of japan. also in 2015 the alliance again revised the defense guidelines. an increasingly complex and unpredictable security environment in the region in our view called for a more flexible operating model for the u.s.-japan alliance. bilateral cooperation was not only exacting geographically and operationally but it was also expanding into new domains like space and cyber space. i'm very encouraged to note that today our bilateral exercise program is taking up the challenge that we articulated together in our revised defense guidelines. fast forward to today we have our own national defense strategy and japan has published guidelines both in 2018. these two strategic documents reflect a profound alignment across a number of important policy areas. we've got common values and a future vision for a free indoe pacific. it's the region for us and we're committed to a robust presence in partnerships across the region. we've got shared concerns between the united states and japan about the erosion o

this is the the after news a shot coming up enabling inclusively in japan the election of 2 disabled lawmakers was a landmark in the country but how far will this go towards. people better into society . we travel to the world's largest river island that's really vanishing because of climate change and mismanagement. and giving shape just tolerance. welcome. it's good to have you with us in japan disability is still a dirty word the country is home to nearly 10000000 people with physical mental or intellectual disability but the majority are shunned from society and he didn't from view a decades long lol which allow doctors to forcibly sterilized people with disabilities was only abolished in 1906 and although the government has agreed to compensate the victims attitudes behind the knoll lingo still some progress is being made last year to severely disabled politicians what the 1st to be elected into the country's ollivant. their election has been here and that's progress but it also highlighted a legal loophole that makes it almost impossible for disabled people to work in japan. it

this is the time good news a shot coming up in a plane in japan the election of 2 disabled lawmakers was our last block in the country but how far will this goal towards. people better into society plus. we travel to the world's largest river island that's slowly vanishing because of climate change and mismanagement. and to giving shape just tolerance a skull. in muslim majority pakistan. welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us in japan disability is still a dirty word the country is home to nearly 10000000 people with physical mental or intellectual disabilities but the majority are shunned from society and he didn't from view a decades long law which allow doctors to forcibly sterilized people with disabilities was only abolished in 1906 and although the government has agreed to compensate the victims attitudes behind them no lingo still some progress is being made last year to severely disabled politicians what the 1st to be elected into the country's ollivant. their election has been here and that's progress but it also highlighted a legal loophole that makes it almost

he now says japan is in a critical period and how it handles this crisis in japan by saying they need to prevent a "second wuhan." here in hong kong, we learned of 60 police officers quarantined after one of their coworkers contracted the disease. they were attending a farewell party. the total cases here now at 69. paul: let's talk about some of the corporate impact. impact ofabout the the virus. what are they saying? yvonne: at this point, saying the virus will have a negative impact on their 2020 revenue, which is no surprise. they are still cautious about restarting their production in their factories. in terms of their factories in india, vietnam, and mexico, fully loaded right now. also, we heard from -- shery ahn spoke with the head of a company. 2020 will be a tough year for airlines. expecting the first annual decline in passenger demand, traffic demand, and 11 years since the global financial crisis. emily: thanks for your continued reporting from hong kong. still ahead, a new outlook on the big risks that could affect markets as barbara spears continue. we will speak with s

as northern japan. temperatures are going to be not so low in many places of the country. on saturday, sapporo 5 degrees. blowing snow is in the forecast on sunday and monday. tokyo will see unusually high temperatures. 1 17 for the high, more like april, and warming up as we go into sunday and monday as well. osaka, fukuoka will see rain. meanwhile, we have a large area of system over northern australia. this system is expected to make landfall in the nororthern teterritoryy on monday. watch out for stormy c conditio. across north america, strong winds and heavy snow have led to a serious car accident in montreal. take a look at this video. two people are killed and 60 others were injured in an 100-r pileup. the accident involved more than 200 vehicles, according to local immediate yeah. though the incident is still under investigation, authorities say the cause could be a sudden whiteout. now the area had seen dry conditions and temperatures expected to warm up into the weekend. we saw snowfall in the

across japan, more than 900 cases of infection have been confirmed. more than 700 of those are from the cruise ship. eight people have died. the outbreak has prompted the japanese government to call for major events to be canceled, delayed or scaled back, over the next two weeks. amid growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, some religious facilities in tokyo are now halting their public services. a mosque located in the district has decided to suspend friday prayers until next week. the mosque manager said in a phone interview with nhk the decision was prompted by the government's call to cancel gatherings. . >> the catholic archdhdiocese o tokyo also announced a suspension of public masses until march 14th. the move comes as lent, a holy season of observance for catholics, begins. and for more on the situation earlier, ai uchida spoke to a woman who has been covering health for two decades. >> i want to tart with the guy who tested positive and then negative and then positive again. how is this possible? >> it's unclear, from those who i

