At 18:00 on February 17, the exchange rate of the Bank of China's Yen against the Renminbi was 100JPY = 5.53RMB.
Japan confirmed 95,208 new cases
According to Japan's NHK News, as of 18:00 on February 17, there were 95,208 new cases in Japan. Among them, 17,864 new cases were confirmed in Tokyo, with a total of 863,984 cases, and 13,912 new cases were confirmed in Osaka, with a cumulative total of 551,800 cases. The cumulative number of infections in Japan is 4,257,399, with a cumulative death of 21,273 and a recovery and discharge of 3,261,116.
Since March, Japan has allowed foreigners other than tourists to enter japan
According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan will fully relax the epidemic prevention measures at the new crown port from March, allowing foreigners other than tourists to enter, and the daily entry limit will also be raised to 5,000 people. In addition, the quarantine period is shortened from 7 days to 3 days for foreigners from countries with a more severe epidemic situation, and for those who have received the third dose of the vaccine and have entered Japan from a country where the epidemic has not expanded, they are exempted from quarantine after entering Japan. At present, China is not an endemic country designated by the Japanese government as Anomi Kerong, and Chinese entering Japan may not need to be quarantined.
New COVID-19 infections in Japan have reached their peak
According to Kyodo News Agency, Japan plans to extend the anti-spread measures in 16 prefectures, including Osaka, and will eliminate a total of five prefectures, including Yamagata, Shimane, Yamaguchi, Okinawa, and Oita. Previously, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's analysis of the number of new infections in Japan by the New Crown Epidemic Prevention Expert Organization showed that in the one week ending February 15, the number of new infections per 100,000 people in Japan decreased by 10% compared with the previous week, and the number of infections in almost all age groups decreased. Takashi Wakita, director of Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, said it can be assumed that Japan had already passed the peak of new coronavirus infections in early February.
Japan's imports to China reached a record high in January
According to the preliminary value of January trade statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance on the 17th, japan's trade balance of exports minus imports was a deficit of 2.2 trillion yen (about 121.7 billion yuan), showing a deficit for six consecutive months, the second highest in history. Affected by the high price of crude oil and the lower yen, Japan's imports increased by 39.6% from the same period last year, a record high for three consecutive months. Among them, Japan's imports from China rose 23.7% to 2.1 trillion yen (about 116.2 billion yuan), a record high, and exports fell 5.4% to 1.2 trillion yen (about 66.4 billion yuan), the first decline in nearly 19 months.
Prices for newly built apartments in the Tokyo metropolitan area have risen
According to data released by the Japan Institute of Real Estate Economics, the average price of new apartments in the Tokyo metropolitan area in January was 61.57 million yen (about 3.41 million yuan), up 5.7% year-on-year. Tokyo's 23 wards were 7,484 trillion yen (about 4.14 million yuan), down 5.6% year-on-year; Kanagawa Prefecture was 51.44 million yen (about 2.85 million yuan), up 1.4% year-on-year; Saitama Prefecture was 50.27 million yen (about 2.78 million yuan), up 5% year-on-year; and Chiba Prefecture was 42.73 million yen (about 2.36 million yuan), down 6.7% year-on-year.
Osaka City's second-hand one-household construction transaction volume has dropped significantly
According to the data released by the real estate circulation agency of Circle, the number of transactions in the second-hand one-household construction of Circle in January was 621, a year-on-year decrease of 9.1%. By region, the number of transactions in Osaka City was 37, a sharp decrease of 17.8% year-on-year; Kobe City was 54 households, a sharp decrease of 16.9% year-on-year; 48 households in Hanshinma, a sharp decrease of 18.6% year-on-year; Kyoto City was 55 households, unchanged year-on-year.
