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Japan Bolsters Defense Of Nansei Islands As China Puts Pressure On Taiwan

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JAPAN TIMES
 
 
Japan has been moving rapidly to strengthen its capability to defend the southwestern Nansei islands amid China’s growing military pressure on Taiwan.
The moves are part of Tokyo’s efforts to brace for a contingency surrounding Taiwan near the remote islands that are part of Kagos...

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Japanese Firms Plan to Boycott Chinese Partners Forcing Uyghurs to Work

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JAPAN FORWARD
 
Global criticism of the forced labor of Uyghurs is growing, but China’s retaliation against companies standing up against human rights abuses is causing new anxiety for Japanese companies.
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the January-to-March 2021 quarter grew by a whoppin...

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Magnitude 6.8 Quake Shakes Northeastern Japan, No Tsunami Alert Issued

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JAKARTA POST
 
 
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 shook northeastern Japan on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or abnormalities at nuclear plants and no tsunami warning was issued, authorities said.
The quake occurred around 10:27 a.m., about 51 kilomet...

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Japan to Approve Moderna Vaccine as Soon as May 21, Yomiuri Says

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BLOOMBERG
 
Japan’s government will approve the use of Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine as soon as May 21, the Yomiuri newspaper reported Saturday without attribution.
The Moderna vaccine would be the second to get approved in Japan and will be used in the nation’s large inoculation centers that w...

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Japan Grapples With More Contagious Variant

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NHK
 
In Japan officials are grappling with rising coronavirus cases as Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures remain under a state of emergency. Experts blame the surge on a more infectious variant.
Tokyo officials confirmed 925 new infections on Wednesday. It's the first time in three months th...

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Japan May Reopen International Travel With ‘Vaccine Passports'

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TIME OUT
 
The government is planning to introduce Covid-19 vaccine certification system so that international travel could resume
It’s been a year of cancelled plans, ticket refunds and long-distance video calls, but with the introduction of Covid-19 vaccines, suddenly the trip you’ve been putti...

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Japan: 3 Nuclear Units Cleared To Run Past 40-Year Cap

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ANADOLU AGENCY
 
 3 reactors in Fukui province to be 1st to cross limit set after 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster
Three nuclear reactors will soon become the first in Japan to operate beyond the country’s 40-year limit as a final roadblock to their restart was removed on Wednesday.
The move is pa...

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Tokyo Reports 925 New Coronavirus Cases; Record-High 1,260 In Osaka

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Wednesday reported 925 new coronavirus cases,  up 97 from Tuesday. It is the highest figure for Tokyo since Jan 28.
Osaka again topped the nation's tally with a record daily high 1,260 cases, surpassing the previous high of 1,242 on April 21.
In ...

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Coronavirus Vaccinations For General Public In Japan To Start In Mid-July At The Earliest

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SORA NEWS
 
Trained dentists granted special permission to administer shots.
Patience is a virtue, and especially so in Japan, where keeping calm and stoic in the face of adversity is considered a necessary part of being an adult. That said, a lot of people are getting pretty anxious for those co...

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Japan To Open Large-Scale Covid-19 Vaccination Centres In Tokyo And Osaka

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TIME OUT
 
Medically certified Self-Defense Forces personnel will be deployed at each centre to administer up to 10,000 vaccines a day
At a press conference on April 27, Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi confirmed that a large-scale vaccination centre that can inoculate up to 10,000 people a day wi...

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