For short. It will send out data from other smart phones that come within a onemeter radius for 15 minutes or more. It allows users who test positive to anonymously notify others who they come into contact with. The app doesnt harvest information on phone numbers, location or anything else that could identify users. All contact data is deleted after 14 days. The government says the app is better at protecting user privacy compared to Similar Software introduced abroad. Opinions on the hightech tool are mixed. Translator everybody is worried right now so thehe app useful. Its easy to install. Translator elderly people are most at risk. I wonder whether they with easily operate smart phones to download and use the app. The government is calling on people to download the app saying the more users there are, the more effective it will be. People are gradually coming back to airports and railway stations across japan. Travel restrictions between prefectures put in place to fight the e coron
Still be asked to stop serving food and drinks by 10 00 p. M. The number of confirmed cases in tokyo has been rising in recent days. 22 new infections were reported on friday, but Officials Say they are also considering the impact on the economy and the condition of the local health care system. Another part of the country is also seeing g an increase ofof cases. Officialals are taking steps to reverse the trend. Translator our city is in the middle of a secondnd wave. Well do our utmosost to contai the virus by asking everyone who hahad close contact with t the infected to undergo pcr tests. The southwestern city of kitakyushu confirmed 43 cases in the last 6 days. A Junior High School in the city of nearly 1 million has closed for disinfection after one of the students tested positive. The spread of the virus is even casting a shadow over the annual observance of the atomic bombings. Hiroshima and nagasaki marked 75 years this summer since the attacks. But Authorities Say a tenth or
The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcecement re should only be last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the insurrection act. Esper m made the remark aftf trump said d he would use troop if needed to maintain security. 1,600 troops have been moved to the capital area and stand ready to be deployed. Protests continued across the United States for the ninth straight day since george floyd, an unarmed black man was killed in police custody. The Associated Press says at least nine people have died and 9,300 others have been arrested since the start of the demonstrations. The movement has spread to europe. Thousands of people joined protests in london and stockholm. But the now fired Police Officer who pressed his knee in floyds neck for over eight minutes was charged on wednesday with Second Degree murder. After repeated calls for the other three officers on the scene to face charges
Translator the legislalatio to safeguard National Security and an enforcement mechanism are entirely necessary to uphold and improve the institutional framework of one countrytwo systems principiple of hongg ko. Analyst say beijing has decided National Security cannot be guaranteed if it is left to hong kong. Multiple Hong Kong Media say the Chinese Government will likely press ahead with establishing National Security legislation at the upcoming parliamentary session. Prodemocracy lawmakers from hong kongs legislative cououns aree strongly protesting the introduction of the draft resolution. They say the one countrytwo systems role would be and here in japan, the government has lifted the state of emergency for three western prefectures and says it may do the same for the tokyo metropolitan area and the northern prefecture of hokkaido next week. Translator tokyo, its three neighbors and hokkaido, will remain under the state of emergency. We will ask experts to evaluate the situation e
Million. Tokyo officials are monitoring the situation using seven indicators including the number of new infections in the past week and the rate of positive results in virus tests. The governor says tokyo currently meets the criteria set by the Central Government for lifting the state of emergency, which has been in placece since apriril 7th. Translator we need to reason economic and social activities while preventing the Infectious Disease from spreading. We will achieve this by establishing new norms and daily routines. Officials plan to gradually ease their request for public facilities and businesses to be closed. Step one includes reopening Indoor Sports facilities that will allow professional baseball and basketball leagues to restart, but without spectators in the stands. It will also allow top athletes to resume practicing at National Training centers. Shop owners in a popular district are hoping business will pick up, but admit it may take some time. Translator i hope more cu