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Japan PM Suga receives COVID jab before Biden meet in April

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NIKKEI ASIA
 
Delegation of 90 for US visit to take Pfizer shots as Tokyo pushes vaccinations
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga received his first shot of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, as he prepares for an April visit to the U.S. to meet President Joe Biden.
Suga and about 90 d...

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Female MP Awarded Japan’s Most Sexist Comment After Casting Doubt On Sexual Assaults

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Mio Sugita earns notoriety for accusations that women lie about sexual violence and LGBT community are ‘unproductive’
Of all the candidates for Japan’s most sexist comment of the year, there seemed to be only one possible winner – Yoshiro Mori, the former head of the Tokyo 2020 Oly...

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Tokyo 2020: Japan To Stage Olympic And Paralympic Games 'Without Overseas Spectators'

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SKY NEWS
 
Only participants and invited guests will be allowed to attend the events amid fears crowds could worsen the pandemic in Japan.
Overseas spectators will not be allowed at this summer's Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games, it has been reported.
The games have already been postponed for a...

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Tokyo Olympics Losing Volunteers Even After President’s Resignation For Sexist Remarks

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SORA NEWS
 
Games are scheduled to start in less than five months.
The Olympics are a the world’s greatest competition of physical prowess, but sticking your foot into the mouth isn’t one of the Games’ events.
So earlier this month when former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee president Yoshiro...

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Japan Asks China To Stop Anal COVID-19 Tests On Japanese Citizens

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government has requested China not to subject Japanese citizens entering the country to anal COVID-19 tests after receiving complaints of "psychological distress" from some of them, the top government spokesman said Monday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the...

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Japan To Begin Allowing Foreign Athletes' Entry Next Month

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EGYPT TODAY
 
Athletes participating in this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo can begin entering Japan after it lifts its emergency declaration order next month, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday.
Nikkei reported that the emergency declaration is set to be lifted March 7 with the travel ban on...

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Japan’s Vaccine Strategy

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THE DIPLOMAT
 
A Look At Japan’s Thinking On COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 is a once-in-a-century pandemic that has infected more than 110 million people worldwide and caused more than 2.4 million deaths. Many countries have implemented strict lockdowns to try to contain the infection, but the viru...

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Japanese Ministry To Punish 11 Officials Over Dinner Scandals Involving Prime Minister’s Son

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
 
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry intends to take disciplinary action against 11 officials as early as Wednesday over allegations they violated an ethics code when they were treated to dinners by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s eldest son and others who work for ...

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Olympic Shuffle Highlights Japan’s Missed Target for New Leaders

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BLOOMBERG
 
The shuffling of senior Olympic leadership positions in Japan has put a spotlight on an uncomfortable truth in the country: After years of public statements in support of women in leadership, there still don’t seem to be enough to go around.
In its search for a replacement for Yoshiro...

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Tokyo Reports 266 New Coronavirus Cases; Nationwide Tally 961

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 266 new cases of the coronavirus, down 105 from Sunday.
The number (135 men and 131 women) is the result of 6,823 tests conducted on Feb 12.
The most number of cases were 51 people in their 20s, followed by 38 in their 40s...

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