Tokyo governor ckoike. A new task force has been if t they find there is a serio threat to Public Health or the economy they can declare emergencies for designated areas and times. If that happens, governors will be able to urge schools to close and limit the use of commercial facilities such as Department Stores and movie theaters. Residenc resident residents could also be askskedo stay at home. Still. The governor says now is not the time to declare a statement of emergency. Japan has more than 1400 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. That number does not include more than 700 cases from the diamond princess cruise ship. 59 people have died, including ten from the cruise ship. More than 900 people have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals. Meanwhile, the tokyo metropolitan government says it may be on the verge of a surge of outbreak. S. Translator the capital is now at a critical overshoot phase where there may be a major spike. Each tokyo resident needs to be aware of
Conduct largescale fiscal support anand work togetheher oe Rapid Development of Antiviral Medicines and vaccines. During the meeting japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe called on his counterparts to offer the kind of comprehensive support to the Global Economy that they did during the 2008 financial crisis. Abe added that organizations like the World Health Organization and private Sector Companies need to Work Together to speed up the development of medicines to treat the virus. He also told the other leaders that he e and international l Olympic Committee president thomas bach had agreed to postpone the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games until summer of next year by the latest. Abe said he is committed to holding the games as a way of showing how humanity has overcome the pandemic. The number of people infected globally with the coronavirus has topped 460,000. The surge of infections in the United States and some European Countries is creating a serious shortage of beds to treat patie
arena bomb that killed 22 people. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. australia s incoming prime minister, anthony albanese has vowed to sweep aside his country s reputation for dragging its heels in the fight against climate change. wildfires, bleached out coral reefs and flooding has made made australia a byword for climate fuelled disruption. mr albanese looks set to be sworn in as prime minister on monday, before he heads to tokyo for a meeting with the leaders of the us, japan and india. he s signalled a major shift in climate change policy, saying australia could become a renewable energy superpower. our sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil, has more the shaimaa khalil, has more meeting is a priority for australia the meeting is a priority for australia and it enables us to send a message to the world that there is a message to the world that there is a change of government, there will be some changes in policy, but clearly with regard to
A step forward for womens rights in saudi arabia for the First Time Ever theyve been allowed to enter a stadium and watch a soccer game live. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring a good to have you with us german chancellor Angela Merkel says she hopes to form a new government by east that is off to her conservatives reached agreement with the social democrats yesterday on launching formal coalition chalks a previous attempt to form a coalition with smaller parties failed late last year so fridays breakthrough has eased months of Political Uncertainty here in germany but there are still several hurdles to overcome. Social democrats leader martin shorts still has a lot of selling to do hes asking the partys executive to back formal Coalition Talks with merkels conservatives at a special conference later this month hell then have to convince the partys rank and file to give their approval to the final agreement the partys youth group plans to lobby hard against another grand c
The army field manual, would you comply . Senator, absolutely not. Cant imagine i would be asked that by the president elect. Trump made headlines saying he would restart water boarding. U. S. President elect donald trump has picked a former new york city mayor to advise him on cyber security. A Trump Transition Team statement says Rudy Guiliani was chosen for his expertise in private sector cybersecurity. The statement also says trump will hold meetings with Corporate Executives who have been targeted by the crime. Guilianis appointment follows allegations that Russian Hackers attempted to influence the u. S. Election. Donald trump says he believes the allegations. He calls cyber intrusion the Fastest Growing crime in the u. S. And much of the world. Roughly 3,500 u. S. Army troops began entering poland last week. Polish general said hes confident both troops will be able to carry out missions through joint exercises. Next month u. S. Units will fan out from powe laland and other nati