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Chinese Actor Banned After His Visit To Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine Harms National Emotion

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GLOBAL TIMES
 
A Chinese actor who posed for pictures at the notorious Japanese Yasukuni Shrine has been forced out of the entertainment industry as more mainstream platforms deletes his films and television works, variety shows and music as of Sunday. 
All films and drama series that Zhang Zheha...

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Half Of Japan's Population Has Received At Least 1 Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Half of Japan's population has now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the government said Wednesday, marking a milestone as the country grapples with its largest wave of infections yet, with the nationwide tally of new cases topping 23,000 in another record high.
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Japan Decides To Widen, Extend Emergency Measures

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NHK
 
The Japanese government has decided to expand and extend a state of emergency aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic. The highly contagious Delta variant is fueling a surge in cases nationwide.
Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on Tuesday stressed the severity of the situation and pointed...

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64 Die In COVID Cluster At Okinawa Hospital

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NHK
 
 
A total of 64 patients at a hospital in Okinawa Prefecture have died in a coronavirus cluster infection.
Patients and staff at Uruma Kinen hospital started contracting the Delta variant around mid-July. Infections spread rapidly and developed into the largest-scale cluster infection recor...

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Undersea Volcanic Eruption Creates New Japanese Island

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THE GUARDIAN
 
 
Crescent-shaped landmass 50km south of Minami Ioto could disappear due to erosion
The 6,000-plus islands that make up the Japanese archipelago have a new addition, after scientists said an undersea volcanic eruption 1,200km (745 miles) south of Tokyo had created a new landmass.
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Growing Fifth Wave Forces Suga To Expand State Of Emergency

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JAPAN TIMES
 
What began in late June as a COVID-19 rebound in Tokyo has escalated within weeks into a nationwide surge, forcing the central government to enact the country’s strictest measures in more than a dozen of its largest prefectures.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday expanded the ...

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Tokyo Paralympic Organizers Decide Not To Allow Spectators At Events

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Tokyo Paralympics, which are scheduled to open on Aug. 24, will in principle be held without spectators at all venues, the organizing committee announced Monday.The committee made the decision at a four-way meeting with the International Paralympic Committee and other organiz...

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Japanese Companies Banned From Locking Cellphone SIM Starting This Autumn

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SORA NEWS
 
The change comes after multiple years of deliberation.
Unlocking your cellphone provides an assortment of advantages. From being able to switch phone carriers more easily to staying out of device debt, folks who move overseas are especially familiar with the process.
In Japan, however...

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Japan To Allow More Overseas Arrivals

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NHK
 
NHK has learned that the Japanese government plans to increase a daily cap on the number of people entering the country from the current 2,000 to about 3,500 starting Monday.
Sources say the transport ministry has notified airlines of the decision.
The cap has been set at 2,000 since March ...

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Japan Intentionally Omitted COVID-19 Variant News From Olympic Press Briefings

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THE UNION DEMOCRAT
 
Japanese health officials deliberately omitted any mentions of the highly contagious lambda variant of COVID-19 in official communications to the press during the Tokyo Olympics, according to a new report.
A woman from Peru who landed at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on July 20, thr...

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