Key words : anniversary Okinawa he lost his
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200623_17/
People in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa are observing 75 years since the end of one of the fiercest ground battles in the closing stages of World War Two.
Since early morning, people have been coming out to pray for those who died in the Battle of Okinawa.
Many are visiting a monument where names of the military personnel and civilians who lost their lives are inscribed.
One of them is a man who was five years old when the fighting erupted.
He lost his father, brother and grandparents.
He said, " I prayed and asked them to watch over us so that there will be peace and happiness."
An 88-year-old woman also came. She lost her uncle who was a serviceman for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
She told his soul, "Because of you, Uncle, we are able to enjoy peace. Please rest in peace. I pray for your soul."
More than 200,000 people lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa, including a quarter of the population.
On June 23, 1945, the Japanese military operations against the US and allied forces in Okinawa came to an end.
About 200 people are expected to attend a memorial service at the Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itoman on Tuesday.
The annual event usually draws around 5,000 people, but this year the number will be smaller because of the coronavirus.
Many people in Okinawa hope the anniversary is a chance for the entire country to examine the burden Okinawa is still shouldering.
About 70 percent of the US military facilities in Japan are concentrated in Okinawa.
The prefecture remains at odds with the central government over a plan to relocate a US base within the main island. Land reclamation is proceeding despite opposition from local residents.
Key words : Bolton 8 billion Japanese government
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200623_11/
Former US national security advisor John Bolton says he asked Japan last year, on behalf of President Donald Trump, to pay 8 billion dollars annually to host American troops.
The request was more than four times the amount Japan currently pays.
Bolton made the revelation in his new book "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," released on Tuesday.
During his trip to Japan in July last year, Bolton says that he conveyed Trump's request to Yachi Shotaro who then headed Japan's National Security Secretariat.
Bolton also conveyed to South Korea Trump's request to pay 5 billion dollars in host-nation support. That was about five times the current amount.
Bolton quoted Trump as telling him that "the way to get the 8 billion and 5 billion dollars annual payments, respectively, was to threaten to withdraw all US forces," adding that it puts him in "a very strong bargaining position."
The Japanese government has denied it received the US request for annual payment of 8 billion dollars. It is scheduled to discuss the issue with the US later this year.
The US and South Korea have been in talks since last September on sharing the costs, but negotiations have stalled due to the Trump administration's demand that Seoul shoulders a much bigger burden.
Key words : johns hopkins 9 million
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200623_08/
The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has surpassed 9 million.
The latest figures, compiled by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, showed 9,006,757 cases as of 6 p.m. UTC on Monday. There have been 469,220 deaths.
The US has recorded the largest number of cases, with 2,289,168; followed by Brazil with 1,083,341; Russia with 591,465; India with 425,282; and Britain with 306,761.
The US also has the highest death toll in the world at 120,044. Brazil has had 50,591; followed by Britain with 42,731; Italy with 34,657; and France with 29,643.
Key words : world health
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200623_09/
The World Health Organization has urged countries to tighten anti-coronavirus measures again.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva on Monday that more than 183,000 new cases --the largest single-day increase ever -- were reported to his organization on Sunday.
He said, "it seems that almost every day we reach a new and grim record."
Ghebreyesus called on countries to beef up anti-virus measures again, including testing suspected cases, isolating those infected, and tracing contacts.
The head of the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, Michael Ryan, expressed concern over rising infections in the Americas, South Asia and other highly-populated countries.
He said, "the epidemic is now peaking or moving towards a peak in a number of large countries at the same time."
Ryan also touched on an increase in cases among young people in the United States.
He said, "the increase is not entirely explained through just increased testing," and this "may reflect the fact that younger people are more mobile and are getting out and taking advantage of the reduction in the restrictions of movement."
Key words : Brazil outbreak
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200623_05/
Professional soccer has returned to some areas of Brazil despite rising coronavirus infections in the country.
Brazil's outbreak shows no signs of abating, with the total number of cases in the country topping 1,000,000.
The country began a phased opening of economic activities in mid-June. Last week, professional soccer games restarted in Rio de Janeiro. Teams in Sao Paulo resumed training on Monday.
But many clubs ended up finding cases among their players in pre-training tests.
Twenty-one of the 27-member squad of the Sao Paulo club Corinthians tested positive for the virus.
Botafogo cancelled its planned game after finding that five of its players were infected.
Experts are voicing concerns over plans to restart soccer matches in other parts of the country.
