Experiments with hamsters have shown that the mutant types of the new coronavirus that are currently prevalent around the world are more infectious than the types first identified in Wuhan, China.
On the 12th, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had a telephone conversation with former Vice President Joe Biden, who was confirmed to be elected in the US presidential election.
The US and Japanese governments have held formal negotiations in Washington, DC, the capital of the United States, regarding the burden of expenses (compassionate budget) for US forces stationed in Japan from next year onward.
The report released by the Board of Audit on October 10 for fiscal 2019 did not mention the Cabinet's public event "Cherry Blossom Watching Society" organized by the Prime Minister.