About the author: Roy Tomizawa celebrated his first birthday on the opening day of the 1964 Olympics. Roy has been a fan of the Olympics. A year after Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics, Roy went searching for an English-language book that recorded the 1964 Olympics — but he couldn’t find one. So Roy decided to combine his love of the Olympics and his skills for writing and record the event that symbolized the determination of the Japanese to survive and thrive after World War II.

About the book: Japan was a physical and psychological wasteland at the end of World War II. With over 3 million dead, 39 percent of city populations homeless, 40 percent of all urban areas flattened, 80 percent of all ships destroyed, and 33 percent of all industrial machine tools not usable, the country was destroyed.

And yet, just 19 years later, Japan stood proud-modern, peace-loving, and open-welcoming the world as the host of the 1964 Olympic, the largest global event of its time.

In 1964 — The Greatest Year in the History of Japan, Roy Tomizawa records how Japan rose from the destruction to create the greatest Asian economic miracle of the 20th century. He shares stories from the 1964 Olympics that created a level of adjustment and national pride never before seen in Japan, leaving an unforgettable mark in the heart of the Japanese for generations.

Summer floods are an annual occurrence for many cities across China. According to the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, in 2012, urban flooding affected 184 cities, while in 2013 the number was 234, and last year it was 125, it said. Now, new measures are being introduced to reduce loss of life and the economic damage caused by flooding.

One of the most effective measures to increase the efficiency of storm drains in cities would be to reduce the storm-water runoff and raise the levels of water filtration（过滤）and conservation in urban areas, experts said. To solve the problem of urban flooding once and for all, the central government has decided to push forward the "Sponge City" program, which in part borrows the experiences of low-impact development from the United States and Canada in recent years.

The program will allow at least 60 percent of rainwater to soak into the ground, rather than being discharged into rivers. The level of filtration could be further raised in some areas with low levels of rainfall to increase the use of rainwater. The project includes the development of residential communities with storage ponds, filtration pools and wetlands, plus roads and squares built with materials that will allow storm water to soak into the ground more effectively, according to the guideline.

"It would require a major shift in ideas about urban construction. Rainwater should be regarded as a resource, rather than a burden to be dealt with. Concepts of urban construction should shift from the destruction of the ecosystem to its renewal," Chen Zhenggao, Minister of Housing and Urban-rural Development, told a work conference in May. "If the urban runoff cannot be effectively filtered into the ground, the floods that follow will cause the direct loss of life and property," he said. He also believes low-impact development represents the future of the country's urbanization drive. "It（the dealing with storm water）is an issue of public security. Thus it should be a compulsory requirement when new urban areas are being planned and built," he said.

The Tory government has finally set out its plans for a points-based immigration system to come into force on January lst, 2021.

After Brexit (脱欧), people will have to earn over £25,600, have a job offer and speak English to a certain level in order to get a work visa. The plans have produced an immediate reaction among businesses and councils who warn sectors like social care face disaster. In response, the Home Office has told businesses they should simply end their “reliance on cheap, lows killed labor”. Yet there are a whole host of unanswered questions. Home Secretary Priti Patel refused to give away overall cap or target on numbers, and wouldn’t say exactly when people might be able to bring their family. There’s also scant (不足的) information about how much applications will cost or how a sufficient level of English language will be measured .

A policy statement published recently said the movement would end, law surrounding this would be repealed and, a new immigration bill would be introduced, for a “firm and fair” system which would attract “high-skilled workers” to create a “high wage, high skill, high productivity economy”.

The government wants companies to train British workers to fill vacancies but critics say the lack of investment in further education makes that difficult. Meanwhile Labour predicts there will be so many carve-outs that the system will be pointless. Ms Patel said, “There will still be ways for some low-skilled workers, such as Polish builders, to come to Britain. We will continue to review the labour market.”

According to the new immigration rules, the salary threshold (门槛) for migrants will be lowered from £30.000 to £25,600 for only those coming to the UK with a job offer. But if an applicant earns less than the required minimum salary threshold — but no less than £20,480 — they may still be able to come to the UK if they have a job offer in a specific occupation which appears on the government’s jobs shortage list, or if they have a PhD relevant to the job.