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- For the first time in two months, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government says the number of new cases of the coronavirus in a single day has broken the 100-mark. Thursday’s figure of 107 confirmed cases led the authorities to rate the current condition as “infections appear to be spreading.”
- The coronavirus pandemic is changing the way teachers in Japan are conducting classes. More and more instructors are holding their classes online…and many are using videos for the first time.
- With no end in sight for the coronavirus pandemic, countries around the world are dealing with another crisis—mental health crisis.
- China is moving to set up a new office in Hong Kong to implement measures after the national security law came into effect in the territory on Tuesday.
- A medical society in Japan is to research lingering symptoms that some people suffer after recovering from COVID-19 and testing negative.
- NHK has learned that more than 100 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Tokyo on Thursday. Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials say the number of new cases has reached 107. This is the first time since May 2 that the daily total has topped 100.
- The Bank of Japan’s latest Tankan survey is painting a dire picture of an economy shattered by the coronavirus outbreak. Among large manufacturers, confidence is the lowest level it has been in more than a decade.
- Hong Kong police have made the first arrest under the territory’s new national security law. It comes less than 24 hours after the law came into effect and on the same day Hong Kong marks its handover to China from British rule.
- The enactment of China’s national security law for Hong Kong has drawn strong criticism from the United States and the European Union.