Japan's government has laid out measures aimed at preventing the new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19 from spreading.
Health authorities in China say the death toll from COVID-19 on the mainland stood at 2,663 on Monday.
Hong Kong media say a court in China handed down 10-year prison sentence to a Hong Kong seller of books critical of Chinese Communist Party.
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Key words : government minor symptom
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Japan's government has decided on a basic policy for measures to protect against a domestic outbreak of the new coronavirus. It includes asking people with minor symptoms to recuperate at home, in order to secure adequate care at medical facilities for those who are seriously ill.
The government's task force on the new coronavirus met on Tuesday at the prime minister's office.
The task force says currently there are sporadic cases of patients in multiple areas of Japan where the route of infection is unclear. It also notes small clusters of infection in some areas.
To prevent the spread of the virus, the task force is calling on people to stay home from work or school if they develop a fever or symptoms of a cold. It's also urging businesses to promote teleworking and flex-time commuting.
The task force stops short of urging across-the-board event cancellations and downsizing, but is asking organizers to reconsider whether they need to go ahead with their plans.
In regions that have seen a surge in the number of infections, people with minor symptoms will be principally asked to recuperate at home. Medical institutions that are not specialized to treat infectious diseases will be asked to take in patients after setting examination hours and movement zones.
In regions where cases of infection continue to rise, monitoring of people who've had close contact with patients will be scaled back. Instead they will be asked to stay indoors as much as possible.
When shifting to these measures, local governments will be asked to make their own decisions based on the health ministry's ideas and situations in their areas.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stressed the need to reduce the rate of new infections as much as possible and control the spread of the coronavirus in Japan.
He vowed to implement measures to contain regional infections, and create a system to provide sufficient medical care in cooperation with local governments and medical institutions.
Key words : health minister stressed avoid
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Japan's health minister stressed that now is a crucial time to control the spread of the new coronavirus in the country, and appealed for the public's cooperation.
Katsunobu Kato spoke to reporters on Tuesday following the government's endorsement of a basic policy for measures against the virus outbreak.
He noted that there are currently sporadic cases in multiple areas of Japan where the route of infection is unclear, as well as small clusters of infection in other areas.
Kato stressed that the government aims to prevent one group of patients from creating another group of patients. He said it will try to control the rate of infections as much as possible and establish a system of medical care focused on seriously ill patients.
Kato added that in many cases, the infected people have not spread the virus to others around them. But in others, the virus appears to have spread significantly from certain individuals.
He also pointed out that in small, enclosed spaces, there is a risk of infection even if an infected person is not coughing or sneezing.
Kato urged the public not to seek medical treatment out of fear without prior consultation.
He also called on people to avoid high-risk places, wash their hands, cover their mouth when coughing, wear a mask, and to avoid going outside when they have symptoms of a cold.
Key words : developed fever
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Japan's health minister says 28 passengers have developed fevers or other symptoms after disembarking from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship.
Katsunobu Kato said at a Diet committee meeting on Tuesday that the passengers are among those who have responded to his ministry's follow-up surveys.
About 970 passengers who tested negative for the new coronavirus got off the ship over three days starting last Wednesday.
Among them, a woman in her 60s tested positive after returning to her home north of Tokyo.
Key words : member of crew return home
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Key words : confirmed infect in Japan
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As of the start of Tuesday local time, the total number of confirmed infections with the new coronavirus in Japan was 851.
Of these,146 are people infected in Japan or tourists from China and elsewhere. The figure includes a health ministry official and a quarantine official who boarded the quarantined Diamond Princess and tested positive on Monday.
Among the passengers and crewmembers of the cruise ship, 691 cases have been confirmed. There were 14 infected people among those evacuated from China's Hubei Province on flights chartered by the Japanese government.
Outside mainland China and Japan, a total of 1,520 people have been confirmed as infected, according to a tally by NHK. They are in 34 countries and territories.
South Korea has reported 833 cases. Italy has reported 229. There have also been 90 reported cases in Singapore, 76 in Hong Kong, 61 in Iran, 35 in Thailand, 30 in Taiwan, 22 in Malaysia and 17 in the United States.
Germany and Vietnam have each confirmed 16 cases. Australia reported 15 cases, and the United Arab Emirates confirmed 13.
There have been 12 confirmed cases in France, 10 each in Macao and Canada, nine in Britain, and three each in India, the Philippines and Kuwait.
