2020年11月 – Tomoyasu Website 2026

November 30, Monday, 2020 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline read by Ms. Keiko Kitagawa

Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino has said he approves of his eldest daughter Princess Mako’s marriage to her college classmate which was postponed. He said the Constitution stipulates that marriage shall be based only on the mutual consent of both sexes. He added that parents should respect their children’s wishes to marry.
The resumption of business travel between Japan and China is making travel agencies in China busy with inquiries from local businesses about trips to Japan.
Sources close to organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics say anti-coronavirus measures for the events are expected to cost about 100 billion yen, or more than 960 million dollars.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. But at the same time, he reiterated his claim that the election was rigged.
Ethiopia’s prime minister says the country’s army has been directed to launch military operations against ethnic minority forces in the northern Tigray region, after an ultimatum for their surrender expired.
The first regular commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has gone into operation, signaling the beginning of closer economic ties between the two nations.

The Japanese government plans to step up measures toward the end of the year to fight coronavirus infections. The government advisory panel on its coronavirus response on Wednesday called for stronger action for a short period of around three weeks.
A government survey shows Japanese firms have moved to slash wages as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The labor ministry survey covered more than 1,600 companies between July and August. Overall, about 11 percent of companies surveyed cut wages or planned to do so.
Fans in Argentina are gathering in the capital to pay their respects to soccer legend Diego Maradona who died on Wednesday. The Argentine government has declared three days of national mourning following Maradona’s death.

The Japanese government has scaled back a popular domestic tourism campaign due to the coronavirus, which is now spreading rapidly nationwide.
U.S. Health Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says distribution of a coronavirus vaccine may start within weeks.
U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has announced his foreign policy and national security team, stressing that the lineup embodies his emphasis on multilateralism and diversity.

A key U.S. government agency has given President-elect Joe Biden formal approval to begin his transition to the White House. The move by the U.S. General Services Administration unlocks funding for the incoming administration. It also allows Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris access to regular national security briefings.
The Japanese government plans to suspend travel subsidies for new bookings to the cities of Sapporo and Osaka, where coronavirus cases are increasing. The government has been planning to exclude regions with a spike in cases from its “Go To Travel” campaign.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden says he will name former Secretary of State John Kerry to serve in the new post of Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.

The leaders of the Group of 20 countries have stated in a Leaders’ Declaration that they are committed to helping developing countries, as the world economy faces the impact of the coronavirus pandemic’s resurgence.
At the G20 summit Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has pledged that Japan will lead the world’s green industry to create a favorable cycle for the economy and environment.
The South Korean government says it will tighten social distancing regulations in the greater Seoul area and elsewhere to curtail a coronavirus resurgence.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is forging ahead with transition plans as President Donald Trump continues to restrict access to key information and officials. On Thursday, Biden met with both Democratic and Republican governors to discuss how to reign in the coronavirus pandemic as cases surge across the country.
Leaders are discussing global trade on the second day of an online summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum hosted by Malaysia. Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide told the meeting on Friday that he will work closely with APEC countries to achieve prosperity in the region, taking leadership in areas such as digital innovation.
Teenage shogi sensation Fujii Sota has become the youngest professional shogi player to mark 200 victories. Fujii holds two of the traditional board game’s eight major titles.

Japanese officials confirmed more than 2,300 cases across the country on Thursday—a new daily record—and the continuation of a worrying trend. The daily count first crossed the 2,000 threshold on Wednesday. But numbers have now climbed higher—even before all of the prefectural tallies are logged.
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer looks set to apply for emergency authorization of its vaccine candidate, which it says was found to be 95 percent effective against the coronavirus. Pfizer is developing the experimental drug together with Germany’s BioNTech.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden says that the Trump administration’s failure to recognize his victory is delaying his transition team’s efforts to draw up a coronavirus response plan. “There’s a whole lot of things that we just don’t have available to us, which unless it’s made available soon we’re going to be behind by weeks or months,” Biden said.

A senior U.S. Defense Department official says the United States will reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq to about 2,500 each by mid-January. Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said on Tuesday that the move will implement President Donald Trump’s orders to reposition U.S. forces in the two countries.
Record numbers of patients are entering U.S. hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus. Intensive care units are approaching or over capacity. Healthcare professionals are overwhelmed.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to raise its coronavirus alert level to the highest of four levels on Thursday. The COVID-19 outbreak is flaring up in the Japanese capital.

Tokyo’s benchmark stock index rose above the 26,000 mark on Tuesday for the first time in over 29 years. That followed record closing highs in New York on hopes for a coronavirus vaccine.
U.S. states are strengthening anti-coronavirus measures as the country’s daily number of new cases has continued to exceed 100,000 over the past two weeks.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has outlined his plans to build back the U.S. economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic.