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Pokémon Store Closing Down Gives Fans Big Old Poké-Tears With Heart-Melting Receipt Message

  • Category:Shopping
SORA NEWS
 
Okayama branch has more to say than just goodbye.
Running a Pokémon specialty shop in Japan seems like about the surest recipe for success you could come up with, and over the years fans have made a lot of happy memories at the Pokémon Store in Okayama City’s Aeon Mall.
Sure, it may n...

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Japan Sees Record Number Of Covid Cases Days Before Paralympics Begin

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Critical care beds are nearing capacity in Tokyo and prefectures outside the capital are also tackling worst ever outbreak
Japan has recorded a record number of coronavirus cases while critical care beds in Tokyo are nearing capacity less than a week before the city is due to host ...

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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.
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F1 Confirms Japanese Grand Prix Cancellation Due To COVID Spike

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MOTORSPORT
 
Formula 1 has confirmed that the Japanese Grand Prix has been cancelled at the request of the government, due to ongoing COVID-19 issues.
The race was due to take place on October 10, as the third leg of a triple header after Russia and Turkey.
A decision on whether or not the race w...

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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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China Urges Japan To Draw Line Under Militarism After Suga’s Cabinet Members’ Visit To War-Linked Yasukuni Shrine

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GLOBAL TIMES
 
China expressed firm opposition to some Japanese senior politicians over the Yasukuni shrine issue and has lodged solemn representations with Japan, urging the country to completely draw a line under militarism, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Chinese Embassy in Japan...

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