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Anonymous ID: 447312 July 7, 2021, 11:18 p.m. No.14078843   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8847 >>8849 >>8854 >>9173 >>9266 >>9301 >>9314 >>9417 >>9447 >>9476 >>9520 >>5105

Japan to declare state of emergency in Tokyo 2 weeks before Olympics

 

Why? Comms … Japan

 

Japan's government is set to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo due to a COVID-19 spike, a minister who heads the government's coronavirus response said Thursday, per Reuters.

Why it matters: It'll be in effect throughout the Olympics, confirmed Yasutoshi Nishimura, the economy minister, after a government meeting. The government will decide after talks with International Olympic Committee officials later Thursday whether to ban all spectators, which medical experts say could help slow the virus' spread, AP notes.

 

Of note: The declaration will run from July 12 to Aug 22 and is expected to be formally announced by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga later in the day.

  • The Games are due to begin with the opening ceremony on July 23 <—- PAIN

  • Flashback: International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates said in May that the Tokyo Olympics will proceed even if the city or other parts of Japan are under a COVID-19 state of emergency.

 

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Anonymous ID: 447312 July 7, 2021, 11:23 p.m. No.14078853   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9173 >>9301 >>9314 >>9417 >>9447 >>9476 >>9520 >>5105

Fact Sheet: U.S.-Japan Competitiveness and Resilience (CoRe) Partnership

APRIL 16, 2021

STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

Read more about the U.S. Japan Climate Partnership here

 

The United States and Japan pledge to revitalize our Alliance and make practical commitments to fulfill its potential. Together we will advance innovation, end this pandemic and protect the world from future ones, combat the climate crisis, and enhance our people-to-people ties. Through these concrete initiatives, the United States and Japan will deliver results for our people, the Indo-Pacific, and the world.

 

Competitiveness and Innovation

 

Throughout our individual and shared histories, the United States and Japan have been global leaders in innovation. Our new partnership for competitiveness and innovation carries on that tradition, focusing on scientific and technological advances. Together, we will lead a sustainable, green global economic growth, guided by the principles of openness and democracy. This includes our cooperation on research and technology development across diverse fields: Cancer Moonshot, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, quantum information science and technology, civil space cooperation (including the Artemis program and asteroid exploration), and secure information and communications technology (ICT), among others. With this partnership between two of the world’s leading economies, we will lead the globe in building back better and promoting sustainable growth in the future.

 

Together, the United States and Japan will:

 

Advance secure and open 5G networks, including Open Radio Access Networks (“Open-RAN”), by fostering innovation and by promoting trustworthy vendors and diverse markets.

Strengthen competitiveness in the digital field by investing in research, development, testing, and deployment of secure networks and advanced ICT including 5G and next-generation mobile networks (“6G” or “Beyond 5G”). The United States has committed $2.5 billion to this effort, and Japan has committed $2 billion.

Build on successful U.S.-Japan cooperation in third-countries and launch a Global Digital Connectivity Partnership to promote secure connectivity and a vibrant digital economy while building the cybersecurity capacity of our partners to address shared threats.

Strengthen collaboration and information exchange between U.S. and Japanese ICT experts in global standards development.

Cooperate on sensitive supply chains, including semi-conductors, and on the promotion and protection of critical technologies.

Advance biotechnology for the global good by focusing on genome sequencing and the principles of openness, transparency, collaboration, and research integrity.

Reinforce collaboration and partnerships between research institutions on quantum information science and technology through joint research and exchange of researchers.

 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/16/fact-sheet-u-s-japan-competitiveness-and-resilience-core-partnership/