it's good to have you with us in japan disability is still a dirty word the country is home to nearly 10000000 people with physical mental or intellectual disabilities but the majority are shunned from society and he didn't from. a decades long law which allow doctors to forcibly sterilized people with disabilities was only abolished in 1906 and although the government has agreed to compensate the victims attitudes behind them lol. still some progress is being made last year to severely disabled politicians what the fust to be elected into the country's ollivant. then election has been here and that's progress but it also highlighted a legal loophole that makes it almost impossible for disabled people to work in japan. it was a groundbreaking moment in a country where disability is still very much a taboo in july last year i kokomo are and yes he cofa not go became the 1st disabled people to win seats in japan's upper house their election was same by many as a progressive step but activists say it also highlighted degree to discrimination. what it was. that overly disabled people like

we start this hour here in japan. two people have died who were aboard the quarantined diamond princess cruise ship quarantined in tokyo have died. they have been hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus. this continues as passengers continue to disembark following a two-week quarantine. both were japanese. one was an 87-year-old man who had bronchial as max the other was an 84-year-old woman. she didn't have any pre-existing conditions. during the news conference, a health ministry official was asked whether keeping elderly passengers on the cruise ship increased their risk of getting infected. here's what he had to say. >> translator: we believe we handled thehe situationon appropriately. we transferred the two passengers too hospitals as soo as w we learned they hahad a fe. that was before we even had their test resesults. >> the death toll of people infected with the virus in japan now stands at three. >>> hundreds of passengers left the cruise ship on thursday, after testing negative for the virus.

he has visited japan more than7 than70 times. his afepifinity for japanese cuisine has led him to start brewing sake. >> translator: people have been brewing sake for more than 1,000 years but its charms haven't spread as far as they can. sake pairs well with most of the world's cuisines. so i want to share this fascinating drink with everyone on earth. >> reporter: he intends to incorporate a technique into sake brewing. he hones his skills while working and it's a process of learning a variety of wines. he will use the technique to create what he hopes will be the ideal sake. masuda is a fifth-generation sake brewer in toyama. it is hoping to open new doors. >> translator: this is the best opportunity the sake industry could ask for. we're working with world class professionals. >> reporter: they collaborated for three years to prepare sake. they carefully selected sake made with different types of rice and yeast. masuda prepared a collection of sakes and 15 were chosen. they blended and sampled the drink over and over using th

we start here in japan with the latest on the coronavirus outbreak. the governor of the northern prefecture of hokkaido has declared the spread of the virus in his prefecture an emergency calling on residents to stay home during this weekend and only go out if necessary. >> translator: unless we take drastic measures, i'm afraid the contagion of the coronavirus will be spread. in order to put an end to this problem and protect the lives and health of the people of this prefecture, and to minimize the impact of thee outbreak on our lives, we are now at a critical juncture. i believe we need to take radical measures that we have never experienced before. >> the state of emergency will last until march 19th. 66 cases have been reported in the prefecture, the most in japan. those infected include students, a teach, he and a school bus driver. the governor says there's a possibility of a cluster of people infected with the virus in this city. six people, including a man in hits 70s who's in serious condition had reportedly taken part in a housing equipment

-- a technical recession in japan. unlike all the other countries, japan already took the countermeasure because prime minister abe already has the supplementary budget. may, publicapril, demand will add as much as 0.7%, 0.8% points to gdp. that will give you the on-ramp to recovery. shery: yet, you are still expecting a technical recession. jesper: yeah, absolutely. we get the data in a couple minutes for the october-december quarter. that will be negative. generally to march, likely to be negative as well, particularly with consumer spending here in japan. the underlying strength you got from business investment and consumer demand because of wage growth is still there. come the april quarter, this is a japanese economy that could be growing by 4%, 5%. are also expecting declines when it comes to trade later on, as well as orders. given the imf is calling for coordinator doctrine to counter the economic impact of coronavirus, is it time for japan to consider structural reform? the countermeasures from the imf, that i

government defended its response is nothing more with the urgency of the current situation japan has taken full measures to ensure prevention of the spread of infection taking into consideration human rights and humanitarian needs in the country cooperating with the relevant nations and taking appropriate measures that need pay which you can identify. thousands remain on board the diamond princess for some of those evacuated on land the journey is far from over they still face up to 2 weeks quarantine in their home countries. but for others back under their own roof like the old commuters from kyoto the simple act of turning on the kitchen tap is reason enough to rejoice. yes or earlier we spoke with the washington post bureau chief in tokyo so i'm in denver we asked him why japanese doctors had decided to keep people on board the diamond princess despite the risk of those people being infected with the virus you know japan at the time the decision was was taken in japan didn't have many cases of the virus it wants its to keep the people who had the virus off the japanese mainland an

