China News Service, March 9. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), as of 3 pm local time, the number of confirmed cases of Japanese new crown pneumonia rose to 509. In addition, the Kanagawa Prefectural Government of Japan announced that a confirmed patient with new crown pneumonia in the prefecture died on the 8th.

It is reported that these infected people include 495 people in Japan, such as infected people and tourists, and 14 people who returned to Japan by charter flights from the Japanese government.

At present, the number of deaths from new crown pneumonia in Japan has increased to eight, including two in Kanagawa Prefecture.