The Trump Administration overstepped its authority. Ntt reportedly planned to take its wireless carrier unit private. At buyout could be valued 38 billion. At thebreaking news moment. We are getting Industrial Production numbers for south korea. Year on year, it should be for the month of august, a decline of 3 , matching expectations, and bigger declines than the previous month. We continue to see some weakness year on year. Industrial production numbers have been in contraction for five consecutive months. When it comes to the previous month numbers, they have been revised slightly upwards but not by much. Month on month, a contraction of 0. 7 which is a contraction instead of just coming in flat as expected so that is disappointing numbers. Perhaps we could see some better numbers later in the year. We do have trade numbers for the month of september. We are expecting it to come up on thursday and exports are likely to see an annual gain in september so lets watch out for those numb
China and d asean member statato resolve disputes through coconsultationon as well as steg confrontation between countries and the area. He said china hopes countries outside the region, including the u. S. , will respect the wishes and expectations of those in the region, instead of creating attention and seeking to profit from them. At the same meeting, japans foreign minister said hes concerned that unilateral efforts to change the status quo in the South China Sea have continued. Motegi toets meet urged nations involved, including china and the u. S. , to take constructive action to address the situation. He urged n nations involved, including china and the u. S. To take constructive action to address the situation. I translator i conveyed japans position and concerns to Chinese Foreign minister wang yi. I will conontinue to do so. Beijing asserts sovereignty over most of the South China Sea. Washington has described that claim as completely unlawful. China and the u. S. Have escal
Princess cruise ship, which is ququarantinedd in y yokohamama februauary. Meanwhile, Health Officials say more than 1,800 people have recovered and been discharged from hospital. The number of people heading out in japans major cities dropped on the first sunday since the state of emergency was extended nationwide, but the decrease differed from area to area. Cell phone carrier ntt docomo released data based on the movement of its users without identifying them. The dadata shows that as of suny afternoon, the number of people out in major areas of tokyo and six other prefectures was down at least 70 from before the pandemic. The state of emergency was initially declared for those seven prefectures. Outings decreased most in areas around osakas umeda district falling nearly 87 . Numbers also plunged in most regions where the state of emergency only kicked in last week. People out in places around nagano station and kanazawa station in ishikawa prefecture dropped more than 70 , but figur
Theyll ban most foreigners from entry, starting on thursday. The island started restricting travel from Mainland China back in january and life there has been relatively unaffected. But residents who recently traveled abroad and foreign visitors have tested positive for the virus. Ten new cases were reported on tuesday hitting double digits for the first time. Officials say diplomats and foreign nationals with resident permits will still be allowed entry. But they will be required to selfquarantine for two weeks. Malaysia has taken a similar measure, but its also prohibiting its nationals from traveling abroad. Thats causing headaches for the many malaysians who work in neighboring singapore. On wednesday there was no rush hour traffic along the causeway connecting the two countries. More than 300,000 people a day normally cross it. Elsewhere, the Australian Government is also stepping up restrictions. Good morning, everyone. We are upgrading the travel ban on australians to level four
February last year. A transasia pasassenger plane flipped upside down minutes after takeoff and crashed in downtown taipei. 43 people died. Aviation officials said one of the two engines lost power and the captain mistakenly reduced power to the other. They said the plane was capable of flying with one engine. They said transasia hadnt trained its pilots well enough. Theyre urging the airline to improve its Flight Safety programs. The chief of japans selfdefense forces says hes worried that the Chinese Military is stepping up activity around japan. He says more and more aircraft are flying towards japanese air space. Admiral kaouano said they flew 190 times between april and june. Thats over 80 more than the same period last year. Translator theres been an escalation of activity by the Chinese Military both at sea and in the air. And the range of these activities has been expanded. Kawano says theyve observed extensive activities near the Senkaku Islands in the east sea. Japan controls