Russia, Spain and Oman have each reported two cases.
Nepal, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Egypt, Lebanon, Bahrain, Afghanistan and Iraq all have one infection each.
Iran has reported 12 deaths, and South Korea confirmed 7 deaths. Italy has reported six deaths and Hong Kong confirmed two deaths. The Philippines, France and Taiwan have each reported one death.
Key words : shaking financial market soon after
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The coronavirus outbreak is shaking financial markets around the world as investors see no end to the crisis in sight. Investors are rushing to sell riskier assets due to growing fears about the economic impact.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei average dropped sharply -- losing more than 1,000 points, or more than 4 percent, soon after the open on Tuesday.
But the Nikkei later trimmed some of those losses.
It ended the morning about 3 percent lower than its close before the long weekend.
Only two of the index's 225 listings were up.
The broader TOPIX also tumbled. Energy companies and major exporters were big losers.
Many people in Tokyo were rattled by the selloff.
One man said, "I'm really surprised by the plunge. I think the whole world is in a mess."
Another man said, "I expected it. That's because Japan's economy heavily depends on China. And the coronavirus is spreading all over the world."
Equity markets elsewhere in Asia are also looking shaky. The benchmarks in Shanghai and Shenzhen have started trading in negative territory.
Seoul's Kospi has recovered slightly after losing about 4 percent on Monday.
Stock markets in New York dived on Monday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 1,000 points. That followed similar falls in Europe.
Key words : soccer league postponing
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Japan's professional soccer league, J.League, is postponing all official matches for the next three weeks in response to the spread of the new coronavirus.
J.League Chairman Mitsuru Murai announced at a news conference on Tuesday that all 94 matches scheduled until March 15 will be postponed. The matches include those for the top J1, J2 and J3 divisions.
Murai noted suggestions by a government panel that the next few weeks will be crucial in containing the outbreak. He said the league will provide maximum cooperation in efforts to prevent the spread of the virus.
In the past, the J.League has cancelled matches in the wake of the 2011 disaster in northeastern Japan and due to bad weather. But this is the first time it has postponed matches due to a virus outbreak.
Key words : health authorities bringing death toll
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Health authorities in China say 71 more people died on Monday from the new coronavirus, bringing the total death toll in mainland China to 2,663.
The authorities also say 508 new cases were reported, bringing the total number of infected people to 77,658.
The number of new infections outside of Hubei Province, where the outbreak started, stood at only nine. No new infections were confirmed in 23 of the 31 provinces, cities and other administrative units across China.
Guangdong Province has lowered its public health alert by one level. Many Japanese manufacturers operate in the southeastern province.
The World Health Organization is urging China to keep up massive efforts to contain the virus despite a decline in the number of new infections.
WHO official Bruce Aylward held a news conference on Monday in Beijing. He noted that measures implemented last month to effectively lock down the hardest-hit city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, have helped bring down the number of new infections.
But he cautioned that it's risky for people to get complacent.
Key words : state visit Xi
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Japan plans to continue preparing for Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the country, even though one of China's key political events has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
China's decision to put off the annual National People's Congress has raised doubts about Xi's planned visit to Japan.
A senior Japanese foreign ministry official spoke to NHK. The individual said that Japan has no choice but to continue preparing for Xi's visit as planned, because "the ball is on China's side."
Shigeru Kitamura is the head of Japan's National Security Council Secretariat. He will meet with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi as early as this weekend. Yang is a member of the Communist Party Political Bureau.
It remains to be seen what will come out of the discussions about Xi's planned visit.
The decision to postpone this year's National People's Congress was made by members of the Congress's standing committee on Monday.
The Congress was due to begin on March 5. Nearly 3,000 representatives from across the country get together at the annual event and decide on policies for the coming year.
Key words : tally by NHK 34 countries three each
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As of the start of Tuesday local time, the total number of confirmed infections with the new coronavirus in Japan was 851.
Of these,146 are people infected in Japan or tourists from China and elsewhere. The figure includes a health ministry official and a quarantine official who boarded the quarantined Diamond Princess and tested positive on Monday.
Among the passengers and crewmembers of the cruise ship, 691 cases have been confirmed. There were 14 infected people among those evacuated from China's Hubei Province on flights chartered by the Japanese government.
Outside mainland China and Japan, a total of 1,520 people have been confirmed as infected, according to a tally by NHK. They are in 34 countries and territories.
