Of new cases had been flat or decreasing since a peak in early august, but the number has begun creeping up. The panel noted increases in hokkaido, tohoku and northern kanto regions as well as parts of okinawa. They say its a result of infection clusters and people visiting or leaving tokyo and the surrounding prefectures where there is no drop in infection rates. But the number of hospitalizations remains flat nationwide and the number of patients in serious condition is reportedly decling. The experts say provincial entertainment districts and expat communities could become super spreader sis teand they are calling for more Health Notices and tests in those areas, and they warn japan could see the kinds of explosive spread of infections in europe unless infections are dealt with. In australia authorities in the state of victoria have lifted coronavirus restrictions in and around the city of melbourne for the first time in about four months. Three, two, one. Whoo the city has been und
Officials report 5 new cases of the coronavirus with one county in the east bay seeing its very first case will begin with 2 hospital workers one from Alameda County and one from Solano County both testing positive. After coming in contact with a known patient. Both healthcare workers are employed by north bay vaca valley hospital, a woman from Solano County was treated there last week before testing positive for coronavirus in response to their first case Alameda County Health Officials have declared a Public Health emergency. And we want we again the died yesterday in miami. Alameda county Public Health officer doctor eric upon says they are expecting more cases to pop up in the county. Both hospital workers are currently in isolation at home and will not return to work until they are cleared Health Officials say they have identified people in close contact with both of them and those people have self quarantine now to Santa Clara County where Health Officials say there are 3 more ca
Suffering the biggest oneday loss in two years. The dow dropping 3. 5 . The worst day since february 8, 2018 the s p losing 3. 4 . The worst day since february 5, 2018 about 5 off the record intraday highs. This morning, futures trying to pull off a bit of a turnaround after a sell off for the dow we could see the dow open up by about 80 points. The s p up by 9 points and the nasdaq up by 50. It is not much but something well see can stick in this session. Bouncing back from record points in those moves, 10year note drifi dr drifting lower twoyear note yields 1. 45 gold giving back a chunk of its gains. Currently 1,653. 40 thats comex index it is a run towards sevenyear highs. The market message is stocks tend to bounce back quickly from days like yesterday. There have been 18 drops on mondays s p 500 and the following day has seen an average gain of 1 well see if those green arrows stick. Bouncing back with a big picture in asia. Remember, tokyo was the focus. The hang seng up about.
We will hear from japanese epidemics at the center for strategic and international studies. Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. I am mike green and a professor at georgetown, we are delighted to have all of you join us in discussion over the next two hours with four of japans rising academic thinkers on Foreign Policy and economic affairs. This is the seventh cohort we have invited under a program called strategic japan. Eight years ago we discussed with the Prime Ministers Office how to expand Strategic Thinking dialogue, planning between the us and japan. One thing to think about which was new for japan was the need to go beyond the traditional bureaucratic sources and to tap into the growing expertise among japans academic experts on issues that affect foreignpolicy and to bring more academics into the tent in japan and expand the dialogue with the us and to make sure japanese scholars who are making an impact in japan are sharing their ideas with the us, getting reactions and re
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 with the recognition u. S. Leadership might not really return in the way it has been in the past. This is where i think it would be interesting to see where japan would head. Ill collect a question or two and let the panel respond and turn over to matt. If you have questions for the panel, now is your chance. Youll get another shot with matts panel and then over coffee. We have mics. I teach at American University and used to be an american diplomat. Listening to the presentation of japans interests and objectives in this situation, one cant help thinking that there is tremendous value to japan in having a close, cooperative relationship with south korea in the region and in these multilateral organizations and yet theres some obvious tensions in that relationship. I would love to hear from our japanese intellects why you think the japanese elite are prioritizing other issues instead of getting long with south korea and what y