ILEA000351404: Gov't to cover all costs for foot-and-mouth disease

A Dairy Farm in Hai 'an

A worker is disinfecting a calf barn in Hai'an City, Jiangsu Province, China, on April 10, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto)

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)

Japan expects 4.5% economic contraction for FY 2020 due to virus pandemic

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) speaks during a meeting of the government's economic and financial advisory body in Tokyo on July 30, 2020. The Cabinet Office said the same day that Japan's economy will likely contract a real 4.5 percent in fiscal 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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 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

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 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

Nissan shareholders' meeting

Photo taken on June 29, 2020, shows a Nissan Motor Co. general shareholders meeting at its head office in Yokohama, eastern Japan. The struggling automaker held the shareholders meeting a month after reporting a net group loss of over 670 billion yen in the year ended in March 2020 partly due to reduced demand amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nissan shareholders' meeting

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Makoto Uchida speaks during a general shareholders meeting at the company's head office in Yokohama, eastern Japan, on June 29, 2020. The struggling automaker held the shareholders meeting a month after reporting a net group loss of over 670 billion yen in the year ended in March 2020 partly due to reduced demand amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gov't to cover all costs for foot-and-mouth disease

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