Translator tokyo is on the brink of an explosisive increas of infections. We are trying to prevent a situation like that andnd t try to prevent further spread of virus levels. This is needed now. There are more than 2,100 confirmed cases across japan. Not including 712 cases from the diamond princess cruise ship. A total of 70 people have died including 11 from the cruise ship. Meanwhile, japan is set to further restrict entry into the country. Nhk has learned that the new measures will apply to the 49 countries and territories. The u. S. , canada, china and south korea as well as most of europe and some parts of Southeast Asia will be affected. Once the measures are in place, foreign nationals from a total of 73 countries and regions will be banned from entering japan. The restrictions also apply to people who have visited the designated countries within the past two weeks. Translator we have decided to raise the warning level for Infectious Diseases in response to the rapid spread of
Rishaad what a rally it has been so far in january. Lets have a look at what has been going on with china. Hong kong versus shanghai. Bringing up a chart for you. Main equities may be in the shadow. The benchmark is notching up and moving, closing at its highest level since 2015. It has been a rock and roll ride. Rough 2016. A it sparked off some panic. Eight home 2017. 20 17. A call lets not forget hong kong. Its a redhot stock market. Looking at this tends to show you what happened here with the momentum building up as we head further into the year. Perhaps more games to come . That is the big question. Haidi particularly as the market looks at the rise of china. It is a global synchronized growth story. Speeding through the earnings season. That is where we all record highs. They had so much momentum coming out of the u. S. Targets. Over 18 have beat estimates. You can see that coming through. Looking at the asian session, we are preoccupied with a few things. Apple supplies. When t
Be brave. This is daybreak asia, live it from bloombergs u. S. And asian headquarters. I am yvonne man i am betty liu. Yvonne and i am yvonne man. It looks like we got a little bit more drama coming out of the u. S. China dialogue. It seems like the gloves came off in terms of the Trump Administration side. Have to wonder what happened behind closed doors. Would havehought we an action plan in the first 100 days. It was quite tense, both sides canceling their pressers. Will we go through with these tariffs . What is the relationship now between xi and trump . It seemed they were getting along swimmingly well at maralago. To have another golf outing to warm up relations again. [laughter] yvonne we thought this would be a very choreographed event, not too exciting, but we got more fireworks than expected. The pessimism in the markets, wall street, record after record we break. Asian markets, equity markets solidly in the green. Not the case in new zealand, lets take a look at the nzx 50,
Carter called on fan about the Spratly Islands and cease further militarization. Carter also expressed hope that the United States and china will reach consensus by autumn on rules to reduce the risk of accidents when the two countries aircraft operate close to each other. A court in china has handed down a life sentence to a former member of the nations top decisionmaking body for accepting bribes. The ruling comes as president xi jinping aims to show hes committed to taking action against widespread corruption. Zhou yongkang was the ninth highestranking member of the communist partys Politburo Standing Committee until november 2012. State run Xinhua News Agency says a court in tianjin near beijing sentenced him for accepting bribes, abuse of power and deliberately disclosing state secrets. He and his family allegedly took more than 20 million. Prosecutors indicted zhou in april. He was tried behind closed doors. Xinhua says the trial was not open to the public because it involved sta
Carter called on fan about the Spratly Islands and cease further militarization. Carter also expressed hope that the United States and china will reach consensus by autumn on rules to reduce the risk of accidents when the two countries aircraft operate close to each other. A court in china has handed down a life sentence to a former member of the nations top decisionmaking body for accepting bribes. The ruling comes as president xi jinping aims to show hes committed to taking action against widespread corruption. Zhou yongkang was the ninth highestranking member of the communist partys Politburo Standing Committee until november 2012. State run Xinhua News Agency says a court in tianjin near beijing sentenced him for accepting bribes, abuse of power and deliberately disclosing state secrets. He and his family allegedly took more than 20 million. Prosecutors indicted zhou in april. He was tried behind closed doors. Xinhua says the trial was not open to the public because it involved sta