so in japan there's been a somewhat mixed reaction to how the authorities everything dealing with the cruise ship mcbride reports from the port in your. quarantine behind them passengers from the diamond princess have been disembarking in the hundreds. many of them taken by bus to the middle of yokohama with mixed emotions about their shared ordeal could hardly do much to work every day i would worry that i was going to test positive one. of the most and when the number of people getting infected spiked we knew they were sick in your infections so i was afraid to leave my cabinet then community as i knew the crew members did very well so i was grateful to them. the passengers were then allowed to continue their journeys home sharing public transport with fellow japanese who have mixed emotions of their own so ours was your girl i feel so sorry for them it's a good idea to release them they were going to get sick very quickly given what foreign countries say their quarantine the people for a certain time so i want to plan to do the same. the confirmed deaths of 2 elderly passengers hav

well you know japan at the time the decision was was taken japan didn't have many cases of the virus it wanted to keep the people who had the virus off the japanese mainland and it felt that coren seeing was the right strategy as it turned out they haven't done it well i think the u.s. u.s. officials are now openly saying that quarantine failed and actually as we look and as we know more about the way the quarantine was applied we're beginning to find out that actually it really wasn't done in a medically sound way and that the conditions on board the ship were not we're not suitable. to to to keep this many people on board the ship the people who the foreigners are being taken back to places like the united states and canada being given another 14 days koren see because those governments don't believe that a quarantine on board a ship works the japanese patients who test negative for the virus are being allowed to leave their being and they're being allowed to board public transport this afternoon and go home so japan doesn't really want to admit that quarantine failed even when oth

but look at japan. after the decline in the yen overnight, we are seeing very solid strength in japanese equities. the nikkei up about 1.5%. the topics moving higher, punching up more than 1%. up 0.5% at thei moment. i do want to dive deeper into the mood in the japanese yen. it was a very brutal session. at one point the worst day in three years. although we see a minor comeback this morning, we do see dollar-yen above 111 for the first time in nine months, and this yellow line is the trendline. move overnight has brought us above that trendline. it will be interesting to see if this means the yen is going to be moving lower from here. back to you. haidi: thank you so much for that. sarah ponczek in new york. it is a busy day for central bankers, expecting that cut from the pboc later as well as the move from bank indonesia. not expected to make a move today, but we are watching for any signaling about regional impact of the coronavirus. let's get you the first word news with critical group to. >> the

this week's ties include spain against japan. spain have this week's ties include spain againstjapan. spain have won the cup five times, all in the 90s, while japan had never wanted. their tea m while japan had never wanted. their team includes former world number one naomi osaka. she plays in the opening singles rubber and she has often struggled on clay. it is really hard to play against her on clay, so i know it is really going to be tough, and then i have to buy after that and i lost to her on clay. just a couple of really tough matches i think. i really love the team and i like playing in a group atmosphere, which is really rare for tennis. yeah, super excited. spain will be aiming to maintain their winning streak against japan. they won all three previous meetings, including a 3—to victory last year. this zio's fed cup will be the last for 31 yuan coloured suarez navarro and she is keen to go out on a high note. for me, it will be the last one at home, so we have really difficult time tomorrow. i play second and we played

there live from doha also coming up hundreds of passengers finally leave a quarantined cruise ship in japan as a doctor describes conditions on board as deplorable. and say we should stand up a little scared i was so scared of getting caught between 90. and 5 months after a disputed presidential election in afghanistan the encumbered me is declared the winner. i'm actually i guess the chief law enforcement officer of the country a group of us federal judges condemn president tropic using him up overstepping his legal boundaries. it began in libya where efforts to bring peace have suffered yet another setback internationally recognized government has suspended involvement in talks in geneva after war khalifa haftar forces attacked the capital sport at least 3 people were killed in that assault that port is a major entry point for supplies to libya after sources say their target was an arms depot he has been trying to capture the capital since april tripoli's government is now insisting that peace talks cannot continue until the world firmly responds to what it calls violations of diplomatic

japan's economy lurching toward a possible recession. a preliminary estimate by the office. >> japan's economy contracting. the most in more than five years. we have not had this kind of contraction since 2014. that is putting pressure on the economy. householdes, spending, that has been worsening and the coronavirus has added to that. now the concerns are about a recession and speculation that shinzo abe will have to do more to boost the economy. maybe another package. nejra: our guest is still with us. >> the boj is at the proverbial bottom. they cannot possibly do more from here. all eyes will be on the government. in japan in particular, there is the hope that the tokyo olympics later this year will help give the economy some boost. isiously the coronavirus complicating things a bit. we just had a massive stimulus. what did they need to show and ?ell this time >> it was meant to restore fiscal credibility. they are convincing the japanese .nvestors japanese that is predominantly held domestically. ironic that the need for fiscal stim

