Japan. The powerful stotorm is expecte to approach the southwestern part of the country from sunday through monday with nearly its full force intact. Translator it is necessary to fully consider the possibility that the typhoon will have a bigger impact than weve ever experienced. Its the second major storm to hit in a week. Typhoon maysak brought heavy rain to the kyushu region earlier this week. The storm left at least five people injured and hundreds of thousands of homes without power. A search is underway for the crew of a cargo ship. It was sailing wednesday morning when it fell out of contact. Of the 43 crew members on board, one has been rescued so far. He told rescue workers that an engine malfunctioned and made it unable to cruise and the ship capsized when a wave hit it from the side. The storm system barreled across the Korean Peninsula inundating hundreds of homes achd leaving one person dead. South korean Officials Say they recorded more than 1,000 mill meet ergs of rain
He recently served as the partys policy chief. Translator i will aim to become a leader who listens to the peoples voices carefully and earnestly. I want to become a leader who can get the people to work together. Kishida has long supported abe, but he has not secured an endorsement from the outgoing pm. Former ldp sectary general isishiba shigegeru joined the e tuesdaday. Translator it is our responsibility to the people to give them an o opportunity t to listen to what each candidate has to say and decide who is the best. Thats even if the public does not have a vote in the ldp president ial election. Chief cabinet secretary Suga Yoshihide is expected to join the race wednesday. Hes already received backing within t the party. The ldp is scaling back its election protocols to ensure a swift change i in power as the country deals with the coronavirus and other pressing issues. All 394 ldp lawmakers will get a votete, along with three officis from each prefecture. To reflect the pp of
Thursday. Republicans will stress trumps efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus and seek conservative support on gun ownership. The Trump Campaign unveiled its key policies for its second term aheaead of the convention. On foreigngn policy issues, und his american first mantra, trump is vowing to make u. S. Allies pay their fair share of defense costs, and also withdraw u. S. Troops from iraq and afghanistan. Relations with china are emphasized. Hes pledging to bringng back 1 Million Manufacturing jobs from china, while prohibiting federal contracts from going to countw n companies that outsource. In regard to the pandemic in the unit stateses, he promises vaccccine will be d developed be end of thihis yeyear, and the country will return to normal next yearar. Trump will give his acceptance speech from the white house on thursday. Next here in japan, the deadline notice to pull out of a bilateral intelligence sharing pact with south korea is hours aw away, but seouls intentions
The u. S. Ordered the chinese consulate e in houston, texas closed. It cited the need to protect American Intellectual property and private information. Chinas foreign min stay criticized that decision saying it breached International Law and the braves of normal relations while gravely harming relations between the two countries. The ministry urged the u. S. Retract the decision. Observers say the rift between the two major powers is becoming more pronounced. The u. S. Trump administration is once again ramping up criticism of beijing. Secretary of state mike pompeo is calling for a new alliance of democracies to oppose china. Pompeo singled out intellectual Property Rights issues and territorial dispuputes in the south china sea. He also took a direct swipe at chinas leader. Xi jinping is a true believer in a bankrupt, totalitarian ideology. This ideology that forms his hedge runninesire for global e sasaysecurininfreedom from e chchine commmmist party the mission of oururime. He als
Translator we will be securing hospitals to specialize in covid19. Two hospitals will now exclusively care for coronavirus patients, each offering about 100 beds. Officials plan to secure 200 more covid19 beds spread across 14 hospitals. Ministers and experts met on friday to discuss antivirus measures. The experts proposed using a fofourstage classificatation sm to monitor the coronavirus situtuation. The approach would use six criteria, including case numbers and the percecentage of coronavirus tests which provide posititive results. S. They say many parts of the country are in stage two, seeing a gradual spread. The head of the expert panel says at stage three, officials should ask bars, which arent following virus prevention guidelines, to close. Translator when the situation is classified as stage four, logically speaking, its time to issue a state of emergency declaration. The minister in charge of the Coronavirus Response says the priority must be supporting the medical system.