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
The damage. The bridge on the kuma river was washed away. The road on the riverbank collapsed. Mud and parts of uprooted trees have made it inside buildings, some up to the second floor. This man says his 67yearold father was found said at his house that was flooded. Tla translator i have regrets about fighting with my father a lot. I wish i had my kids visit him more often. Flooding has turned fields and greenhouses into swamps. One farmer says his 60 greenhouses were affected and that the timing could not have been worse. Translator it was just before the harvest. The whole area around here was completely destroyed. The amount of damage may be around 93,000. Aside from the economic damage, the extreme rain is presenting a new threat in the age of the coronavirirus. People in evacuation shelters are taking precautions to keep the virus at bay. The destruction also hit areas outside kyushu. In kyoto, a mud slide plowed into three cars near an interchange. Two drivers suffffed minor inj
Unstable conditions brought record rainfall to the prefececture on tuesday. The river overflowed its banks late tuesday and early wednesday. The a agency and the land mininy are calling o on residents to exercise maximum cauaution a an stay up too datee on lococal evacuation information. The risk of flooding is extremely high in other places along the river where water levels may stillll be rising. If flooding has already begun, people are advised to seek shelter in sturdy buildings nearby or on the upper floors of their home. Unstable conditions are forecast for wide areas of the country on wednesday. Eastern japan and northern kyushu could see localizeded downpours. The Meteorological Agency is urging people to stay on the alert for mud slides, landslides, and gusting winds. The coronavirus continues to spread a across japan. Nearly 1,000 cases were reported on tuesdsday with several prefectures reporting new daily records. Translator weve confirmed 155 infections. The number shows t
A major river over lowed in the city of heat that a. Woman in her 70s is missing after her home was washed away. More flooding is expected in several cities along the river. Theyre racing to rescue elderly residents. Hundreds of people have been calling for help along a river where houses have been submerged. It was scary. The water was up to my neck t translator the water camep to my waist. I was using all of my strength to wade through, but was almost swept away. Rescue crews found an elderly woman submerged in a house and was later confirmed dead. Rivers have flooded in a dozen places n. A bank along the couple ma river has collapsed and a bridge has been swept away. Many train and express bus services have been suspended across the region. Thousands of homes are without electricity. We turn to our meteorologist sayaka mori with the latest on the situation in southwestern japan. Rain is becoming heavy once again across the northern places of kyushu. A northern barrow of rain calling
2 very different candidates all but could shake up politics. And the story of how our group in indonesia is help people hang with children recover from months at sea. And a lifeline to half a 1000000 children in syria has been cut the u. N. Security Council Compromise means only one Border Crossing with turkey will remain open the deal was made after russia backed by china pushed to shut down a 2nd one diplomatic at the jane space reports from un headquarters in new york a Security Council resolution on delivery of aid into syria is finally passed the result of the voting is as follows 12 votes in favor. No votes against and 3 abstentions but this was not what 13 out of 15 Council Members wanted only one Border Crossing bubble how one can now be used to deliver aid off to china and russia use their veto power in recent days to block other options so this resolution is not what the United States and a majority of the council fought for and it is certainly far short of what the Syrian Pe