January 21, Tuesday, 2020 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Hiroko Kitadai and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

 

  1. A deadly outbreak of a new strain of the coronavirus has claimed another victim in China.
  2. China’s President Xi Jinping says more measures are needed to combat a new coronavirus that is believed to be behind over 200 pneumonia cases in the country.
  3. Japan’s Toshiba Corporation plans to start offering customers a next-generation encryption technology by March next year