September 25, Friday, 2020 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline read by Ms. Keiko Kitagawa

  1. The Japanese government has drafted interim guidelines on coronavirus vaccines. The draft shows that medical professionals and elderly citizens will be among the first to be treated.
  2. The Tokyo Game Show, one of the world’s largest video-game exhibitions, has kicked off. The annual event is entirely online for the first time in its history, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  3. A railway operator in Japan is testing robots at a train station in Tokyo in hopes of serving more passengers without direct contact to prevent spreading of the coronavirus.