is d w news line from berlin hundreds of passengers leave a cruise ship hit by the corona virus in japan was the decision to detain passengers in the 1st place a mistake. also coming up lucky to be alive despite the dangers many people are still trying to reach europe and overcrowded boats we have a special report from a rescue ship that is trying to save. plus clotting our digital future the e.u. on bale's a new strategy for regulating artificial intelligence and its use its including facial recognition to look at the pros and cons. to and. i'm so much going to it's good to have you with us the death toll from the corona virus has now surpassed 2000 the virus has spread to more than 20 countries around the world on 5 continents now more than 74000 people have now been in fact of the vast majority of them are on the mainland in china now outside of china more than 1000 cases have now been confirmed and the biggest cluster of cases has been aboard the cruise ship the diamond princess it has been in quarantine at the japanese port of yokohama for 2 weeks now hundreds of passengers who have

with that versus those in japan? dr. zwigenberg: i hesitate to talk about the jewish people as a whole because there are so many differ communities that dealt with us. and the reaction israel is different than the reaction in the u.s.. and in europe. generally speaking, there is more openness to talk about it within communities and the jewish example. there is much less openness to talk about it in the japanese case. even within communities. even with community organizations and care organizations. it is not that no one talks about it. there is talk within the communities, but not to the same extent. what i would concentrate on and what surprised me is how similar they are. in both cases and how, for exam, one thing people do not want to do both cases is to get the mentalof having been a -having sustained mental damage. sufferingame their through physical elements. ailments. this is also true of the medical establishment that looks for physical or somatic symptoms. think about ptsd, at the time there was no social acknow

my dad was an immigrant from japan. he wanted to do something to effort, so he applied to the university of chicago that was running a program called the army specialized training program, teaching japanese to u.s. army personnel, so that is what my .ad did during world war ii he was allowed to leave camp to go to chicago to be part of that program. he asked for my mother and me to leave with him. the army said no at the time. so, there are a lot of things that, as a result of the , youation and internment know, when we are talking about makehappened to us, to sure it does not happen to somebody else in the future. of that whole action was to ensure the civil liberties act of 1988 was passed . and yet, i was secretary of transportation on 9/11. keep muslims off airplanes. don't allow middle easterners to fly. you talk about rounding up theme easterners, putting in camps. we were having a cabinet meeting , withrsday, september 13 the house and senate democratic and republican leadership, and towards the end of that meeti

news live from berlin hundreds of passengers leave a cruise ship hit by the corona virus in japan but once the decision to detain passengers in the 1st place a mistake. also coming out lucky to be a large despite the dangers many people are still trying to reach europe and overcrowded both we have a special report from a rescue ship that's trying to save the last. teenage pop star billy eilish picks up on kong at this year's brit awards in london we'll tell you who the other winners are and why one of them thinks britain's prime minister is a racist. thanks . i'm sorry someone's got to thank you for joining us the death toll from the corona virus has now surpassed 2000 and the virus has spread to more than 20 countries around the world on 5 continents and more than 74000 people have now been infected of the vast majority of them in mainland china and outside of china more than 1000 cases have now been confirmed the biggest cluster of cases has been aboard the cruise ship the diamond princess it's been in quarantine in the japanese port of yokohama for 2 weeks now hundreds of passenger

the chief cabinet secretary is in japan saying that japan has done all possible to secure the health of the passenger bus of course south korea is battling its own coronavirus cases. we have seen their cases rise big about 15. we continue to see more measures coming from different countries nord to support their economies. expectations that china's central bank will continue the policy to support economy has resulted in the steepest yield curve since 2015. if we take a look at the chart on the bloomberg, you can see that the predspred between the one and the 10-year is now the widest in over four years. let's get more now on the outlook for chinese and asian bonds with triada capital founding monica joining us from dallas, texas. we are now seeing some bond benchmarks zeroing back to previers levels. will this trend continue if we see these expectations of more support? >> yes. i think what we have seen is that throughout this period of this year of the epidemic, our bond markets have continued to stay resilient. we did have some dips but some of the benchmarks, particularly in the s

