February 8, Monday, 2021 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline

  1. People across Myanmar are taking to the streets in growing numbers a week after the military seized power. The demonstrators are demanding the reinstatement of the elected government.
  2. The latest NHK opinion poll suggests that the disapproval rate for the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide exceeded the approval rate for a second straight month.
  3. A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine and a commercial vessel have collided off the coast of southwestern Japan.  Three crewmembers of the submarine suffered minor injuries.