Welcome back to nhk newsline. Im Roger Pradhan with the news in tokyo. People in tokyo are watching with wary eyes as the daily case numbers hover in the mid 100s after topping 200 four days in a row through sunday. Officials confirmed 143 new infections in the captain on tuesday bringing the total number to nearly 8,200 in the city of 14 million. N. Many recent cases are young people who work at or visited nightlife districts. Translator the number of infected people is increasing considerably. We have to deal with the situation with a sense of crisis. In charge of the governments coronavirus response. He says officials and experts will discuss if nightclubs that dont act in accordance with antivirus guidelines should be asked to close. Cluster infections have been confirmed outside nightlife districts. They include about 40 actors, Staff Members and patrons at a theater in central tokyo. The infected theater goers came from across the greater tokyo region. A woman who attended the pe
Business outside japan. They say lower fuel prices helped air and land transportation companies. Retailers showed a recovery they suffered last year after a heightened consumption tax. Now their pretax profits are up 37 . Precision equipment manufacturers saw earnings surge by nearly 40 . Electronics firms saw an increase of about 20 . Machine manufacturers did not do so well. Their profits fell 6 , because of a slump in sales of Construction Machinery in china. Experts are divided over the outlook for japans economy. Translator Capital Investment will rise, as Business Sentiment is improving. Japans gdp will recover in the quarter from july to september. Translator the chinese economy could deteriorate. Japanese consumers could continue cutting down on their spending. If scenarios like these become reality, japan could go into recession. Ministers from 12 nations are holding a final day of talks for the Transpacific Partnership free trade pact. Their meeting in hawaii trying to reach
Firms who do much of their business outside japan. They say lower fuel prices helped air and land transportation companies. Retailers showed a recovery they suffered last year after a heightened consumption tax. Now their pretax profits are up 37 . Precision equipment manufacturers saw earnings surge by nearly 40 . Electronics firms saw an increase of about 20 . Machine manufacturers did not do so well. Their profits fell 6 because of a slump in sales of Construction Machinery in china. Experts are divided over the outlook for japans economy. Translator Capital Investment will rise as Business Sentiment is improving. Japans gdp will recover in the quarter from july to september. Translator the chinese economy could deteriorate. Japanese consumers could continue cutting down on their spending. If scenarios like these become reality, japan could go into recession. Ministers from 12 nations are holding a final day of talks for the Transpacific Partnership free trade pact. Their meeting in