transpacific partnership, japan, eu joint infrastructure products, japan africa close quarter and use japan australia -- using these projects, u.s. like-minded countries need to create new economic development systems. third one, power. accept a new approach that combines security and economics. the problem of china is caused in part by the image that china is rising power in the u.s. is declining power. however, if the u.s. had both security and economic, however, it is still very, very powerful. for example, when we talk about safeguarding -- against -- he could try to build stronger naval power, but under the current budget it is not feasible to prepare to safeguard -- communications. from 2000-2017 china acquired at least 40 new submarines while the u.s. acquired 15. even though u.s. is far better that china wants. number sometimes very important. so case in point, india, uae cooperation demonstrates this new idea. in 2018 indy and uae side agreement allowing the uae to set up strategic oil storage facilities in india. this agreement benefit both parties. india can use storage oil

uncertainty as hundreds of passengers disembark from a quarantine cruise ship hit by that corona virus in japan they tested negative health officials fear the passengers could still be carriers of the virus without even knowing it and. how old are you 16 how much is it hundreds but i know a place within walking distance it's safe i always go there. why are so many children working as prostitutes in colombia goes undercover to find out and more champions league action to mind as soon as we get so i'd like to see face last year's finalist. coach julia novels my baby. will take on the real. i'm. and often it's good to have you with a desperate migrants overcrowded boats and a dangerous crossing sadly it's an all too familiar combination on the mediterranean d.w. news has been getting a close look at a rescue operation to help some of the people risking their lives to reach the sures of europe one of our reporters is on board the rescue boat ocean viking which has carried out its 3rd mission in just 48 hours off the libyan coast the ship it took 80 migrants on board today some of them infants and s

we are starting with more about the coronavirus, specifically japan. tell as more? basically we have seen the worst day for global stock markets in two years, specifically japan, with the further cases, they have been particularly hard—hit. we are assessing the impact, we have moved from a focus being on mortality rates to what is the economic impact? there has been so much attention on the cruise ship in yokohama and how japan much attention on the cruise ship in yokohama and howjapan has been trying to deal with the spread within japan itself, trying to deal with the spread withinjapan itself, and they are hosting the olympics in six months‘ time. there has been a lot of comparison with the sars virus into thousand and three, the swine flu outbreak, but there are two fundamental differences, and the biggest is that china accounts for a far larger share of the global economy than 17 years ago, it is six times larger and china‘s tourists alone account for 0.5% of global economic output. those two epidermis we re economic output. those two epidermis were off th

simon: japan, at the time the decision was taken, japan did not have many cases of the virus. it wanted to keep the people who had the virus off the japanese mainland, and it felt that quarantine was the right strategy. as it turned out, they have not done it well. i think the u.s. officials are now openly saying the quarantine failed. and as we lookok and as wewe knw more about thehe way the quarantine was applied, we are beginning to find out that actually it really was not done in a medically sound way, and that the conditions on board the ship were not suitable to keep this many people on board the ship. the people, the foreigners who are being taken back to places like the united states and canada are being given another 14 days ququarantine, because those e governments do not belie that the quarantntine on board e ship worked. the japanese patients who tested negative for the virus are being allowed to leave. they are being allowed to board public transport this afternoon and go home. so japan does not really want to admit the quarantine failed, even when other governmen

also coming up free at last the coronavirus quarantine is lifted for some on board a cruise ship in japan the number of dead in mainland china surges past 2000. a 2nd term for ashraf ghani as afghan president but the opposition is calling his election win a coup against democracy. plus a u.s. court rejects chinese telecoms giant hallways appeal to ease restrictions on doing business with government agencies. efforts aimed at restoring peace to libya have suffered a major setback the un recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva after the port in the capital tripoli was targeted by forces loyal to warlord holy for half time last month after had refused to sign a cease fire deal brokered by russia and turkey our diplomatic editor james bays has more on the porch in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the same time the talks were resuming in geneva and immediately put the fate of the peace efforts in jeopardy. it's now 10 months since general haftar appended the international community's peace plans by or

south sudanese athletes training in japan to fulfill their dreams of a limp it's called. hello i'm christine window i'll come to africa it's good to have your company cameroon is bracing for parliamentary and in a simple elections with security concerns high protests and a phone rage in off the country attacks by militants and a boycott of the last presidential elections and 2018 small turnout as low as 5 percent in the region now and the phone region is shown here in the shade of posh off the map separatists launched an insurgency they in 2017 since then they've been fighting the government in a conflict which has claimed some 3000 lives and has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. as the storm the streets of. the conditional call of. the sunday is the. oprah city. vs ruled the country for this year's. q. says part of the role of the we are all the because it took a new for that up to during these elections don't we have to can order necessary measures until we know what to do there will be no room there will be more room for anything like fraud because. we

