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Japan Dismisses 'Categorically Untrue' Stories That Tokyo Olympics Are Doomed

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THE GUARDIAN
 
The Japanese government has vehemently denied a story that it has privately concluded that this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo are doomed, calling them “categorically untrue”.
Sources at the International Olympic Committee have also told the Guardian that they are s...

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Pandemic Raises Japan Suicide Rate After Decade Of Decline

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JAKARTA POST
 
The number of people taking their own lives in Japan rose for the first time in over a decade last year, as the pandemic reversed years of progress combatting a stubbornly high suicide rate. Japan's health and welfare ministry said Friday that 20,919 people died by suicide in 2020 ...

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New limited-edition Sailor Moon masks New Limited-Edition Sailor Moon Masks On Sale At The Sailor Moon Storeon sale at the Sailor Moon Store

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SORA NEWS
 
Wear your love for Sailor Moon front and center!
As the pandemic surges on, the need for masks that are not just functional but also fashionable has spread around the world. Of course, the best kind of fashion in our eyes is anime gear, and what better way to express your love of anim...

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Here’s The Tentative Timeline Of Japan’s Covid-19 Vaccination Programme

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TIME OUT
 
When we can expect the coronavirus vaccines to be approved and how they’ll be distributed
Now that a handful of countries have begun administering the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines, the Japanese government is working to follow suit with sights set on the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Her...

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How To Decarbonize Japan

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged that his country will become carbon neutral by 2050. “Responding to climate change is no longer a constraint on economic growth,” he said in October, “I declare we will aim to realize a decarbonized society.”
While this promise is b...

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Chuka Zanmai Instant Ramen Offering Ultra Luxurious Limited-Edition Two-Meal Seat For $50

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SORA NEWS
 
Ever wanted to try instant shark-fin noodle soup?
Instant noodles are a staple for office lunches, quick dinners, and low-effort snacks, and with a huge variety of flavors–from sour cream and onion yakisoba to 40 billion lactic acid kimchi ramen to super chewy mochi wheat kitsune udon...

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Japan’s Space Defence Policy Charts Its Own Course

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EAST ASIA FORUM
 
If history is a guide, conflict in space may well be inevitable. The ‘New Space Race’ both reflects and affects the present era of great power competition. Today space is a militarised and increasingly weaponised landscape.
Present trends indicate that the world’s leading space ...

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Japan To Boost Tracking Of Foreigners With COVID

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NHK
 
Japan's health ministry plans to establish a system to effectively track foreign nationals who tested positive for coronavirus after entering the country.
The authorities currently register the names and nationalities of foreigners entering Japan at quarantine stations.
But the database is ...

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Japan Should Consider Importing Chinese Vaccines: Japanese Expert

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GLOBAL TIMES
 
A Japanese medical expert has said that Japan should consider importing Chinese vaccines instead of only Western-made COVID-19 vaccines, as there have been safety concerns over the mRNA-based Pfizer vaccine recently following the deaths of 23 elderly Norwegian people who received i...

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Hiroshima To Conduct PCR Tests For 800,000 To Battle COVID-19

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Hiroshima Prefecture said on Friday it will carry out large-scale polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing to curb the spread of coronavirus, a rarity in a nation that lags far behind many other countries in the number of tests conducted.
The prefecture aims to conduct PCR tests for ...

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