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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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JAKARTA POST
 
Japan plans to regulate online advertising as early as next April under the law requiring information technology giants to be more transparent following recommendations contained in a final government report on digital marketing released Tuesday.
The move could be the world's first...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s fresh state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic threatens to nip hopes for an economic recovery in the bud by further weakening consumption, economists have warned.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday declared a third state of emergency, effective from April 25 th...

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JAKARTA POST
 
 
Japan's ruling party suffered a triple blow at by-elections over the weekend, as voter frustration with scandals and government management of the coronavirus risked weakening the influence of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government.
Suga's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...

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