but in terms of the disembarkation process that's going to begin tomorrow here in japan. the people onboard that ship tested negative for the coronavirus will be able to start that process of getting off the ship and coming onto land here in japan for the first time in weeks. that process will play out over the next couple of days likely ending on the 21st or 22nd. meanwhile we know countries like canada, australia and italy are following the lead of the united states. we know those countries are following the lead and doing the same thing over the coming days, and it just leads to the point that some of these countries do not trust the fact that japan's quarantine process onboard that ship worked because when these countries bring their citizens back home, they're going to have to undergo further quarantine just like what's happening in the united states. speaking of quarantine, aittle bit of good news. some of the first groups of americans evacuated out of wuhan, the city where this all started, the coronavirus outbreak center, some of them set to be released from quara

japan's government is facing christe criticism for its apparent failure to contain the corona virus as $500.00 people who all tested negative left the cruise ship diamond princes which is quarantined off yokohama the government said nearly 80 more passengers still on board had tested positive so it seems that effort to stop the spread of the covert 19 virus has failed and some analysts are calling the corps an operation a flop. a floating prison that was host some on board have described the diamond princess after testing negative for the corona virus some of those held captive have finally been allowed to leave the quarantine ship to their obvious relief. conference recuperative i was so frightened every time they made announcements about infections there was so many of them. i wondered if we'd be next but. many already had their minds on home and creature comforts. i want to take a bath and sleep. i want to take it easy and eat some. but an expert on infectious disease control who had earlier been invited on board to inspect the ship's response to the virus warned that the quarantine

have you do is live from berlin hundreds of passengers leave a cruise ship hit by the corona virus in japan but was the decision to detain passengers in the 1st place by mistake. also coming up lucky to be alive despite the dangers many people are still trying to reach europe in overcrowded boats we have a special report from a rescue ship that's trying to say. that only. i'm serious i was gonna thank you for joining us the death toll from the corona virus has now surpassed 2000 and the virus has spread to more than 20 countries around the world on 5 continents now more than 74000 people have been infected the vast majority of them in mainland china and outside of china more than 1000 cases have been confirmed now the biggest cluster of cases has been aboard the cruise ship the diamond princess it has been quarantined here in the japanese port of yokohama for 2 weeks now hundreds of passengers who have tested negative for the virus have started leaving the ship they are returning to their home countries. passengers have tested negative for the corona virus a finally allowed to leave. the di

well you know japan at the time the decision was was taken japan didn't have many cases of the virus it once it's to keep the people who had the virus off the japanese mainland and it felt that coren seeing was the right strategy as it turned out they haven't done it well i think the u.s. u.s. officials are now openly saying the korean team failed and actually as we look and as we know more about the way the quarantine was applied we're beginning to find out that actually it really wasn't done in a medically sound way and that the conditions on board the ship were not we're not suitable. to to to keep this many people on board the ship and in particular the japanese doctor who went on board yesterday has released absolutely damning video of the conditions on board the ship which he says are chaotic i'm scary and he is not surprised that very many people have fallen sick yes i mean we have been hearing many reports of utter chaos on board and there are still hundreds of people on the spell out what is happening to them. well that they're being released as as you said the people who th

serious adlib province russia warns against it. 79 more cases of coronavirus put it on a cruise ship in japan as hundreds of passengers are allowed to go home. a ballet for you to answer no pop songs are telling refugee stories of resilience and harsh. efforts to end the fighting in that store in libya and to have suffered yet another setback internationally recognized government in tripoli has suspended its involvement in talks in geneva after the capital sport was attacked on tuesday at least 3 people were killed and rockets were fired by forces of war khalifa haftar are the port is the main entry point for supplies into libya forces say their target was an arms depot but later has been trying to capture the capital since april to police government is now insisting talks cannot continue until the world firmly responds to what it calls violations let's talk now to muck moved up to head who is live for us and tripoli so what is the feeling like there and aaa now that these these talks have broken down and seem to be going nowhere. well the fear of that is warre among get special in monks' mil

citizens are evacuated from a ship in japan as the rate of infection in china slows the president she faces claims he knew about the outbreak threat weeks before the public was told. i'm more into this is al jazeera live from london also coming up significant gains for syrian forces state media reports the government has now seized control of most of the rebel held province of aleppo. the arms embargo has become a joke and so it you know we are risky to step out here frustration from the u.n. over repeated violations of an arms embargo in libya. and facing a very different future designers imagine solutions to mars problems. and of increasingly tight restrictions in china as few bay province seem to be having a positive effect on the spread of the coronavirus all 60000000 people have been ordered to stay at home private cars have been banned and businesses are closed and for the 3rd straight day doctors there say there has been a drop in the number of new cases 142 deaths were reported on sunday along with 2000 new infections most are in who bay province where the outbreak was 1st rep

