Highest level on a fourpoint scale for nearly two months. A request that bars, restaurants and other establishments shorten their Business Hours will be lifted next week. Tokyo reported the highest daily tally among the countrys 47 prefectures. Across japan more than 600 new infections have been confirmed on friday. In total there have been over 75,000 cases. More than 1,400 peoplele have died. Authorities are also concerned about dealing with influenza spreading at the same time. So the Health Ministry has decided to offer seasonal flu shots starting next month. Officials say theyll give priority to people aged 65 or older because they face a higher risk of falling seriously ill from viral infections. Theyre calling for other people to wait for over three weeks to get a shot unless they have an underlying condition that makes them vulnerable. Business travel between japan and singapore is restarting as they push to reopen their economies. Shortterm business visitors will be able to sk
For vote. The security law is aimed at cracking down on antigovernment activities in the semiautonomous region. It lays out things that beijing says threaten national security. Submission, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with external forces. It also allows for a Security Agency in hong kong which may exercise jurisdiction in certain circumstances. On sunday, protesters opposing the legislation held rallies across hong kong. Police arrested 53 people after shuffles broke out. Theres growing concern in hong kong and abroad the planned security law will threaten the one country, two systems principle that has guaranteed the territory a high degree of autonomous. Here in tokyo, Officials Say 58 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on monday. The number of invex infections been on the rise in recent days. The government says theres no need to declare another state of emergency. The latest figure is slightly smaller than sunday, when the daily tally was the highest since the nationwide