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Japan's Paralympic Team Aims To Build A More Inclusive Society

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan is sending a record number of athletes to the Paralympics aiming not only for gold medals but also to build a more inclusive society, according to top team official Miki Matheson.
A gold medallist herself at the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Matheson serves as one of thre...

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Japan’s Premier Faces Fresh Blow as Ally Loses Election

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BLOOMBERG
 
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga suffered a fresh blow amid criticism of his pandemic management, when his favored candidate lost an election for mayor in the city where he began his political career.
Hachiro Okonogi was defeated by Takeharu Yamanaka, a former university profess...

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Tokyo Logs 2,447 Virus Cases

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Tokyo confirmed 2,447 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Monday, down 515 from the same day last week.
It was the first time in two days for the daily tally to fall below the same day in the previous week.
According to the Tokyo metropolitan government, the number of ser...

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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.
Just u...

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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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