well you know japan at the time the decision was was taken japan didn't have many cases of the virus it wants it's to keep the people who had the virus off the japanese mainland and it felt that coren seeing was the right strategy as it turned out they haven't done it well i think the u.s. u.s. officials are now openly saying the korean team failed and actually as we look and as we know more about the way the quarantine was applied we're beginning to find out that actually it really wasn't done in a medically sound way and that the conditions on board the ship were not we're not suitable to to to keep this many people on board the ship and in particular the japanese doctor who went on board yesterday has released absolutely damning video of the conditions on board the ship which he says are chaotic and scary and he is not surprised that very many people have fallen sick yes i mean we have been hearing many reports of utter chaos on board and there are still hundreds of people on the spell out what is happening to them. well that they're being released as as you said the people who th

that's a concern as japan as well. that's a concern as japan has more than 400 confirmed cases, the most outside china, including those from a cruise ship quarantined off the coast and there is also one death reported last week. thank you for that, sarah. now let's turn to the uk where the tourism industry is also noticing the impact from the coronavirus. there were nearly 400,000 visitors from china to the country in 2018 spending around of $840 million. but popular places visited by chinese tourists such as bicester village in 0xfordshire are starting to feel the pinch. our trade correspondent dharshini david went there to find out more. and we must warn you, there is some flash photography in her report. the birthplace of sir winston churchill, and a stunning example of baroque architecture. blenheim palace, just outside 0xford, would normally attract 50,000 visitors in february. but this time, demand is down as travel restrictions in china hit. in the last two weeks it will be quite significant, this would have bee

japan coming back on the line, leading the losses. yesterday we saw a three standard deviation move in global equities that wiped out the gains of the year. the worst date for the. s&p 500 since 2018. we get all the market action from around the world. manus: we do indeed. let's get to juliette saly in singapore, bloomberg quint partner niraj shah in mumbai and annmarie hordern in london. where should we go to first? let's go to juliette saly. . i'm looking ats, the effect of the virus has had on consumer sentiment in south korea, which plunged the most in five years, when it was first .last hit by mrs we are showing you this shock you are seeing in terms of consumer sentiment. if we can pull a chart, you can really highlight where we are. the reading coming in at 96.9. down 7.3 points in february. this as we continue to see virus cases in south korea soar, making it the most infected country outside of china. ofpays -- to what the bank korea can do to lift consumer sentiment. we have a rate decision on thursday. we expect the bank wi

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networks journalists on which is iraq. 99 more cases of coronavirus confirmed on a quarantine ship and japan will hear what life is like on board as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread. but i'm richelle carey this is our sara live from doha also coming up 9 years on since libya's revolution a no closer to lasting peace. a stork ruling in india women are now out to service commanders and the military. and the price of peace and brazil's rio de janeiro fewer murders but police killings are at a record high. for the 1st time in recent history china's considering a delay to its annual congress the earth's biggest political meeting as the country grapples with new cases and more tests because of the corona virus outbreak the numbers are choose to take a look at this tracker this is from johns hopkins university right the red circle showed the extent of the outbreak and china alone nearly 2000 more infections reported on sunday bringing the total number to the mainland to over 71000 right there more than 1770 people have died so far globally china's military is sending hundreds of doctors

hyrule is played by serena mottola who's well known to audiences in japan as an actress and model she says this film posed a special challenge. with this in the end there was no script we had to improvise but so i tried to adapt myself to each location and situation and what does it smell like there what people am i meeting with what objects are there i worked it all out through empathy couldn't see when they. would in. the film deals with grief and the feeling of being left alone but how are you also has beautiful experiences on her journey. she meets a kurdish family who invite her to eat with their migrants some living in japan with no settled status becomes friends with the daughter who's her age. their connection helps her get out of her depression voices in the wind deals with japanese national trauma the atomic bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki the tsunami and resulting nuclear disaster in fukushima director noble hero sue us sees a political dimension in keeping alive these memories of catastrophe and then when . it's barely reported on in the media especially now leadin

but ripppple effects from the coronavirus are hitting japan. china is its largest trading partner and its biggest source of tourism, but now they are not traveling. supply chain disruptions have forced companies to adjust or halt production. that will affect imports. the government says it is ready to take all necessary steps s to deal with the operate. earmarked $139 million to fight the economic impact of the virus, including measures to enhance airport checkpoints and bebetter testing capabilities. cole: next, a french real giant is in talks to acquire a real giant, but says no final decision has been taken. this comes after the wall street journal reported a pulmonary deal had been reached. any merger would face scrutiny from the eu. last year, they blocked an attempt, citing antitrust laws. w w planning g that investments lastst year. now the tradining action.n. ftse in london is up about four. dax in frankfurt up around a fifth of a percent. and similarar story here in par. up as talks continue. 1%,negate is down 7/10 of hit hard after th

