The goto travel campaign, rather, offers discounts on transportation and accommodation and coupons that can be u used tourist facilities and souvenir shops. The government is urging travel agents and Hotel Operators to take thorough preventive measures and plans to delist businesses that do not follow the request. Translator we are offering cotton swabs to reduce the ris guests can use them tovoid rectly touching buttons. The number of iections has been on the rise across japan. 632 cases were reported on tuesday. Tokyo has been hit especially hard. In response, the government is excluding businesses and residents in the capital from the campaign. The announcement came after some in the capital had already made reservation. But the government says it will cover cancellation fees. Its also compensating travel agents and hotels for losses caused by cancellations. The head of one of japans biggest travel agencies is down playing the campaigns prospects. Jtb president says the decision to
Been reported each day. Untraceable cases are on the rise. Experts said transmission is not limited to bar and nightclubs, homes, work places and restaurants are also vulnerabab. And cases among the elderly are increasing. They also said the health care systemem is under strainin. Translator if you go out, please take thorough measures to prevent infection. We are also asking residents to refrain from going out as much as. Governor koikes call comes as the rest of the country begins a new tourism campaign. Tokyo reported 238 new cases on wednesday. Thats above 100 for the 14th straight day. Meanwhile, Prime Minister abe shinzo says hell postpone easing restrictions on large scale events until the end of august. Thursday marks one year until the opening of the Tokyo Olympic games which had been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The biggest challenge facing organizers is securing the safety of athletes and spectators. Officials need to consider quarantine measures and medica
Your friends so they can join, too. Tonights meet the author Event Features a great friend of the museum, someone whos become very involved with us in the last year or so, james holland, who, last week, published the second book in his trilogy on world war ii in the west, the allies strike back. Before i get to the introductions, i do want to follow a tradition we have here at the museum. I dont know if we have any world war ii veterans with us tonight that i can recognize. If not, id like to recognize veterans from all eras of service. [applause] thank you for your service and sacrifices. This evening, well have on stage together two of the biggest names and most prolific writers in the world war ii field. I was just thinking to myself this afternoon, if this was like boxing or something, this would be like a payperview match or something that we would have on this stage tonight. So we have our own senior historian, rob citino, who published his 10th book this month and hell be interv
Leaving shelves bear and fridges empty. Wellington with sports news. Basketball players test positive for coronavirus. Celebrations continue for liverpool. Aswill hear from their coach they are targeting more trophies. Anchor we begin the newshour in the United States where Vice President mike pence has led the first Coronavirus Task force briefing in almost two months as america reported an alltime high of new virus infections. Around 40,000 new cases were confirmed across the u. S. On thursday but mike pence echoed Donald Trumps message that the number of cases had been increasing because of accelerated testing. He said 16 states are seeing a resurgence in cases across the south and southwest. In much of the country, we are seeing jobs expanding and Economic Activity expanding, but our focus today is very much on the advent of a rising series of new cases across the american south. Where our First Mission was to save lives, once we came out of the 45 days to slow the spread, our task
To do here. I have always been reluctant to say this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. The world is experiencing today and what the american and as is americas face is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad news is that its entirely possible that it will happen again. I say this of course because the experts tell us that this virus that made the leap from one species to another can very easily happen again and if there are 2000 of these viruses out there you have no idea what they can do when they get into a human being. Thats what experts and scientists tell us have identified within their branch about 2000 different viruses. Having said that we need to look forward and i want to stress what im trying to do with this and what about all of us are trying to do, to look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on and a lot of hyperbowl going on and a lot of blame a