月: 2021年7月

1. The head of the Japanese government’s coronavirus advisory panel says he has warned Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide that the country is now facing the toughest situation since the pandemic began. Omi Shigeru made the comment to reporters on Friday after he met Suga to discuss antivirus measures. 2.Japan’s industrial output grew in June, surpassing levels seen before the coronavirus outbreak. Brisk growth in the auto and chip-making equipment sectors was a major factor. 3. Japan’s judo success continued on Friday with a ninth gold medal in the homegrown sport. That is seventh straight days of local Olympic champions at Nippon Budokan. 21-year-old Sone Akira won the women’s 78-kilo category, defeating Idalys Ortiz of Cuba. It’s Sone’s first Olympic Games.

1. Japan’s Hashimoto Daiki won the gold medal in the men’s all-around in artistic gymnastics. The 19-year-old earned a total of 88.465 points, 0.4 points above the second-place athlete from China. This was Japan’s third consecutive gold medal for the event. Uchimura Kohei previously earned two gold medals in Rio and London.
2. Japan’s judo winning streak continued Wednesday with a sixth gold medal, making it five consecutive days with a local athlete atop the podium. Arai Chizuru beat Austria’s Michaela Polleres in the final of the women’s 70-kilogram category.
3. NHK has learned that Tokyo Games organizers are considering punishing foreign journalists who have violated anti-virus protocols. Multiple sources say European journalists who are covering the Olympics ate, drank and conversed loudly in a group at a stair landing outside their hotel early Tuesday morning.

1. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 3,177 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Wednesday. Tokyo marked a record daily high for two days in a row, following Tuesday’s tally of 2,848. 2. A Tokyo Olympic official has said the organizers of the Games are committed to making them safe and reliable for people in the city and Japan amid a record surge of coronavirus cases in the capital. 3. U.S. health authorities have changed tack and are now recommending that people who are fully vaccinated also wear masks indoors in areas where coronavirus infections are spreading. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance on Tuesday, targeting 39 states and regions including Washington D.C., New York and Los Angeles. Earlier in May, the CDC said the fully vaccinated will no longer need to wear masks in principle.

1. The Japanese pair won the table tennis mixed doubles on Monday, earning Japan’s first Olympic gold medal in that sport.
2. UNESCO has added a cluster of archaeological sites dotted across the northern Japanese prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate and Akita to its list of World Cultural Heritage sites. 3. Tropical storm Napartak is likely to make landfall on the Pacific coast of northern Japan on Wednesday.

1. The organizers for the Tokyo Games say they will put top priority on safety of all those concerned in considering event schedule changes due to the approaching storm.
2. Japan’s Abe Hifumi and Abe Uta have become the first siblings to win judo golds at the same Olympics.
3. Nishiya Momiji has become the youngest Japanese Olympic gold medalist at the age of 13 after winning the women’s street skateboarding at the Tokyo Games.

1. The Olympic flame has reached the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building after a 4-month journey across Japan.
2. Emperor Naruhito has welcomed foreign dignitaries visiting Japan to attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. first lady Jill Biden were among the 12 dignitaries from 11 countries who visited the Imperial Palace on Friday. 3. The opening ceremony has kicked off for the world’s biggest sporting even, amid a pandemic. Japan’s Emperor came to welcome the opening of the Tokyo Olympics—the culmination of many years of preparations and set-backs.

1. The Olympic organizing committee says the men’s soccer match between Japan and South Africa is going ahead as scheduled. This comes after coronavirus cases in the South African squad. 2. The Tokyo Games organizers have sacked one of the directors of the opening ceremony just a day before the event. They say Kobayashi Kentaro made anti-Semitic remarks as part of a comedy act in the 1990s.
3. Officials in Tokyo on Thursday confirmed 1,979 new coronavirus infections in the capital. The figure was 671 higher than a week ago. The recent rapid resurgence shows no signs of receding.

1. Olympic competition kicked off in Tokyo on Wednesday, even as the number of coronavirus infections climbed among people involved in the Games and the city saw rising case numbers. The first softball and football matches come two days before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games. Japan’s women softball players beat Australia 8-1.
2.Ozeki champion Terunofuji has been promoted to sumo’s highest rank of Yokozuna. The messengers of the Japan Sumo Association delivered the news to the Mongolian-born wrestler at his stable in Tokyo. Terunofuji said he will “strive to maintain an unflinching spirit, and enhance the dignity and ability” as a Yokozuna grand champion.
3. Haiti has inaugurated a new prime minister, who is taking the helm amid the political turmoil caused by the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Ariel Henry assumed the post on Tuesday. The neurosurgeon and former cabinet minister was tapped as prime minister by the president just days before he was gunned down at his home on July 7.

1. Japan’s Imperial Household Agency says Emperor Naruhito will attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics unaccompanied by any other member of the imperial family. 2.A member of the Ugandan Olympic team who went missing from a pre-Games training camp has been found in Mie Prefecture, central Japan.
3. German Paralympic gold medalist Markus Rehm’s hopes of taking part in the Tokyo Olympics’ long jump event have been denied by the International Olympic Committee.

1. Protesters rallied in the Thai capital Bangkok on Sunday, demanding Prime Minister Prayut Chano-cha step down over the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Thailand reported 11,784 new cases on Monday, setting a new high for the fourth day in a row. 2. Vietnamese authorities are stepping up anti-virus measures as a record 5,926 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Sunday in the country. Vietnam had managed to keep infections under control with strict measures. But the case count has been surging since the end of April with the Delta variant, first detected in India, spreading in the country. 3. The South Korean military says 247 sailors on a navy destroyer deployed on an anti-piracy mission in waters off Somalia have tested positive for the coronavirus. The figure accounts for more than 80 percent of all crew members.