a passing cruise liner sounds its horn in a show of support for the diamond princess for japan finally resolving this crisis is a priority and it knows the world is watching robot bride al-jazeera yokohama japan police solicitors prime minister will be charged with the murder of his estranged wife after the announcement thomas to bonnie told the media there he'll resign at the end of july but said old age was the reason the polluter bonnie was shot near her home in 2017 bonnie's current wife my cea is also facing charges related to the killing but she has denied i mean that miller is in johannesburg with more on the political fallout in the suit to. this really is unprecedented in that a sitting prime minister will face these charges we also expect that once he appears in court he may also appear in parliament if he's given bail to confirm his resignation at the end of july now what is also quite interesting is in the address given over state radio in a suit to the prime minister said that it would be old age that's the reason for his retirement he hasn't so much focused on it being a

feeding through to japan. the nikkei 225 and the topix are both down near 2%, falling for a fifth straight day. both benchmarks well below their 200 day moving averages, and with that, we have seen a bit of a return to the safe haven. the yen on track versus the u.s. dollar for its best week since august. at the same time, we see a decline in yields for 10 year jgb use, yielding -12 basis points. let's switch up the board. south korea coming online, trading at the lowest level since at least october. the kospi down 1.5%. see the asx 200 falling for a seventh straight day, extending declines by 3%, closing in a correction down 10%. we see weakness emerging. we do see a little bit of resilience in the u.s. futures market. .5%, butes up close to this after the workstations 2011. a decline of more than 4%. att to get you a better look what we saw during the u.s. trading session, as you can see, the s&p closed well below its 200 day moving average. that was seen as a tech call line of support, closing 2% roundand a

>> my colleagues in china and japan and elsewhere are working on the ongoing basis so in japan there are 100 plus us patients from diamond princess and are hospitalized we are regularly engaging in that same fashion taking professional advice some of these taking place in person was cumbersome because they had to suit up now it is telephonically i can give the chairman a copy that shows my colleagues standing as they were processing people coming off the diamond princess to be properly taken care of. >> i can see that photo from here. >> and the general concern with a report that is breaking news the veracity will be german - - be determined later but it is in the news people are reading this are there comments you would like to make related to ensuring the constituents have faith that we are handling this virus in the way it should be handled in light of what could be concerning news? >> the psychology is often worse than the pathology. we have the best medical care in the world whether ebola or corona virus the american healthcare system is ready to receive and take care of healthc

in japan thousands of men and women are vanishing without a trace. investigates why people engineer their own disappearance and. al-jazeera. to al-jazeera we talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they are the endemic corruption and we listen so if you put place china as an enemy of the words and that's really that yours we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. culture a dance thrives here every day generations of tibetans continue to embrace and detail their cultural heritage it's a reminder of who they are and whether. this is a suburb of the capital new delhi tibet so the refugees here since 964. have been defined as migrants are not refugees because india hasn't signed up to the 1951 un convention on refugees so tibetans here have been able to access the indian welfare system so they become self-sufficient starting a business says and looking for work independently but for some it's not enough. the white house ousts 2 officials who testified against donald trump 2 days after the president's speech we

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also coming up free at last the coronavirus quarantine is lifted for some on board a cruise ship in japan but the number of dead in mainland china surges past 2000. a 2nd term for ashraf ghani as afghan president but the opposition is calling his election win a coup against democracy. plus a u.s. court magicks chinese telecom giant hawaii's appeal to ease restrictions on doing business with government agents. efforts to restore peace in libya have suffered another setback the un recognized government has pulled out of ceasefire talks in geneva that's after the port in the capital tripoli was targeted by forces loyal to warlord honey for have to are last month after had refused to sign a cease fire deal brokered by russia and turkey are diplomatic editor james bays reports now from geneva the porch in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general half his forces carried out the rocket strikes about the same time the talks were resuming in geneva and immediately put the fate of the peace efforts in jeopardy. it's now 10 months since general haftar appended the international community's pe

in japan it's different. they say this was a quarantine even though the number of infection has continued to jump every day. they've given people a letter that allows passengers to go anywhere, subways, back to school, back to work. that's dangerous according to a professor who's sounding the alarm saying what he saw on the ship just yesterday frightened him. >> inside "princess diamond" i was so scared. i was so scared of getting c covid-19 because there is no green zone, no red zone, everywhere could have virus and everybody was not careful about it. there was no single professional infection control person inside the ship. and there was nobody in charge of infection prevention. as a professional, the bureaucrats were in charge of everything. >> that was professor kent watada who said when he tried raising concerns on the ship, they kicked him off. the japanese government said he was asked to leave because he wasn't there necessarily in an official capacity. he kind of pulled strings to get access to the sh