Key words : Germany reproduction
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200623_13/
Germany has reported a jump in its coronavirus reproduction rate, one of its benchmarks for reinstating restrictions.
A government research institute for public health said the estimated reproduction rate stood at 2.76 as of Monday, marking a sharp increase from a few days earlier.
The rate indicates the average number of people a single virus carrier will infect. If it is below one, the outbreak is believed to be coming under control.
German researchers say the overall number of new infections remains low in the country. They attribute the spike in the rate to a mass outbreak of more than 1,000 people at a meat processing plant in North-Rhine Westphalia state.
Authorities there have quarantined 7,000 people and closed kindergartens and schools near the plant. State Premier Armin Laschet said on Sunday that a broader lockdown cannot be ruled out.
Germany has so far confirmed over 190,000 coronavirus infections and more than 8,800 deaths.
Key words : New York Catherine Kobayashi
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Key words : European allow travel
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200622_26/
A group of European companies operating in Japan has called on the Japanese government to ease travel restrictions with Europe as soon as possible.
Michael Mroczek, the Chairman of the European Business Council in Japan, was speaking at a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.
He expressed concern about the impact on business activities due to the travel restrictions imposed between Japan and Europe amid the coronavirus pandemic.
European countries have made special exceptions for the entry of foreign nationals if they have permission to stay or work in the medical or agricultural fields.
The countries are also expected to allow entry of tourists from non-European nations that have brought the virus under control, starting on July 1.
But Japan has so far agreed only to conditionally allow people from Vietnam to resume mutual visits.
Mroczek pointed out that Japan's travel ban is much tougher than Europe's. He said even foreign nationals who have long-term visas to stay in Japan are unable to come back if they leave the country. He added that the current situation does not represent a reciprocal relationship.
The Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and the European Union took effect last year, but Mroczek said business activities could lose the momentum if the current situation continues.
Key words : mobile phone data
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200623_12/
Mobile phone data shows that long-distance travel from Tokyo rose sharply during the first weekend since restrictions between prefectures were relaxed last week.
NHK analyzed anonymous network data tallied by mobile carrier NTT Docomo. It shows that arrivals from Tokyo last Saturday and Sunday rose in all other prefectures compared to the final weekend of May.
Yamagata saw travelers from Tokyo jump 148 percent. The figure rose 147 percent in Okinawa, 94 percent in Kagawa, 92 percent in Wakayama, 91 percent in Niigata and Tokushima, and 90 percent in Nagano.
Waseda University Professor Sasaki Kuniaki says the data shows that more people in Tokyo are traveling to distant locations like the southern island prefecture of Okinawa. He says this suggests that tourism and visits to hometowns are gradually returning.
Key words : north speaker
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200622_25/
South Korean military sources say North Korea is reinstalling propaganda loudspeakers near the demilitarized zone.
North and South Korea had used propaganda broadcasts near the Military Demarcation Line to praise their own countries and criticize each other.
Based on a joint declaration at the inter-Korean summit in April 2018, the two sides removed the loudspeakers in the following month.
South Korean military sources said on Monday that work is under way on the northern side of the border to install loudspeakers again.
The installment is seen as part of retaliatory measures against South Korea.
On May 31, defectors from North Korea, now living in South Korea, launched leaflets, criticizing North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, across the border.
Pyongyang reacted harshly by cutting off communication with Seoul and blowing up an inter-Korean liaison office. It is preparing to send 12 million leaflets into the South soon.
South Korea is also reportedly considering setting up loudspeakers again.
Key words : north blew up joint
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200622_11/
North Korea's ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun says the country is ready to send 12 million propaganda leaflets into South Korea in response to a similar campaign carried out by a group of defectors in the South.
The paper said on Monday that more than 3,000 balloons had also been prepared for the campaign and the time for retaliation is drawing near.
It says experiencing how painful and irritating it is to be targeted by leaflets will make South Korea shake off its "bad habit."
North Korea reacted angrily after North Korean defectors in South Korea sent pamphlets criticizing leader Kim Jong Un across the border on May 31.
Last week, North Korea blew up a liaison office with the South in the border city of Kaesong. The country has also threatened to deploy troops to a tourist zone developed as part of inter-Korean joint projects.
On Saturday, the Rodong Sinmun carried an image showing cigarette butts scattered over a leaflet featuring the face of South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
North Korea has criticized the South for obsequious behavior toward the United States, which continues to maintain economic sanctions against the North.
Key words : weather Yoko Komagata
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