Fukuoka, and hiroshima prefectures overnight raising river waters nearly to the point of overthrowing. It also means a strong possibility of landslides. Already hard hit areas wont see any relief soon as the search continues for more than a dozen missing people. 72 others have died. This weather expert says the rain that hit kumamoto e earlie thisis month poured in like a river and spread overr an area s wide as 500 kilometers and carried more than 500,000 tons of water vapor per second. Transnslator the amazon, th Worlds Largest river, carries about 200,000 tons of water per second. A rough estimate of twice that amount was flowing into the region. The situation has not changed much, so we can still expect a substantial amount of vapor to flow in. In the aftermath of the intense rain, communities are also pulling together to help those in need. Officials say more than 14,000 homes and other buildings have been damaged. Chinese media say heavy rainfall along the yanghtze has left 140 people dead or missing and has affected 38 million others. The extreme weather began last month. H. It has caused floods and landslides m mainly in hubei an one other province. State run china, central television, and other outlets say more than 2. 2 Million People have been evacuated a and 28,00 homes and other buildings damaged. D. Water levels at mid stream and downstream lakes along the river are reportedly rising. The military has been deployed to protect dikes there. On sunday president xi jinping urged local authorities to step up monitoring and rescue efforts. The heavy rain is still in parts of japan and other parts of asia on tuesday. For the forecast well turn to our meteorologist. Most of the heavy rainfall will be seen in western japan on tuesday morning. And the rain will be s shifting into centralal japan a as t the progresseses. More than 170 millimeters of rain fell and more than 140 millimeters reported in the past 24 hours. We are expecting more rainfall as much as 100 to 200 millimeters in the kyushu all the way to kanto regions in the next 24 hours and the hokuriku region. This rainfall is not as heavy as the past few days. However, water levels are still high in many rivers so any additional rainfall could lead to further flooding and landslides. Heavy rain is expected in shizuoka and kochi on tuesday and severe thunderstorms expected in niigata in the evening but conditions will improve in shizuoka and kochi as we go into wednesday and thursday. People in the central and eastern china are finally seeing dry weather on tuesday. But some of the rivers are still swollelen due to the recent downpours. On monday chinese authorities reported t that the water level of 433 rivers have passed their allotted levels. The river and streams are still exceeding the warning level. The government says it will momonitor the norththern chinan rivevers because h heavy rains expected to continue in that area. A front will develop once again wednesday as a tropical depression moves north and brings a lot of moisture. Showers will increase in and around shanghai on wednesday with up to 120 millimeters possible. There will be showers wednesday and it will continue into the weekend. Thats it for now. Stay safe. The head of the World Health Organization is warning that the coronavirus pandemic will get even worse if countries fail to take Stricter Health precautions. If governments do not clearly communicate with their citizens and roll out a strategy focused on suppressing transmission and saving lives it is going to get worse and worse and worse. The w. H. O. Chief said many countries seem to be moving backwards. He emphasized that countries cant return to the way things were before c covid19 anyy tim soon. The u. N. Agency says the coronavirus continues to rage in the americas. Officials said infections began to spread unchecked after antivirus measures were eased and suggested some specific areas may need to put in Place Limited lockdowns. Two w. H. O. Experts have arrived in china where they will study how the virus spreads. Translator we have a basic consensus with the w. H. O. That virus tracing is a scientific issue that requires ininternational scientifific research and the cooperation of scientists araround the world. John Hopkins University says the number of confirmed cases worldwide has topped 13 million. The global death toll has exceceeded 570,000. In tokyo, experts are calling for caution as well. Despite a slight reprieve monday in recent daily coronavirus numbers, they are urging people across the country to remain vigilant. Officials in okinawa are also concerned over a spike in cases connected to the u. S. Military. 119 new cases were confirm in tokyo on monday. The daily tally had topped 200 for the previous four days. E increase brings the total number of confirmed cases to more than 8,000 in n the city o 14 Million People. Officials have confirmed Group Infections in other areas, too. A total of 27 children and staff at a nursery in central tokyo have been infected. At a theater, 16 actors, five staff members, and nine patrons are also among the latest numbers. Cluster infections were confirmed at two hospitals near tokyo. Translator some cases may be derived from night life districts, but there are invisible threads of infection at other places. I believe Community Transmission is beginning to occur on the local level. He says japan should closely monitor the situation while gradually easing social and economic actctivities. In the southern prefecture of okinawa 9 l peop 98 peop connected to the u. S. Military have been infected. Another usair station in western japan says the number of people at the base have been confirmed infected. They were tested on arrival at tokyos haneda airport. More than 22,000 people have now tested positive for the coronavirus in japan. Nearly 1,000 people have died. Meanwhile the japanese government is considering allowing Senior Business people to visit from the