South Korea has reported 833 cases. Italy has reported 229. There have also been 90 reported cases in Singapore, 76 in Hong Kong, 61 in Iran, 35 in Thailand, 30 in Taiwan, 22 in Malaysia and 17 in the United States.
Germany and Vietnam have each confirmed 16 cases. Australia reported 15 cases, and the United Arab Emirates confirmed 13.
There have been 12 confirmed cases in France, 10 each in Macao and Canada, nine in Britain, and three each in India, the Philippines and Kuwait.
Russia, Spain and Oman have each reported two cases.
Nepal, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Egypt, Lebanon, Bahrain, Afghanistan and Iraq all have one infection each.
Iran has reported 12 deaths, and South Korea confirmed 7 deaths. Italy has reported six deaths and Hong Kong confirmed two deaths. The Philippines, France and Taiwan have each reported one death.
Key words : 10-year
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China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson has defended the 10-year prison sentence handed down to former Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai.
Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday that Gui harmed China's national security by illegally providing intelligence overseas. He added that China is a country under the rule of law, and the judiciary's ruling was strictly based on law.
Gui's detention had drawn criticism from Sweden. The country's foreign minister said detaining a Swedish citizen is a very serious matter and a brutal intervention.
Zhao said Gui was tried as a Chinese national because after being naturalized as Swedish in 1996 he voluntarily reacquired Chinese citizenship in 2018.
But Zhao did not elaborate on which of Gui's actions were deemed problematic.
Zhao reiterated his government's firm opposition to intervention in China's domestic affairs or judiciary by any country or organization.
Key words : malaysia step down accepted
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Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced his resignation, leaving the Southeast Asian country in political turmoil.
Mahathir tendered his resignation to the king on Monday, amid increasing pressure from his coalition government to step down.
The king accepted Mahathir's resignation and asked him to stay on as interim prime minister until a successor is named.
Mahathir made a surprising return to power in the May 2018 election, after earlier serving as prime minister for 22 years through 2003.
The 94-year-old leader has been urged to fulfill his pledge to hand over his position to former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.
The pressure intensified after Mahathir said at a news conference on Friday that he will stay on for the time-being.
Mahathir's resignation followed Monday's departure of a group led by Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali from the ruling coalition. The move made it difficult for Mahathir to maintain a majority in parliament that is essential for his government.
A new prime minister will likely be appointed after a session of parliament opens on March 9.
But with multiple parties still supporting Mahathir as prime minister, it is unclear who might form the next government.
Key words : less than six months
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With less than six months to go until the Tokyo Paralympic Games, NHK has learned many para-sports organizations are concerned about the lack of facilities available to para-athletes.
NHK conducted a survey of 26 domestic para-sports associations and received responses from all of them.
About 69 percent said the number of facilities that can be used on a daily basis are "totally insufficient" or "somewhat insufficient."
The main reasons they gave were that few facilities are equipped for para-sports and that facilities are not easily accessible enough. They also said facilities refuse para-athletes on wheelchairs out of fear they will damage the floor.
Seven organizations said that even athletes on national teams have been rejected from using facilities.
The respondents also pointed out that some facilities are anxious about whether it's safe for an athlete with disabilities to practice alone.
Professor Motoaki Fujita of Nihon Fukushi University, an expert on the relationship between para-sports and society, stressed central and local governments are focusing too much on training para-athletes for medals.
He said one of the aims of the Paralympics is to create an environment where everyone can play para-sports, and this will not be achieved unless this situation changes.
He added that administrative bodies should review the management policies of public sports facilities and secure spaces that can be used by people with disabilities.
Key words : sony
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Japanese electronics giant Sony says it plans to release a new smartphone with 5G network connectivity in markets around the world from this spring.
The new smartphone has a 6-point-5 inch OLED display screen that can show 4K high-definition images. Its camera can take 20 photos per second.
But the new phone won't come cheap and will likely be priced at over 900 dollars.
Three major mobile carriers plan to start offering high-speed 5G network services in Japan this spring.
Sony's new device will be facing some tough competition in the market. Sharp plans its own 5G-capable smartphones.
South Korea's Samsung and China's Huawei have already taken the lead in developing such devices.
Sony had planned to make its announcement at a major exhibition of mobile devices scheduled to kick off this week in Spain.
But that show has been canceled due to fears about the coronavirus. Sony delivered its news through an online video instead.
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