Key words : slow down
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200413_20/
In Japan, more people are being asked to take steps to slow down a surge in coronavirus infections.
People in Tokyo are adjusting to a sudden lifestyle shift as the number of cases there topped 2,000.
Shinjuku station is known for massive crowds. But the start of this work week shows a difference.
Many are staying home or shifting their schedules to avoid rush hour.
One man said, "I will be working from 7 to 3. I'm trying to avoid crowds as much as possible."
Others say it's been hard to change how they work.
One woman said, "It's impossible to do teleworking for my kind of job. I envy people who can work from home."
Tokyo and neighboring prefectures are under a state of emergency, calling on non-essential businesses to close.
Saitama's measures began Monday.
Officials in nearby Chiba, Osaka, and Fukuoka in western Japan are still finalizing the new rules.
Hokkaido, in Japan's North, was the first prefecture to call a state of emergency, which it lifted last month.
But new cases have prompted the governor to once again call for schools to be closed.
Hokkaido Governor Suzuki Naomichi said, "Looking at the increase in the number of patients, this could be a second wave."
The newly confirmed cases in the prefecture have hit double digits five days in a row.
Across Japan, over 7,400 people have tested positive for the virus.
The tally doesn't include over 700 cases linked to the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was quarantined in Yokohama in February.
About 150 people have died, including 12 from the ship.
The Japanese government wants prefectures under a state of emergency to slash the number of their employees working at the office to no more than three out of every ten.
The government has begun using cell phone data to track the number of people in key districts.
Authorities say people in major cities have already reduced their movements by about 60 to 70 percent.
Officials hope this will encourage people to do more.
Key words : economic fallout
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Key words : crowd-funding
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200413_06/
The use of crowd-funding, which is a form of online sourcing of capital, has been growing for small and mid-sized Japanese companies whose finances have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Tokyo-based operator of the crowd-funding platform Campfire launched a special project for smaller firms and self-employed individuals in late February.
The company says more than 200 of them have sought capital on its website and raised a total of about 320 million yen, or roughly 3 million dollars.
The firm says it has extended the deadline for registering in the project to late this month as the number of applications has been rising.
A senior Campfire official says the project collected the huge amount of funding as people staying at home have been looking for ways to help businesses in trouble.
The official adds she wants business operators to use crowd-funding as it can allow them to quickly raise funds from a wide array of supporters.
Other crowd-funding projects are also underway.
Key words : restaurant Sekiguchi
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Key words : Trump declared month
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200413_09/
The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States has topped 21,000 with some 540,000 people infected.
The coronavirus continues to rage through the country nearly one month after US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on March 13.
The grim figures released by Johns Hopkins University put both the reported numbers of US deaths and infections at the highest in the world.
The state of New York is the worst hit, with about one-third of the confirmed cases in the country.
Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters on Sunday that the state has seen a daily death toll of more than 700 for the sixth consecutive day. He said as many as 758 people had died in the past 24 hours.
Cuomo also said he is going to issue an administrative order to employers of essential businesses to provide their workers with materials for face masks. The move is in response to the increasing number of infections among delivery truck drivers, supermarket workers and other essential workers.
The number of confirmed cases is also rising in other US states. More than 50,000 people have been infected in the eastern state of New Jersey, with more than 10,000 in Michigan in the Midwest, in California on the west coast, in Louisiana in the south, and nine other states.
Key words : British discharged
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200413_05/
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left hospital after receiving treatment for the new coronavirus.
Number 10 Downing Street issued a statement on Sunday saying, "The PM has been discharged from hospital to continue his recovery, at Chequers." Chequers is the prime minister's official country residence.
The statement adds, "On the advice of his medical team, the PM will not be immediately returning to work."
Johnson released a video message, expressing gratitude to doctors and nurses who cared for him. He mentioned two nurses who he said stood by his bedside for 48 hours when "things could've gone either way."
The prime minister also strongly called on people to stay at home to protect lives and the National Health Service.
Johnson tested positive for the virus last month and was admitted to a London hospital on April 5. He was moved to an intensive care unit the following day where he spent several more days receiving oxygen therapy.
Analysts say it may take another month or so for the prime minister to fully return to work. People are concerned whether the government can handle the expected long-term implications of the virus for the economy and other spheres of society.
Infections with the virus are increasing in Britain, with fatalities exceeding 10,000.
Key words : Saudi analyst
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200413_18/
Officials from Saudi Arabia, Russia and other oil-producing countries say they have agreed to cut global output by an "historic" amount.
They are hoping to shore up prices that have been on a steep slide due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, and non-OPEC nations including Russia have been in talks to hammer out a coordinated agreement to slash output by a record amount.
The deal reached on Sunday calls for a reduction of 9.7 million barrels per day for May and June, accounting for roughly 10 percent of global production.
The countries also agreed to continue cuts for the next two years, while gradually tapering the reductions.
But analysts say the agreement won't be enough to eliminate a current glut, as the pandemic will continue to dry up demand.
The United States said on Friday its output this year would fall by as much as two million barrels because of the drop in prices.
Key words : north state-run why
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200413_14/
North Korean state-run media say the country has held its Supreme People's Assembly to decide on this year's budget and personnel changes.
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, reported this in its Monday edition. It says the assembly was held in Pyongyang on Sunday. There was no explanation why the event was moved from Friday, the originally-scheduled date. The newspaper added leader Kim Jong Un was not present.
The assembly reported that 15.8 percent of last year's expenditures went to the development of advanced weapons.
The paper says the assembly reported that spending the budget exactly as planned will completely break down the blockade of enemy forces' sanctions -- an apparent reference to the United States.
Pyongyang maintains that it has no cases of coronavirus infection. A picture published in the paper shows a crowd of delegates without face masks.
Key words : weather Tsietsi Monare
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