A survey by a labor union has found that workers in the critical retail sector, including supermarkets and drugstores, have been subject to abusive customer behavior stemming from the new coronavirus outbreak.

Industrial union UA ZENSEN polled its members in the retail and service industries between July and September. About 27,000 responded.

NHK has learned that the University of Tokyo has erased the audio recording of a meeting that shortlisted candidates to become the university's next president.

The university chose its next president on Friday, as the term of the current president expires next March.