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Japan To Donate Millions More Astrazeneca Vaccine Doses Across Asia

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan will donate 1 million coronavirus vaccine doses each to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand starting next week, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday.
Tokyo will also offer 1 million doses each to Taiwan and Vietnam, in addition to the batches of 1.24 mil...

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Japan Suspends Applications For Corporate Vaccination Drives

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan is suspending approval for companies and universities to inoculate staff and students amid concerns that an increase in such applications will hamper the smooth delivery of shots, Taro Kono, the minister in charge of vaccines, said.
The government has been accepting applicatio...

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Japan To Relax Quarantine Measures For Travelers From Certain Areas

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JAPAN TIMES
 
With the share of people vaccinated rising worldwide and numbers of coronavirus infections fluctuating, Japan has begun to loosen its quarantine measures for travelers from several American states, including New York, as well as countries in Europe and the Middle East.
The changes, ...

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Takuya Kimura To Star In Global Series “The Swarm”

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ARAMA JAPAN
 
Takuya Kimura has been cast in his very first major international drama series! “The Swarm” is an eight-party environmental thriller based on a novel by Frank Schatzing. Kimura is one of the main stars, joining an ensemble cast of many international other international actors spanni...

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Ugandan Olympian Tests Positive For Virus Upon Arrival In Japan, The First Detection As Athletes Head To Tokyo

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WASHINGTON POST
 
The 2020 Tokyo Games hit another snag after a vaccinated member of Uganda’s team tested positive for the coronavirus upon arrival in Japan on Saturday.
It marked the first detection of the coronavirus among incoming athletes five weeks ahead of the competition at a time when cas...

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Team Effort Pushes Japan Past Taiwan At FIBA Asia Cup

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JAPAN TIMES
 
All 12 players on the roster scored at least a point to help Japan post its first victory in the third and final window of the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers on Friday.
Two days after the team fell to China in their third-stage opener, Japan cruised past Taiwan 98-61 at Angeles University...

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Bear Shot Dead After Rampage Through Sapporo In Japan

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Animal ‘exterminated’ after it bounded through the city, injuring four people
Hunters have shot and killed a brown bear in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo after it rampaged through the city, injuring four people, including a soldier.
Authorities in Sapporo tweeted on Friday t...

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Japan Plans To Lift COVID Restrictions Ahead Of Olympic Games

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AL JAZEERA
 
Tokyo to ease virus emergency measures just over a month before the delayed games.
Japan’s government on Thursday approved lifting Tokyo’s virus emergency measures a month before the Olympics, but set new restrictions that could sharply limit fans at the sporting events.
The state of...

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Japan To Start Issuing Vaccine Passports In July

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan plans to issue so-called vaccine passports from around mid- to late July as more activities around the world open up to people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, the nation's top government spokesman said Thursday.
The government is asking other countries to exem...

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Japan-South Korea Spat at G-7 Shows Biden’s Challenge With China

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BLOOMBERG
 
It was supposed to be another sign of Joe Biden bringing together U.S. allies left adrift under four years of Donald Trump: The leaders of Japan and South Korea sitting down for a meeting at the Group of Seven summit.
Yet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and South Korean Preside...

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