Late june, but the spread of infection began to decline. The downward trend is slowing, and at the moment the situation is unpredictable. We will do everything to prevent an explosive increase in infections and protect Peoples Health and lives. We will also resume social activities and revitalize the economy. Suga says the government plans to Bolster Capabilities so Global Economic activities can safely resume. He says the aim is for 20,000 people, notably from business and educational sectors, to be able to enter the country every day by the end of next month. Suga also says his administration is trying to secure enough vaccines to supply all citizens by the first half of next year. The Ruling Coalition is hoping to pass legislation to secure coronavirus vaccines by the end of the diet session, running until december 5th. He also talked about the olympics and paralympics, wanting to ondcuct them in a safe and secure manner. On the subject of climate change, suga announced he wlli aim
Terms. That is a bit worse than the preliminary figure of minus 27. 8 announced in august, which was already a record. Corporate Capital Spending was the biggest drag. Businesses are holding off from making investments due to the uncertain economic outlook. Personal consumption, which accounts for more than half of japans gdp, was hit hard as well. The quarter on quarter was revised to minus 7. 9 from minus 8. 2 announced earlier. Campaigning to choose the next leader of japans main ruling party and the country is officially getting under way. Three political heavyweights are vying to succeed Prime Minister abe shinzo who is also president of the liberal democratic party. Abe is stepping down because of health issues. The chief cabinet secretary Suga Yoshihide has been one of abes closest aides and a popular spokesperson throughout abes eight yeaears in office. Suga promises to continue abes policies including his goal of containing the newew corononavi while maintaining economic activ
Translator we will be securing hospitals to specialize in covid19. Two hospitals will now exclusively care for coronavirus patients, each offering about 100 beds. Officials plan to secure 200 more covid19 beds spread across 14 hospitals. Ministers and experts met on friday to discuss antivirus measures. The experts proposed using a fofourstage classificatation sm to monitor the coronavirus situtuation. The approach would use six criteria, including case numbers and the percecentage of coronavirus tests which provide posititive results. S. They say many parts of the country are in stage two, seeing a gradual spread. The head of the expert panel says at stage three, officials should ask bars, which arent following virus prevention guidelines, to close. Translator when the situation is classified as stage four, logically speaking, its time to issue a state of emergency declaration. The minister in charge of the Coronavirus Response says the priority must be supporting the medical system.
Their lived by the end of the year. While following Safety Measures in place from the coronavirus, the pandemic has not prevented people from reflecting on the tragedy and praying for world peace. Translator when you think out thatt time, its tragic and cruel. This kind of tragedy should never happen again. Translator my parents are survivors. Ive come here to tell victims that ill never forget them even though i havent been able to do anything to abolish Nuclear Weapons. About 800 people attended the hiroshima Peace Memorial ceremony, including survivors of the bombing. Theyre getting older with your average age now over 83. Representatives of 80 countries were also there. Due to the pandemic, the number of people attending the event were limited to less than 1 10 of the usual. Hiroshima mayor placed the victims. It includes the names of survivors who died over the past year. 324,129 people are now commemorated in the monument. The city fell silent at 8 15 a. M. , the exact moment whe
And remembering the victims of hiroshima japan mark 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bombing that killed 140000 people. Welcome to the program a dire humanitarian situation is coming into focus in lebanon 2 days after a large explosion tore through its capital there are concerns about Food Security after the destruction of beiruts port which is the main route for supplies coming in now the country imports up to 80 percent of its food the economy minister has warned that lebanon is not financially capable of dealing with the impact of the explosion and will lead International Help several countries are already dispatching emergency aid from suited fuel to mobile hospitals and medical personnel zealot hotter is in beirut with more on the ongoing rescue and recovery missions. Dozens remain missing Search Operations are continuing we are outside beirut court the site of the massive explosions that the steroid much of the lebanese capital the people behind me these are family members de