Key words : hashimoto
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210808_24/
The head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee stressed on Sunday that the Games were concluded without any major problems, despite being held under the unprecedented pandemic conditions.
Tokyo 2020 President Hashimoto Seiko spoke at a media conference before the closing ceremony.
She said, "It was very challenging to hold the Olympic games while securing safety in terms of anti-virus measures. I wouldn't say we managed everything perfectly. But I think that overall, we have earned a positive assessment."
Hashimoto added that the decision to ban spectators at almost all venues was inevitable. She said that the situation created new and unique value for the Games, using technology.
International Olympic Committee officials said 430 coronavirus cases related to the Games were reported between July 1 and Friday. These included 29 athletes.
The host city has seen a rapid surge of the virus in recent days.
The Paralympics are set to start on August 24. No decision has been made yet on whether to allow spectators.
Hashimoto said the decision will be made after appropriate consultation with the Tokyo and Japanese governments, and the International Paralympic Committee.
Key words : 33 sports 11,000 athletes ishikawa chiaki
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20210808204645350/
Japanese athletes captured a record number of gold medals at Tokyo 2020, but record-high coronavirus tallies are threatening to take the shine off the Games. NHK World's Sports Correspondent Ishikawa Chiaki looks at how the Olympics will be remembered.
Key words : 4,000 fifth
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210808_20/
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 4,066 new coronavirus infections, up 1,008 from a week ago and the highest daily total for a Sunday.
This marked the fifth day in a row that the figure has surpassed 4,000, indicating that infection continues to rapidly spread.
Officials said that 151 people were seriously ill, an increase of one from Saturday.
Key words : wada
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210808_18/
A survey has found that about half of respondents in their 40's and 50's believe they will not be infected with the coronavirus.
A group led by Professor Wada Koji of the International University of Health and Welfare conducted an online survey of people in Tokyo and its three neighboring prefectures between July 13 and 15.
Forty-three percent of male respondents in their 20's and 41 percent of those in their 30's said they do not think they will be infected, while the figures were 52 percent, 55 percent and 66 percent for those in their 40's, 50's and 60's respectively.
The figures for women in their 20's, 30's and 40's were 42 percent, 45 percent, and 48 percent respectively. For women in their 50's and 60's, 60 percent and 70 percent respectively did not think they would be infected.
While some people in their 40's and 50's do not think they will be infected, those age brackets account for a high number of hospitalized patients.
More than 60 percent of those in their 20's and 30's, whose acquaintances have been infected, responded that they think they might be infected.
But over half of those in their 40's and 50's, regardless of whether they have acquaintances who have been infected, said they do not think they will be.
Wada said people who think the risks are low tend to take insufficient preventive measures, and that the people in those age brackets who play key roles in their companies should accurately assess the risks.
Key words : bangkok about 1,000
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210808_06/
Protesters have clashed with police in Thailand amid growing public discontent with the government response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The highly contagious Delta variant has been spreading across the Southeast Asian country.
Thai officials confirmed nearly 22,000 new cases of coronavirus infections and more than 200 deaths on Saturday. Both figures were the highest ever for a single day.
In Bangkok, people criticizing the government for its delay in procuring COVID-19 vaccines and its economic measures have taken to the street almost every week since June.
About 1,000 protesters marched through the capital on Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Police squads fired rubber bullets and tear gas in an attempt to push the demonstrators back when some of them tried to remove barricades set up by the police.
Officials say at least two demonstrators were injured in the clash.
Anti-government protesters plan to stage rallies on and after Sunday despite anti-infection measures that ban gatherings of more than five people.
Key words : kyushu satsumasendai lupit
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Japanese weather officials say a tropical storm is expected to make landfall in Japan's southwestern region of Kyushu on Sunday night and will approach the Shikoku and Chugoku regions, bringing heavy rain and winds.
The Meteorological Agency says that as of 3 p.m. on Sunday, tropical storm Lupit was about 310 kilometers southwest of the city of Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture, and was moving northeast at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
The storm has a central atmospheric pressure of 990 hectopascals, and winds of up to 72 kilometers per hour, with maximum instantaneous gusts of 108 kilometers per hour, near its center.
The storm could bring extremely heavy rain, accompanied by thunder, to western Japan through Monday.
Precipitation in the 24 hours through Monday noon could reach 300 millimeters in the Kyushu and Shikoku regions, 250 millimeters in Yamaguchi Prefecture, 200 millimeters in the Kinki region, 180 millimeters in the Chugoku region and 150 millimeters in the Tokai and Amami regions.
The storm is expected to become a low-pressure system in the Sea of Japan on Monday. It will possibly bring heavy rain also to eastern and northern Japan.
Maximum wind speeds through Monday are expected to reach 83 kilometers per hour in the Kinki region, 72 kilometers in the Kyushu, Amami, Shikoku and Chugoku regions and 61 kilometers in the Okinawa region.
The maximum instantaneous wind velocity may reach 108 to 126 kilometers per hour. Rough seas are expected.
The agency is calling on people to watch out for landslides, inundation of low-lying areas, swollen rivers and flooding.
Officials are also advising caution against strong winds, high waves and storm surges.
Key words : mirinae kyushu
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Japanese weather officials say tropical storm Mirinae is approaching the coast of eastern Japan, bringing heavy rain to the Kanto region.
The Meteorological Agency says that as of 3 a.m. on Sunday Mirinae was 30 kilometers west of Hachijo-jima, one of the Izu Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It was moving north-northeast at about 25 kilometers per hour.
The agency says the storm has gained some strength.
It has a central atmospheric pressure of 980 hectopascals and winds of up to 83 kilometers per hour with maximum gusts of 126 kilometers per hour near its center.
Winds of more than 54 kilometers per hour are blowing within 390 kilometers southeast and 220 kilometers northwest of the center.
Mirinae is forecast to keep moving northeast and come close to Pacific coastal areas of eastern Japan on Sunday morning.
As the storm approaches, rain accompanied by thunder could intensify in coastal areas of the Tokai and Kanto regions, and the Izu Islands.
Up to 180 millimeters of rain are expected in the 24 hours through midnight in those regions.
Weather officials say another tropical storm, Lupit, will likely approach the Kyushu region, where it may make landfall on or after Sunday evening.
The officials also warn that localized heavy downpours and thunder are possible in western Japan.
They are warning of possible landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, swelling rivers, and high waves.
People are urged to stay up to date on the two storms.
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