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Japan Gives Nod to Future IPO of Massive Tokyo Subway Operator

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BLOOMBERG
 
 
Japan’s Transport Ministry approved the idea of a share sale of Tokyo’s subway-system operator, setting the stage for one the country’s largest privatizations and exchange listings in recent years.
A report supporting the government divesting part of its stake in Tokyo Metro Co., wh...

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Suga Apologizes For Asking Wholesalers To Facilitate Alcohol Ban

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologized Wednesday for his administration's controversial request that drinks wholesalers stop supplying liquor to restaurants and bars that have defied an alcohol sales ban aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
"I offer my apologies for cau...

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Japan For First Time Mentions Taiwan Stability In Defense Paper

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BLOOMBERG
 
Japan for the first time referred to the importance of stability around Taiwan in its annual defense report, ratcheting up its concerns over the island that has been a flashpoint in tensions between China and the U.S.
The wording in the “Defense of Japan” white paper released Tuesday ...

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Jill Biden Will Travel To Japan For The Olympics

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First lady Jill Biden will travel to Tokyo later this month for the 2021 Olympic Summer Games, her office announced Tuesday after questions as to whether the trip could happen due to Covid-19 restrictions at the Games.
Last week, it was announced that spectators would be banned from the Gam...

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Japan To Give More COVID Vaccine Doses To Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan will donate 1 million additional doses of a COVID-19 vaccine each to Taiwan, Indonesia and Vietnam later this week, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday.
The provision of Britain's AstraZeneca Plc vaccine manufactured in Japan under license to Taiwan from Thursday co...

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Japan To Issue Vaccine Passports Free Of Charge

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KYODO NEWS
 
The so-called vaccine passports Japan plans to issue to allow people inoculated against COVID-19 to travel internationally will be free of charge, the government's top spokesman said Monday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a press conference that starting July 26, people ...

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Tokyo Hotel Apologizes For 'Japanese Only' Elevator Sign

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A Tokyo hotel has apologized and removed signs reading "Japanese only" and "foreigners only" from elevators after the anti-COVID-19 precaution  sparked outrage on social media ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Tokyo entered a state of emergency on July 12 amid concerns that an influx of te...

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Tokyo Logs 614 Cases

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Tokyo metropolitan government announced on Sunday that it had confirmed 614 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the capital, an increase of 96 from one week before.
The daily number has now exceeded that of the same day in the previous week for 22 consecutive days.
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Japan To Begin Accepting Requests For Vaccine Passports From July 26

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan will start accepting applications for so-called vaccine passports from July 26 for people who have been fully inoculated against COVID-19 to travel internationally, the top government spokesman said Sunday.
The government will also consider whether to use such certificates for...

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Dozens Remain Missing In Deadly 'Tsunami' Mudslide In Central Japan

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Japanese rescue workers continued to search for survivors Tuesday, three days after a devastating "tsunami" of mud swept through a coastal city, killing at least four people and leaving two dozen others missing.
Torrential rains triggered the powerful mudslide in Atami, Shizuoka prefectur...

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