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Japan: 3 Nuclear Units Cleared To Run Past 40-Year Cap

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ANADOLU AGENCY
 
 3 reactors in Fukui province to be 1st to cross limit set after 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster
Three nuclear reactors will soon become the first in Japan to operate beyond the country’s 40-year limit as a final roadblock to their restart was removed on Wednesday.
The move is pa...

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Tokyo Reports 925 New Coronavirus Cases; Record-High 1,260 In Osaka

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Wednesday reported 925 new coronavirus cases,  up 97 from Tuesday. It is the highest figure for Tokyo since Jan 28.
Osaka again topped the nation's tally with a record daily high 1,260 cases, surpassing the previous high of 1,242 on April 21.
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Coronavirus Vaccinations For General Public In Japan To Start In Mid-July At The Earliest

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SORA NEWS
 
Trained dentists granted special permission to administer shots.
Patience is a virtue, and especially so in Japan, where keeping calm and stoic in the face of adversity is considered a necessary part of being an adult. That said, a lot of people are getting pretty anxious for those co...

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Japan To Open Large-Scale Covid-19 Vaccination Centres In Tokyo And Osaka

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TIME OUT
 
Medically certified Self-Defense Forces personnel will be deployed at each centre to administer up to 10,000 vaccines a day
At a press conference on April 27, Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi confirmed that a large-scale vaccination centre that can inoculate up to 10,000 people a day wi...

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Japan To Regulate Digital Ads Under Law On Tech Giants

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japan plans to regulate online advertising as early as next April under the law requiring information technology giants to be more transparent following recommendations contained in a final government report on digital marketing released Tuesday.
The move could be the world's first...

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Japan Ruling Party Election Loss A Blow To Suga Government

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JAKARTA POST
 
 
Japan's ruling party suffered a triple blow at by-elections over the weekend, as voter frustration with scandals and government management of the coronavirus risked weakening the influence of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government.
Suga's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...

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Japan's Schools To Stay Open Under COVID-19 Emergency

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The government plans to keep schools open in prefectures placed under a COVID-19 state of emergency in an effort to avoid interrupting education, officials have said.
Education ministry guidelines say that region-wide school closures due to the pandemic should be avoided from the vi...

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Britons Left Stranded By Japan’s Slow Vaccine Rollout

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Japan has vaccinated less than 1% of the population, leaving many expatriates frustrated London is not helping them.Japan’s troubled vaccination rollout has left British residents feeling “trapped” in their adopted home, preventing them visiting parents and children they haven’t se...

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Japan Raises Emissions Reduction Target To 46% By 2030

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DELTA OPTIMIST
 
 
TOKYO — Japan's prime minister announced on Thursday an ambitious new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, hours before he was to join a virtual climate summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Japan will strive by 2030 to cut its em...

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Tokyo Reports 711 Coronavirus Cases; Osaka Records 1,153

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday reported 711 new cases of the coronavirus, up 306 from Monday. Osaka continued to report the most number of cases in the nation, recording 1,153 new infections.
By age group, people in their 20s (175 cases) and their 30s (148) acc...

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