was made for the gods. And thats all for todays newsline in depth. Thanks for tuning you are watching al jazeera live from london. The u. S. Secretary of the occupied west bank is a decision for the new Israeli Government to make. And how to ease locked on restrictions without triggering a second wave of infection. And we must fight
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