united states, europe, and elsewhere as long as certain conditions are met. That is according to sources speaking to nhk. Government officials see a need for business contacts in certain sectors. That is true even for countries like the u. S. Where coronavirus cases are still rising, and europe where they are still appearing. The number of business visitors would be initially small and their stay would be short. They would have to be tested for covid19. Officials would urge them to come by private jets. Tokyo is already set to accept Business People from countries where the pandemic is under control and where firm measures are in effect. There is an agreement in place with vietnam and negotiations are set to start soon with ten other locations including china, south korea, and taiwan. Testing at japanese airports is beining increased. By september there should be a capacity to test around 10,000 people a day. After closing for months due to the pandemic, many schools in japan recently welcomed back students. Teachers are now working out how to keep them safe especially in english classes. But as nhk world reports, there could be a silver lining. Set down your pencils. Set down your pencils. Reporter the coronavirus is changing the face of education. This is what you can expect to see at japanese schools. It gets more complicated with language learning where conversation is key. Please w wear your face shields. Reporter this english teacher at a Public Junior High School in tokyo doesnt let students sit face to face and avoids groups to limit the risk of infection. Then there are the face shields. He thought it would be easier to check pronunciation if he could see the students faces. Bubut many do not take off thei mask when there isnt much social distancing. Im worried, so i need to keep a mask. I heard that school life will return to normal soon. Reporter the teacher says he is facing a difficult challenge. Translator i feel like im juggling two things education and preventing transmission that are almost impossible to deal with at the same time. Ill do my best to figure out what works although the options are limited. Reporter the Education Ministry has issued guidelines to deal with the virus, but teachers are also developing their own solutions leading to a patchwork of different measures. Teachers at this school are taking more high tech approaches. On the stairs and in the hallways students practice english pronunciatition without masks but with ipads. Thee devices allow them to get away from their desks and stay a safe distance from each other. They record themselves speaking and then hand in the ipads so the teacher can check their work. Outside the classroom i can practice my pronunciation more loudly. Reporteter the teacher is ao making videos to help minimize how much he has to talk. Translatotor complaining abt what we cannot do doesnt help anything. We should instead think about what we can this expert hopes innovation like this will shape the future of public schooling in the country. Translator teachers now h he a chance to think about what they want students to learn the most. The pandemic could be a great opportunity to create a new style of education. Reporter after losing a lot of class hours to the pandemic teachers are trying to get back on track with new educational strategies that are both safe and effective. Nhk world, tokyo. Here is our three day World Weather forecast. Thats all for this edition of nhk newsline. Thank you very much for staying with us. Xxx welcome to newsline in depth. The coronavirus pandemic has up ended the lives of people infected and their families in untold ways. Covid19 patients often face isolation in hospitals. Meanwhile, their family members also struggle with various challenges. Supporting their loved ones while preventing the spread of the virus can be simply overwhelming. Today well hear firsthand accounts from people affected by the virus. Our first story is from japan where some patients and families are experiencing discrimination from damaging comments on social media to rejection of services at hospitals and hair salons. Our report looks at how somee people are confrontiting the backlash. T translator if s someone i your family falls sick from the virus, other people look at you that way. This man in his 60s agreed to talk with nhk on condition of anonymity. In april, his mother died of covid19. He later took a pcr test. The results came back negative. But when he returned to his job as a dispatchworker he was shocked by the reaction of his colleagues. Translator the o other works were afraid. They didntt want me to be aroud them. Reporter the dispatch a agey told him it was going to reassign him to another positionon. Translator i used to get on well with people at work and we talked a lot. Once theyd heard i had the coronavirus in my family shl, t attitudes became totally different. Reporter this 67yearold runs a household Appliance Store in hokkaido. Hes been trying to counter peoples prejudices by talking openly about his experience after becoming infected. He was hospitalized in february. Even though he was discharged the next month, he heard people saying things like, hell give us the virus. So he decided to create a leaflet describing what he went through as a covid19 patient. His symptoms rapidly got worse and he found himself in intensive care. He gives a detailed description of his condition. After being discharged, the Public Health center issued him a document confirmingg he was free of infectious disease. Translator people who havent had it are naturally afraid. I want to do what i can to ease those feelings. Reporter okumura has handed out about 500 leaflets to his customers and found the reactions to be positive rather than prejudiced. Translator people told mee read it or i didnt know about it or i wish you the best. My wife and i are grateful to know that our customers are so supportive. Its impossible to eliminate all