Tokyo reports 248 coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 1,722
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday reported 248 new coronavirus cases, up 94 from Monday and five down from last Tuesday.
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Tokyo reports 248 coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 1,722
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Japan to lift state of emergency steps nationwide
Japan's government announced Tuesday that the coronavirus state of emergency will end this week so the economy can be reactivated as infections slow.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said?
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Japan to lift state of emergency steps nationwide
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Japan leans on governors to prevent post-emergency COVID-19 rebound
Steps similar to quasi-emergency measures will be put in place by prefectural governors, who have been given the task of rolling back restrictions while maintaining ...
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Japan leans on governors to prevent post-emergency COVID-19 rebound
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Japan prime minister hopeful charts collision course with China
If China has a favorite in the battle to be Japan's next prime minister, it's probably not Sanae Takaichi, who has taken hawkish stances toward ...
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Japan prime minister hopeful charts collision course with China
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Japan and U.K. to begin talks on access agreement for joint military exercises
The talks on a Reciprocal Access Agreement between the two countries come amid efforts to counter China's growing military influence in Asia.
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Japan and U.K. to begin talks on access agreement for joint military exercises
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COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 248 cases as Suga announces end to emergency
Tokyo confirmed 248 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, a day after the daily figure fell below 200 for the first time in six months.Daily ...
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COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 248 cases as Suga announces end to emergency
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As pandemic curbs campaigns, LDP leadership hopefuls seek votes on social media
Pundits say the candidates are actively using social media to demonstrate their communication skills and ability to present themselves to the general public.
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As pandemic curbs campaigns, LDP leadership hopefuls seek votes on social media
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North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea
North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea early Tuesday, its neighboring countries said, in the latest weapon tests by
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North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea
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Man arrested for kissing 3-year-old girl playing video game
Police in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, have arrested a 56-year-old man on suspicion of sexual molesting a three-year-old girl after he allegedly kissed her while she was playing a?
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Man arrested for kissing 3-year-old girl playing video game
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Tokyo protests S Korean court order to sell assets for WWII compensation
A South Korean court has issued an unprecedented order for assets seized from Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to be sold to compensate World War II forced laborers, prompting?
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Tokyo protests S Korean court order to sell assets for WWII compensation
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Japan PM hopefuls make last-ditch appeal before LDP leadership poll
The election will likely end up in a runoff between vaccination minister Taro Kono and former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida as no candidate is expected ...
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Japan PM hopefuls make last-ditch appeal before LDP leadership poll
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'The Big Delete:' Inside Facebook's crackdown in Germany
Days before Germany's federal elections, Facebook took what it called an unprecedented step: the removal of a series of accounts that worked together to spread COVID-19 misinformation and?
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'The Big Delete:' Inside Facebook's crackdown in Germany
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U.S. hospitals fear staffing shortages as vaccine deadlines loom
Hospitals and nursing homes around the country are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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U.S. hospitals fear staffing shortages as vaccine deadlines loom
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Survivors sue landowners over deadly July mudslide in central Japan
Traveling nearly two kilometers, around 56,000 cubic meters of soil destroyed 131 homes and left 26 people dead and one missing.
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Survivors sue landowners over deadly July mudslide in central Japan
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Japan protests South Korean court order that Mitsubishi Heavy sell assets
It is the first time that a South Korean court has ordered the sale of a Japanese company's assets in relation to the issue of ...
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Japan protests South Korean court order that Mitsubishi Heavy sell assets
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California to mail every voter a ballot in future elections
Every registered California voter will get a ballot mailed to them in future elections under a bill signed Monday by Democratic Gov Gavin Newsom.
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California to mail every voter a ballot in future elections
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LGBTQ groups hope LDP's leadership race may lead to same-sex marriage in Japan
Of the four candidates for the Liberal Democratic Party leadership, Taro Kono and Seiko Noda have supported gay marriage. Within Asia, same-sex marriage is currently ...
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LGBTQ groups hope LDP's leadership race may lead to same-sex marriage in Japan
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Ford to add 10,800 jobs making electric vehicles, batteries
Ford and a partner company say they plan to build three major electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant by 2025 " a dramatic investment in the"
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Ford to add 10,800 jobs making electric vehicles, batteries
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Ford to add 10,800 jobs making electric vehicles, batteries
Ford and a partner company say they plan to build three major electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant by 2025 " a dramatic investment in the"
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Ford to add 10,800 jobs making electric vehicles, batteries
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Taliban issue no-shave order to barbers in Afghan province
The Taliban on Monday banned barbershops in a southern Afghanistan province from shaving or trimming beards, claiming their edict is in line with Shariah, or Islamic, law.
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Taliban issue no-shave order to barbers in Afghan province
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World Cup of Cuisine
Japanese chef Tadataka Toeda, center, prepares food during the final of the "Bocuse d'Or" (Golden Bocuse) trophy, in Lyon, central France, on Monday. The contest, a sort of?
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World Cup of Cuisine
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COVID-19 quarantines to be shortened for fully vaccinated travelers to Japan
Japan will for the first time recognize its own vaccine passports as well as those of about 50 countries and regions.
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COVID-19 quarantines to be shortened for fully vaccinated travelers to Japan
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Japan expected to let COVID-19 state of emergency expire this week
If the order is lifted entirely, it will be the first time since early April that no prefecture is under a state of emergency or ...
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Japan expected to let COVID-19 state of emergency expire this week
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Japan approves second drug for mildly ill COVID-19 patients
Sotrovimab was given the green light three weeks after GlaxoSmithKline's Japan unit submitted its application for the antibody treatment to the health ministry.
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Japan approves second drug for mildly ill COVID-19 patients