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Japanese Companies Banned From Locking Cellphone SIM Starting This Autumn

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SORA NEWS
 
The change comes after multiple years of deliberation.
Unlocking your cellphone provides an assortment of advantages. From being able to switch phone carriers more easily to staying out of device debt, folks who move overseas are especially familiar with the process.
In Japan, however...

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Japan To Allow More Overseas Arrivals

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NHK
 
NHK has learned that the Japanese government plans to increase a daily cap on the number of people entering the country from the current 2,000 to about 3,500 starting Monday.
Sources say the transport ministry has notified airlines of the decision.
The cap has been set at 2,000 since March ...

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Japan Intentionally Omitted COVID-19 Variant News From Olympic Press Briefings

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THE UNION DEMOCRAT
 
Japanese health officials deliberately omitted any mentions of the highly contagious lambda variant of COVID-19 in official communications to the press during the Tokyo Olympics, according to a new report.
A woman from Peru who landed at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on July 20, thr...

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Suga Omits Part Of Speech At Hiroshima Ceremony

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga omitted part of his speech at the Peace Memorial Ceremony held in Hiroshima on Friday and apologized for the error at a press conference following the ceremony.
In the speech, Suga said, “Japan will firmly uphold the Three Non-Nuclear Principles. Fre...

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Typhoon Lupit Weakens To Extratropical Cyclone Over Western Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
Typhoon Lupit weakened to an extratropical cyclone Monday morning as it traversed western Japan following its landfall earlier in the day, the weather agency said, warning of downpours and stormy winds across wide areas.
It is forecast to reach the Sea of Japan, bringing heavy rain a...

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Japan Has Its Best Olympic Medal Haul: 27 Gold, 58 Overall

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YOURBASIN
 
Despite the pandemic, the one-year delay and the soaring costs, the Japanese public may still find a sweet spot for the Tokyo Olympics, the way it did for the storied 1964 Games.
Why? A historic haul of medals.
Japan had its best Olympic production in every category: the most gold med...

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Pride And Anxiety Mingle In Japan As Olympic Medal Tally And Covid Cases Rise

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Outdoor events have drawn huge turnouts in Tokyo despite public concern over coronavirus
Japan broke two records last week. On Thursday, the day its athletes took their medal haul to a level not seen in the country’s Olympic history, the host city reported 5,042 coronavirus cases –...

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Olympics A Hit For Japan’s Athletes, Not For Its Prime Minister

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JAPAN TIMES
 
As the curtain falls on Tokyo’s Olympics, delayed and curtailed by the coronavirus, Japan’s athletes can chalk it up as a triumph, having bagged more gold medals than ever before.
For Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga it’s more of a letdown, unlikely to improve his chances in a looming ...

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Tokyo Logs Record COVID Cases Over 5,000 Amid Medical Collapse Fears

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KYODO NEWS
 
Daily coronavirus cases confirmed in Tokyo reached a record 5,042 on Thursday, topping the 5,000 mark for the first time, the metropolitan government said, as a resurgence of the virus places a strain on the medical system in Japan.
Tokyo, hosting the Olympics while under its fourth ...

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Japan Warns Of Unprecedented COVID Spread As Cases Hit Record In Olympic Host City

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REUTERS
 
Japan warned on Wednesday that coronavirus infections were surging at an unprecedented pace as new cases hit a record high in Tokyo, overshadowing the Olympics and adding to doubts over the government's handling of the pandemic.
The Delta variant was leading to a spread of infections "u...

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