-
06 July 2020
20200706 (Monday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of probably 1): Main News Kyushu flooding and landslides took up most of the first 30 minutes of the news this morning – 24 dead, 16 in cardiopulmonary arrest, and another 10-12 missing.Covid numbers were given at 7:34. See photo captions for stories. …
-
05 July 2020
20200705 (Sunday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of probably 1): Main News See photo captions for stories. Photo 01Today’s Japan Covid-related NHK morning news topics: – New cases in Tokyo top 100 for the third straight day – J-league top division soccer restarts with no spectators In other news, Kumamoto got…
-
04 July 2020
20200704 (Saturday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of probably 1): Main News Well, this morning was a first. I sat through the entire 7am news – all 30 minutes of it – and “Shingata coronavirus” was not mentioned once. In fact, no news was mentioned at all except live updates on…
-
03 July 2020
20200703 (Friday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of probably 1): Main News See photo captions for stories. Photo 01Today’s Japan Covid-related NHK morning news topics:– Tokyo tops 100 new cases for the first time in two months– Preventing secondary infections with intensive testing [i literally don’t think they mentioned what…
-
02 July 2020
20200702 (Thursday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of probably 1): Main News See photo captions for stories. Photo 01Today’s Japan Covid-related NHK morning news topics:– 67 cases in Tokyo, the most since the lifting of the State of Emergency– Declaring a State of Emergency again? Need to analyze the infection…
-
01 July 2020 Part 01
20200701 (Wednesday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of maybe 2): Main News So this year is half over already. I am predicting that the next big thing will be a solar flare. You heard it here first. Anyway, here is today’s news.See photo captions for stories. Photo 01Today’s Japan Covid-related…
-
01 July 2020 Part 2
20200701 (Wednesday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 2 (of probably 2): Other bits and pieces See photo captions for stories. Photo 01Medical startup Anges Inc. said it has started Japan’s first clinical trial on humans of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/06/0b4d42d1c638-update1-anges-starts-japans-1st-covid-19-vaccine-clinical-test-on-humans.html?fbclid=IwAR3owzeJX5Rwe_CyRRtyB_UR8OWBU47ezyecav6Sn1FM_CIvILNIGSCugPs Photo 0230 healthy adults will be…
-
08 June 2020
20200608 (Monday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of 1): News See photo captions for stories. Photo 01 Today’s Japan Covid-related NHK morning news topics: Tokyo’s nightlife district: Looking at strengthening measures Businesses restarting but situation is tough 2nd supplementary budget Diet deliberations start today Down at the bottom: Brazil has stopped…
-
07 June 2020
20200607 (Sunday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of probably 1): Main news See photo captions for stories. Photo 01 Today’s Japan Covid-related NHK morning news topics: Tokyo infections: 6 consecutive days in double figures Nightime businesses: Tokyo and National govts to exchange opinions [Koike wants to talk about this with the…
-
06 June 2020 Part 02
20200606 (Saturday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 2 (of probably 2): Back to Skool See photo captions for stories. Photo 01 So a lot of schools are back in now, and what have been the effects of the extended break? Photo 02 Messed up lifestyle rhythms Kids have been going to bed…