Asian View
Key words : gymnastic
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210719_35/
A Japanese city hosting a US Olympic female gymnastic team says an American athlete has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The team was holding its camp in the city of Inzai in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.
Inzai City officials say the teenage athlete arrived at Narita Airport near Tokyo on Thursday, and was practicing at a university in their city while staying at a hotel in the neighboring city of Narita.
The athlete tested negative in a PCR test upon arrival in Japan, but tested positive in a simple test conducted on Sunday. She was confirmed to be infected with the virus the following day after taking a PCR test at a medical institution early on Monday.
They say the athlete traveled only between her hotel and the training place. They say another gymnast had close contact with her, and that the two have been placed in quarantine at their hotel.
Other gymnasts and staff members of the team plan to move to the Athletes' Village in Tokyo on Monday.
The city's office for the promotion of the Olympic and Paralympic Games offered an apology for causing anxiety among citizens.
The office said it is very regrettable that the infection was confirmed although the city has made every effort based on the central government's guidelines.
Key words : south africa rugby
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210719_25/
The coach of the South African men's rugby sevens team for the Tokyo Olympic Games has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The South African Rugby Union made an announcement on its official website. It said that Neil Powell tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. Powell and his team were in the southern Japanese city of Kagoshima for a pre-Olympics training camp.
The union said Powell will be admitted to a quarantine facility for the next two weeks. It also said that he will remotely coach the team during the matches that are scheduled to be held in Tokyo from July 26 to 28.
Assistant coach Renfred Dazel will take over Powell's role at the venue. He said, "We came to Japan well-prepared, with the hard work done at home, so this is just a small distraction in that bigger picture."
Kagoshima City officials say they will investigate whether Powell had close contact with members of his team.
The entire squad had to be placed in quarantine in the greater Tokyo area, when it arrived in Japan, because someone on the flight had tested positive for the virus.
Twenty members of the team traveled from Tokyo to Kagoshima City, after it was determined that they had not been in close contact with the infected person.
But after they left Tokyo's Haneda Airport, it turned out that one member had tested positive.
Kagoshima City officials conducted an additional test and confirmed that the person was indeed infected.
Key words : music composer
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210720_02/
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics have withdrawn music composed for the opening ceremony by Oyamada Keigo, a musician who is under fire for admitting to abusing classmates while a student. The event is scheduled for Friday.
Oyamada resigned as a composer for the ceremony on Monday, saying that his decision to accept the job was inconsiderate.
At the center of the controversy are decades-old magazine interviews in which he spoke of abusing his classmates and others, including students with disabilities.
The organizing committee's director general, Muto Toshiro, told reporters that Oyamada's piece, originally planned for use in the initial four minutes of the ceremony, won't be used. Muto said other composers are trying to come up with a replacement.
Oyamada's planned involvement in the opening ceremony of the Paralympics has been canceled as well.
Key words : moon suga healthy
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210719_29/
South Korea's presidential office says President Moon Jae-in has decided not to visit Japan for the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, which is to take place on Friday.
The office announced the decision on Monday. It says sports minister Hwang Hee plans to attend the ceremony instead.
The office had been making arrangements for Moon to visit Japan during the Olympics and hold the first in-person summit with Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide. It would have been Moon's first visit to Japan in over two years.
Officials said that although consultations produced a significant level of mutual understanding, the extent of the progress was deemed still insufficient to indicate an accomplishment at the summit talks.
They added that the decision was also made after taking various circumstances into consideration.
The office said the two sides had held meaningful talks over the possibility of holding the summit, historical issues and future-oriented development of their relations.
It went on to say that the talks took place in a friendly atmosphere, and that both sides were quite close to reaching an understanding.
Japan-South Korea relations remain strained over historical issues, such as wartime labor and those referred to as comfort women.
Attention was focused on whether Moon would make a breakthrough in bilateral ties, with less than ten months left in office.
Suga told reporters on Monday night that he would like to communicate with the South Korean side while maintaining Japan's consistent position, in order to restore healthy bilateral relations.
A senior Japanese foreign ministry official said the South Korean side likely determined that Moon's visit would not produce expected results, adding that it is important to continue talks at the working level.
Key words : government pick up
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210719_33/
The Japanese government says the country's economy is continuing to pick up, although it shows weakness in some areas. The Cabinet Office kept its overall view unchanged for the third straight month in July.
The latest monthly economic report upgraded the assessment for corporate activity. It says profits are picking up as a whole, although weakness is seen in some areas.
Earlier this month, the Bank of Japan's latest survey showed that sentiment among manufacturers is improving.
Officials say industrial production is recovering, helped by strong demand for 5G-related electronics parts.
They say exports continue to increase moderately.
But the officials say personal consumption such as spending on services shows weakness due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Key words : indonesia facing
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210719_34/
Indonesia is facing a shortage of medical oxygen supplies as it has become the new epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Asia.
The country confirmed 34,257 new cases and 1,338 deaths on Monday against the backdrop of the spread of the Delta variant first identified in India. The death toll is the highest since the outbreak began in Indonesia.
A report compiled by the World Health Organization has found that as of July 12, Indonesia surpassed India's daily new case numbers.
Unable to receive treatment at hospitals, patients are forced to stay home. Demand for medical oxygen soared by five-fold compared to before the pandemic.
Families of patients and others are heading to stores that sell oxygen.
Against this backdrop, a civic group in Jakarta began collecting oxygen tanks to rent them free of charge to those in need.
The group, GITA, is renting a tank to a patient for seven days. After a patient shows signs of improvement, the tank is refilled and lent to another patient.
One woman who came to borrow the equipment said there are many patients that are staying home and added families don't know what to do as stocks of medical oxygen have depleted at stores.
But the group has secured less than a quarter of oxygen tanks in need. The official in charge of the program says getting hold of oxygen is a race against time for patients, and expressed hopes to be of help to save these people's lives.
Key words : dozens of
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210720_01/
Dozens of people who plan to come to Japan for their education have voiced their frustration at being denied entry into the country amid the coronavirus pandemic.
About 60 would-be students from outside Japan joined an online event on Monday.
The event, organized by a group that includes Japan-based Japanese language schools, was for people still waiting in their home countries for the Japanese government to allow them in. It was livestreamed.
A 25-year-old Italian woman pleaded with the Japanese government to let her enter the country, saying she has already been vaccinated and is ready to comply with all necessary rules.
Japan's Immigration Services Agency said the number of people coming to Japan to study last year was about 49,000, down approximately 60 percent from the previous year.
This was due to the government's travel restrictions, which deny entry of all but those under special circumstances.
The organizers plan to publish the participants' opinions online to make their voices heard by more people.
Key words : heatstroke
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210720_05/
Cows at a farm in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido are having heatstroke-like symptoms amid the sweltering weather.
The farm is located in the village of Sarabetsu in Hokkaido's southern Tokachi region. The daytime high in the village topped 35 degrees Celsius on Sunday, before falling to 32 degrees the following day.
The farm has a herd of about 200 cows. The owner, Watanabe Hiroaki, says some of them are developing heatstroke-like symptoms, including a drop in the amounts of milk they produce, higher body temperatures and faster breathing.
On Monday, a veterinarian was called in to treat the cows. They were put on saline intravenous drips.
Farm officials say the amount of milk each cow produces at the farm has dropped by an average of one kilogram per a day. They are dousing cows with water to lower their body temperatures.
Watanabe said he hopes the hot spell will end soon, because he doesn't want to see more cows succumb to the heat.
Higher-than-average temperatures are forecast across the nation this week. In the northern parts of the country, including Hokkaido, the heat is expected to continue into next week.
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