ILEA000023817: Oita declares end to bird flu

International conference on Osaka expo

OSAKA, Japan Kyodo - Attendees pose for a photo on the first day of a two-day international conference on the Osaka expo in Osaka on Nov. 14, 2023. The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition held the meeting to provide information on the expo's pavilions for countries and international organizations planning to participate. (Kyodo)

Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where the season's third case of a highly pathogenic avian flu was detected.

Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where the season's third case of a highly pathogenic avian flu was detected.

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. He said he would not issue a request for the closure of businesses at this time, but would request the government to establish penalties for businesses that do not respond to requests for closure under the special measures law. As for the government's "GoTo Travel" tourism promotion plan, which is scheduled to be launched on March 22, he said, "In light of the current infection situation, I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. (Photo: Governor Koike at a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 15, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. Governor Koike said, "The metropolitan government is in a state of 'infection spread alert,'" and called on people to refrain from going out of the city and avoid using stores in downtown areas at night without adequate infection control measures. I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. (Photo: Governor Koike at a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 15, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. He said he would not issue a request for the closure of businesses at this time, but would request the government to establish penalties for businesses that do not respond to requests for closure under the special measures law. As for the government's "GoTo Travel" tourism promotion plan, which is scheduled to be launched on April 22, he said, "In light of the current infection situation, I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. Photo shows Governor Koike at a press conference on July 15, 2020 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. Governor Koike said, "The metropolitan government is in a state of 'infection spread alert,'" and called on people to refrain from going out of the city and avoid using stores in downtown areas at night without adequate infection control measures. As for the government's "GoTo Travel" tourism promotion plan, which is scheduled to be launched on March 22, he said, "In light of the current infection situation, I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. (Photo: Governor Koike at a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 15, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. He said he would not issue a request for the closure of businesses at this time, but would request the government to establish penalties for businesses that do not respond to requests for closure under the special measures law. As for the government's "GoTo Travel" tourism promotion plan, which is scheduled to be launched on March 22, he said, "In light of the current infection situation, I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. Photo shows Governor Koike at a press conference on July 15, 2020 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Online conference to foster Japan's digital market

Photo taken at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 16, 2020, shows Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (L) and economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura attending an online conference sponsored by the central government to promote competition in Japan's digital business market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Online conference to foster Japan's digital market

Photo taken at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 16, 2020, shows Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (R) and economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura attending an online conference sponsored by the central government to promote competition in Japan's digital business market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Oita declares end to bird flu

OITA, Japan - Oita Gov. Katsusada Hirose declares an end to the outbreak of bird flu in the prefecture at news conference at his office on March 10. He said the his government will completely lift its ban on shipping eggs and chickens, 23 days after the infectious disease hit the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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