Pompeo andonesian foreign minister held talks on thursday. They discussed the sittion in the south cna sea wch china claims most of. Indonea has designated an exclusive Economic Zone off the nah tuna islands and has a territorial dispute with beijing in the area. Our law abiding nations reject the unlawful claims made by the Chinese Government party in the South China Sea. Its a cause worth pursuing in multilateral settings and the Trump Administration very much supports this. She said stability and peace should be maintained in the South China Sea and added International Law, especially United Nations convention on the law of the sea must be respected and implemented. Pompeo expressed willingness to cooperate in new ways to ensure Maritime Security and protect some of the worlds busiest trade routes. I encourage u. S. Businesses to invest more in indonesia including for procts in the Outer Islands in indonesia such as nah tuna island. Pompeo says the u. S. Welcomes indonesias Decisive
Continue a phased reopening of the economy. That includes the governments signature Goto Travel Campaign which aims to boost the struggling tourism sector. Starting wednesday, domestic travelers can apply for discounts on accommodation and transportation, but tokyo with its rising cases wont be eligible. That suddeden explosion caught people off guard and raised concerns about cancellation fees. Now the government says both touriststs and bususinesses wil compensated. Translator we realize we did not properly inform people, so we decided that tourists wont be required to pay them. The government is now reevaluating plans to further ease restrictions on big events. The minister in charge of japans Coronavirus Response sasays a committee will hear fr experts on wednesday about an idea to lift a 5,000person attendance limit. European union leader have hashed out an agreement over a landmark coronavirus recovery fund. They reached a breakthrough on the 750 billion n euro package after days
Positive, including more than 700 cases from the cruise ship. One Infectious Disease expert is calling on people to become vigilant saying the number of seriously ill patients have been increasing. He says local medical services need to swiftly improve their capacity in case of a further spike in cases and deaths. Health officials in japan are ramping up pretesting as cases grow. Tokyo is now regularly seeing daily case numbers five times higher than those seen when internal travel restrictions were eased. There were 168 new cases in the capital on monday. Slightly fewer than the 200 plus cases it saw for many days over the past two weeks. The latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases in the capital to over 9500. Moving forward, people who live or work in neighborhoods considered high risk will be able to get tested free of cost. Previously publicly funded tests were only available to those who had close contact with infected people. Among the latest cases are many young