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Japan Official Opens Door to Canceling Olympics on Virus

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BLOOMBERG
 
A senior official in Japan’s ruling party indicated canceling the Tokyo Olympics was an option as the country struggles with a surge in coronavirus cases less than 100 days before the Games are due to begin.
Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said that...

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Japan Bets On Hydrogen To Lift Its Ambitious Carbon-Neutral Plans

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WASHINGTON POST
 
NAMIE, Japan — Japan has ambitious plans to be entirely carbon-neutral by 2050. Trouble is: It has no clear vision of how to get there.
Japan’s nuclear industry was gutted by the 2011 tsunami in Fukushima and may never fully recover given widespread public concern over safety.
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Tokyo Adopts Tougher Virus Rules, Starts Vaccinating Elders

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AP NEWS
 
Tokyo adopted tougher measures against the coronavirus Monday as Japanese authorities struggle to curb the spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Olympics in a country where less than 1% of people have been vaccinated.
Japan started its vaccination drive with medical workers a...

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Japan Set To Release Fukushima Plant Water Into Sea

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government is poised to release treated radioactive water accumulated at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea despite opposition from fishermen, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.
It will hold a meeting of related ministers as early as Tuesday to ...

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Ikee Wins 4th Title At Japan Swimming Championship

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Rikako Ikee won the women’s 50-meter butterfly in 25.56 seconds, a personal best since returning to the sport since her fight against leukemia, at the Japan swimming championships on Saturday at the Tokyo Aquatics Center. Ikee is the Japan record holder in the women’s 50-meter bu...

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Japan Imposes New Virus Measures In Tokyo Ahead Of Olympics

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COAST REPORTER
 
Japan announced Friday that it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics.
Japan's national vaccination drive has lagged and most people in the capital still have not...

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In World First, COVID-19 Patient In Japan Undergoes Living Donor Lung Transplant

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Kyoto University Hospital said Thursday it had performed the world’s first living donor lung transplant on a patient who lost the functionality of both her lungs due to COVID-19.
The operation, which took around 11 hours to perform, transplanted part of healthy lungs from the pati...

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Japan To Tighten Border Controls On Travelers From 2 More States

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan said Tuesday it will tighten border controls on travelers from Spain, Finland and the Canadian province of Ontario in response to the spread of new variants of the novel coronavirus detected there.
Under the new measure, people arriving from the three areas will be required to ...

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Gov't Fears COVID-19 Variants Are Behind Possible 4th Wave

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japanese health authorities are concerned that variants of the coronavirus are driving a nascent fourth wave in the pandemic with just 109 days remaining until the Tokyo Olympics.
The variants appear to be more infectious and may be resistant to vaccines, which are still not...

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The Japan-US Summit And Cooperation With South Korea

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THE DIPLOMAT
 
The United States may have to play a leading role if it wants to see relations between Seoul and Tokyo improve.
When Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide arrives in Washington for the first face-to-face summit meeting President Joe Biden will have with a foreign leader on April 1...

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