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Japan To Require Negative COVID Test Upon Arrival For Travelers From China

  • Category:Tourism
JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan will require a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival for travelers from mainland China due to the rapid spread of the virus in the country, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday.
Travelers from China who test positive will be required to quarantine for seven days, Kishida...

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Heavy Snow In Japan Leaves 17 Dead, Dozens Injured

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CNA
 
Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17, injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without power, disaster management officials said on Monday (Dec 26).
Powerful winter fronts have dumped heavy snow in northern regions since last week, stranding hundreds of vehicles o...

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Man Arrested After Three Found Dead In Saitama On Christmas

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ASAHI SHINBUN
 
Prefectural police arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder on Dec. 25 after they found three people dead at a house north of Tokyo earlier that same day.
Police discovered the bodies of a man and two women--believed to be a couple in their 60s who lived in the ...

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Japan Logs Record 371 Daily COVID Deaths Amid 8th Wave

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan on Friday logged 371 coronavirus-related deaths, marking the highest daily figure since the pandemic began as the country grapples with an eighth wave of infections.
The previous high was on Sept. 2 during the seventh wave, when the death toll was 347. The cumulative number of ...

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Qanon Members In Japan Sentenced For Breaking Into Covid Vaccination Centers

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CNN
 
Several members of a QAnon group in Japan were sentenced by a Tokyo court on Thursday for breaking into multiple Covid vaccination centers, according to CNN affiliate TV Asahi.
The five defendants were members of YamatoQ, an offshoot of the larger QAnon conspiracy theory that originated in ...

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Japan Prosecutors To Indict Suspected Abe Assassin

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CNA
 
Japanese prosecutors have decided to indict the man suspected of shooting former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency and other Japanese media reported on Saturday (Dec 24).
The decision follows psychiatric examination of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 42-year...

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Japan To Discuss Rules For State Funerals For Dignitaries

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese government pledged Thursday to start discussing the conditions and rules for holding a state funeral, as public opinion was divided over one held for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in September.
The promise came after the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishid...

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Ambassador Promotes Culinary Arts Before Anniversary Of Japan-ASEAN

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ANTARA NEWS
 
Japanese Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Kiya Masahiko promotes Japanese culinary arts ahead of the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation.
"Hence, we organized this event to promote two things. One is to promote Japanese food," A...

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Japan Looks Into Claim That China Is Running Covert Police Stations

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CNA
 
 
The government in Tokyo is investigating a report that China has set up covert police stations inside Japan, amid similar checks by authorities in European countries, the United States and Canada.
Safeguard Defenders, an Asia-focused rights group based in Spain, has published two reports ...

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Return To Maskless World Still Only In Realm Of Fantasy In Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
While the coronavirus has made masks part of everyday life in Japan, in the reality depicted by recent movies and dramas, office workers, young lovers, schoolchildren and others continue to lead lives untroubled by the pandemic.
Even in a hospital drama series that ended in December,...

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