And 7 00 a. M. On thursday. More heavy rain is on the way as unstable atmospheric conditions are expected to continue through early friday. And for the next 24 hours, up to 300 millimeters is expected to drench the kansai region, 250 millimeters for northern kyushu. Residents elsewhere in japan can expect up to 115 millimeters. Officials are urging people to be on the alert and think about evacuation routes. For more details on the heavy rain, lets bring in our meteorologist tsietsi monare. Tsietsi, we know some parts of japan have already entered its rainy season, but even so the conditions look very unstable. Tell us what people need to watch out for. Yes, that is exactly what is happening. Ththe rainy seasoson has started now frontal system that is quiue stagnant, not going anywhere, its bringing more outer rain bands toward southern parts of japan including central jajapan. You cann see o over the last coe of hours we saw torrential rainfall in large numbers, about 167 millimeters
Day in a row the figure has fallen below 100. Translator we had a string of Public Holidays until wednesday. We will carefully analyze whether this figure accurately reflects the current situation. People across the country were asked to stay at home and refrain from nonessential travel during the holidays. Officials say there has been a 70 to 80 drop in the number of visitors at sightseeing spots. A nationwide state of emergegen was originally due to expire on wednesday, but it has been exextended to may 31st. The Central Government wants tokyo and 12 other prefectures under a special coronanavirus alert to continue minimizing persontoperson contact. The tokyo government is asking shops, restaurants, and entertainment facilities to remain shut or maintain shortened Business Hours until the end of the month. Public schools in the city will also remain closed. Meanwhile, some prefectures where the spread of the virus is limited are gradually easing stayathome measures. Public schools in
Small and mediumsized comompans affected by the antivirus measures. They condition receive up to 2 million yen, or about 19,000 if their monthly revenue has dropped more than 50 compared to last year. About half a million companies, Business Owners and freelancers had applied for the subsidy as of thursday. Around 23,000 of them received the money on friday. Translator i really appreciate it because this gives me some time to think about what to do nenext. But im a afraid the money won last long. If the Current Situation continues, i hope i can get more financial help. The government is also providing all residents with cash handouts of about 940. The whole country is under a state of emergency until the end of may. But government officials plan to hear from experts every week as they consider when to lift that measure in each prefecture. Translator we are particularly focused on how the number of new cases has decreased over the last two weeks. In other words, the weekly trends. Some
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