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Sympathy For Osaka In Japan Over French Open Withdrawal

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FRANCE 24
 
Japanese fans and public figures rallied in support of tennis star Naomi Osaka on Tuesday, offering sympathy after she withdrew from the French Open and opened up about her battles with depression.
The four-time Grand Slam winner's career is followed closely in Japan and the controver...

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Mass Vaccination Effort Ramps Up At Tokyo, Osaka Venues

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The COVID-19 inoculation campaign underway at the government’s mass vaccination centers in Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture went into full swing on Monday, as expanded eligibility criteria brought the sites up to their envisaged capacity of 15,000 doses per day.
At the Tokyo venue, peo...

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Japan To Scrap Extended-Stay Measure For Foreigners At End Of June

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government will end at the end of June a measure that allows foreigners unable to return to their home countries due to coronavirus border controls to extend their stays in Japan.
Tokyo has decided to terminate the measure as countries have gradually relaxed their border...

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Some COVID-19 Measures May Remain Even After Japan Lifts Emergency

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The top government spokesman said Saturday some restrictive measures against the coronavirus could be kept in place even if the COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and eight other prefectures is lifted as scheduled on June 20.
The government may scale down the state of emerg...

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Japan Doctors Union Warns Games Could Lead To 'Tokyo Olympic' Virus Strain

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The head of a doctors union in Japan warned Thursday that holding the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, with tens of thousands of people gathered from around the world, could lead to the development of a new “Olympic” strain of the coronavirus.
Although Japan has repeatedly pledge...

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With Olympics Nearing, Japan Considers Extending Coronavirus State Of Emergency

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CNN
 
Japan's government will decide Friday whether to extend a state of emergency across much of the country, nearly two months before the planned start of the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics.
The country reintroduced emergency measures in April as it grappled with a fourth wave of coronavirus cas...

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Crazy Pigeon Dating Simulator Hatoful Boyfriend Being Delisted For Playstation, Ios, And Android

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SORA NEWS
 
One of the weirdest, most compelling otome games to ever come out of Japan is flying the coop.
There’s a sort of tragic irony to Japanese dating simulator video game design. In order to really become a hit a title needs to let players pursue a pantheon of potential paramours, but many...

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Japan Reports Record High Serious COVID-19 Cases

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NHK
 
Japan's health ministry says the number of seriously-ill coronavirus patients across the country hit a new high of 1,413 on Wednesday.
The number of such patients, who are on ventilators or receiving treatment at intensive care units, was up 119 from the previous day.
There were 401 serious...

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Japan's Virus-Hit Prefectures Prepare To Seek Longer State Of Emergency

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Osaka Prefecture said Tuesday it will ask the central government to extend its COVID-19 state of emergency until around June 20, a move likely to create a ripple effect on eight other prefectures currently under a state of emergency that is set to be lifted Monday.
Prime Minister Yo...

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US Tells Citizens To Avoid Travel To Japan Due To Covid Outbreak

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Move comes amid preparations in Tokyo for the Olympics, which are due to be held from 23 July despite a raging fourth wave
The US has urged its citizens to avoid all travel to Japan, where concern is rising over new variants of the coronavirus, but officials insist the move will no...

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