anxiety and fear. But i hope people who have recovered will be helped and welcomed back warmly into their daily lives. Reporter around the world people are still learning how to live in the new coronavirus era. Spreading greater understanding will be essential for helping to contain it. Blaming people for becoming infected and ostracizing those who have recovered. This kind of discriminatory treatment in society must change. Creating an open environment where people can disclose their condition and receive treatment instead of keeping quiet for fear of bias would also help contain covid19. A more accepting society not only helps patients and their family members but this will be key to living in the post coronavirus world. Our next story from myanmar whereabout 300 cases are confirmed. Young covid119 patients in a hospspital the tap into their creative spirits to getcrcross important ssssages reporter these youngenen are rocking this hpital. They are coronavir p paties being kept in isosolation. Gether, they keep up body and so checking their vital signs and carrying on with their lives. People across myanmar have turned them into a siaial mea turned them into a siaial mea hit. This man owns a Video Production company. He used his equipment and skills to create this clip with four fellow patients. He tested positive for coronavirus in april. After suffering a fever and other mild symptoms, he was sent to a shared isolation ward. No one fromm outside could visi them. Translator m my family and friends kept calling me because they had n no idea what was goi on i in the hospital. R reporte to reach out to their l led ones the patients th video came aselief for ort friendsnd relives. S mothe had bnorrying her n was hidin his te nditiono makeer fee ranslator wasolad i was finly ablo see inside bebett thann expected. N l lked eporter heidideo aractcted ny p peoe wish the group a speedy recovy. Thisnspirere thehe to creat other cp wit the message for a wider audience. As in other countries, covid9 in mnmar hasas affected m man a well as thoseigighting the disesease. The group used their musico ank t the untrtrys health car workers. The new video triggered alood of messages. Translator w well be happyf the v video helps chang how eve a small number of f peop s see t disease. Reporter they recovered and haveve bn dchargege from hospital. But withoure insight, the pandemic has aongay to run. A little creativity can hel shorten the jouey. Inired notnly by the dedicate care h a his flow patientseceivedrom fro ne worrs butlso from th healthare workers heori. As landlords banning them from thei p ptners leang them. Ts or the videos were viewed about 100,000 times total, spreadg a mesge of gratitude and understanding to medical workers. Next we follow Japanese Elementary School students on a mission to help medical professionals after hearing the story of a front line worker. Despite their school being closed for months, these kids have taken away some important life lessons from the experience. Reporter this is a sixth grader on a mission. Every day she and her mother get to work constructing something indispensable for medical workers, fighting covid19. Translator i made this from things you can buy at hundred yen shop. Reporter a simple face shield can make a big difference protecting doctors and nurses on the front lines. But when coronavirus cases surged, medical teams faced supply shortages. She found out from someone with firsthand experience, her uncle, who is a doctor. Translator my brother told us nurses were making face shields themselves and suggested people staying home to could do it instead particularly kids in later elementary grades. Reporter the mother and daughter moved quickly and created 120 shields in just five days and brought them to the hospital. Where they discovered a huge need. So they asked for help, creating a video tutorial and spreading the news by email and on social media. It soon rippled outward moving from friend to friend until the kids shield support proejt was 100 peoplele ststrong. The v virus meant t they couldn phphysically meett up but that wouldnt stop them. The kids met onlnline to make t shieldss and sharere their gratitude for health workers. Because they cant meet in person the kids leave their shieields outside the home. Translator medical workers are risking their liveves, whic we cant do, so whenn i give thm shields, i also give them my thanks. Theyve made more than 3,000 shields and sent them to 17 places spread across the country. Medical workers say the personal messages lift their spirits when they face stress and uncertainty and even stigma. The responses the kids havee received shohow they c can make difference. Translator ive learned i can help peoplple inn m many wa eveven iff ive never met them. I wantt to continue doing this y whole life. Translator i hope this activity will allow the children to find strength to overcome any difficulties they will face in the future. Withth Caring Hearts and by working together. Reporter with schools gradually reopening, these children are heading back to class, but they refuse to give up on this lesson. They say theyll keep working as long as they need to, to fight the virus. The students plan to keep working as face shields are currently in demand not only at hospitals but also at nursing homes. In the age of social distancing, our three stories today serve as a reminder that there are other ways of coming together than just meeting up. All right. Thats it for this edition of newsline in depth. Thank you for watching our program. Ill see you next time, too. Xxx the u. S. Ramps up pressure on china, saying they reject beijings claim that these south china sea. Hello. You are watching al jazeera in london. Coming up. To many countries are headed in the wrong direction. Barbara the World Health Organizations warns that the pandemic could get worse. We look at the new ban on the sale of alcohol is going on in south af