Declaration and we concluded that prefectures across the country have met that standard. The remaining prefectures are tokyo and three others in the surrounding area. As well as the northern most prefecture of hokkaido. The state of emergency once covered the entire country, but it was scaled back in recent weeks as the number of new infections declined. The Prime Minister says that Business Activities will restart in phases. Professional baseball games will resume next month but without spectators in the stands. Abe says he aims to create what he calls a new normal in the country. Translator our businesess a daily routines will be severely affected. From now on its important to think about how we can conduct business and live our lives while still controlling the risk of infection. The governments Coronavirus Task force is set to meet shortly to finalize the decision. Tokyos governor that afternooned people for their cooperation but urged them to remain cautious. Translator there coul
Now. This super market reevaluated its plan to extend hours by one hour because of the alert and will continue its antivirus measures. Its really disappointing. Another spike in new infections at this point is disheartening. This driving school reopened on monday after being closed for about seven weeks. Instructors are busy giving driving lessonsns and the schoo is accepting an average of ten newcomers every day. Every day we have to think about how we fight the virus. Japans professional baseball leagues are going ahead with plans to open june 19th without anyone in the stands. They started practice matches on tuesday but one game has already been cancelled after two players with the tokyo based giants contracted the virus and a player with the professional soccer t team also tested positive. The club has suspended Team Practice that just started on monday. Meanwhile, japanese experts are shedding more light on who is more vulnerable to krrcovid19. Researchers at child health and dev
Hundreds of people attended thursdays ceremony. Floyd died after a Police Officer pinned him to the ground and kneeled on his neck, despite floyds calls that he couldnt breathe. Everybody wants justice. We want justice for george. Hes going to get it. Hes going to get it. Elsewhere in the country, people continued to protest. Floyds brother joined more than a thousand demonstrators at a rally in new york city where they held up banners and repeatedly called flois name. Amid the protest, the state of virginia is removed the statue of confederate general robert e. Lee. The government says the statue was wrong then and is wrong now. And i believe that we learn more when we take that honest look at our past. We must do more than just talk about the future. We must take action. Northam says the statue of general robert e. Lee will be put in storage and that his government will work with the community to determine its future. The removal of confederate statues is a contentious issue. Some se
Trillion yen or 100 trillion. Earlrlier at a meeting of Coalition Parties the Prime Minister said it will take considerable time to resume normal daily life while preveventing infection from spreading. We have to take advantage of the fact that tin fex hhe infection subsided. It includes cash handouts of 200,000 yen or 1,800 for Health Care Workers and allocates funding to support the development of drugs and vaccines. Other elements plan to help struggling businesses by covering 2thirds of the rent for six months and increase subsidies for employers. The latest move comes as japan has confirmed more than 16,600 cases of the virus and nearly 870 deaths. So far, 27 new cases have been reported nationwide. A man in his 80s tested positive for the third time. Moving to south korea where Health Authorities are on alert after the sharpest rise in infections in 50 days. Officials said 40 people tested positive on tuesday. The figures nearly double. Most of the new cases were in seoul. We are
On monday George Floyds brother visited the site where a white Police Officer knelt on floyds neck for minutes during an arrest. Surrounded by protesters Terence Floyd called on them to demonstrate peacefully. If im not over here messing up my community, so what are yall doing . What are yall doing . Yall doing nothing because thats not going to bring my brother back at all. It may feel good for the moment just like when you drink, but when you come down youre going to wonder what you did. The family says an independent autopsy found floyd died from asphyxia due to neck and back compression. Despitee curfefews imposed in dozens of cities protests have become violent in many areas. Shops have been looted and cars set on fire. The New York Times reports the demonstrations have spread to 140 cities in at least 40 states. More than 4,400 people were reportedly arrested over the weekend. With the escalating violence President Trump told governors on a Conference Call to get tough on protest