This file photo shows Chi Myong Gwan, left, being decorated with Japan's Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star in June 2007 in Seoul.... Chi was born in what is now North Korea's North Pyongan Province in 1924.... He moved to Japan in 1972 and in 1986 became a professor at Tokyo Woman's Christian University....

The number of coronavirus patients in quarantine increased by 450 to 27, 116.As infections continue to surge, hospitals in some cities are reporting shortages of beds for critically ill patients.... Of the 810 beds set aside for very sick coronavirus patients nationwide, only 293 were empty as of Saturday, officials said.In Daejeon, there are 14 beds for critically ill coronavirus patients and only one was left available.... The medical team was managing patients only by phone." Theyused only