The key gauge for business in Japan has dropped for the fifth consecutive month, due to a decrease in business travel amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bank of Japan says the Services Producer Price Index fell 0.6 percent in July from the year before. That excludes the effects of last year's consumption tax hike.
Gesu no Kiwami Otome. have revealed the details on their 5th album "Streaming, CD, Record." Originally, the album was scheduled to be released this month, but it will now be available digitally on May 1.
Through the album, the band want their fans to enjoy music in various ways. Besides the digital album, there will be a special package available too.
King & Prince's fifth single "Mazy Night" will be released on April 29.
The title track, along with Sexy Zone's new song, will be used as the theme song for Nakajima Kento and Hirano Sho's starring drama 'Miman Keisatsu Midnight Runner.' Both groups are scheduled to appear on NTV's music program 'Premium Music' on March 25 to perform the songs on TV for the first time.
Sources say two people have been rushed to hospital after arriving in Japan from China on the fifth flight chartered by the Japanese government.
The flight from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, landed at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Monday morning. It was carrying 36 Japanese nationals and 29 Chinese, many of whom are spouses.
Japan's government is planning to send a fifth chartered plane to evacuate Japanese citizens from the Chinese province of Hubei which has been hit hard by the new coronavirus outbreak.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters on Monday that arrangements are underway to send the plane this weekend at the earliest.