China News Service, February 29th. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), as of 3:30 pm local time on the 29th, there were 945 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Japan, of which 226 were infected and tourists in Japan. There were 705 passengers and flight attendants on the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship, as well as 14 people who returned to Japan by charter flight from the Japanese government, and 11 died.