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Tokyo Reports 414 Coronavirus Cases; Nationwide Tally 2,832

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday reported 414 new cases of the coronavirus, up 50 from Tuesday.
The number (236 men and 178 women) is the result of 1,724 tests conducted on March 28. By age group, people in their 20s (115 cases) accounted for the highest number,...

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This New Onsen Mask Is Here To Help You Soak In The Steam, Not The Germs

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SORA NEWS
 
A specially constructed mask designed for use in all kinds of public bathing facilities.
It comes as no surprise that visitors to onsen hot springs and other bathing facilities like public baths, spas, and saunas, have dramatically decreased during the past year of the pandemic.
Even ...

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Japan’s Famous Cherry Blossoms See Early Bloom Amid Warming

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AP NEWS
 
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s famous cherry blossoms have reached their flowery peak in many places earlier this year than at any time since formal records started being kept nearly 70 years ago, with experts saying climate change is the likely cause.
Japan’s favorite flower, called “sakura,” us...

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Kono Says Inoculation Pace To Accelerate In May

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's vaccine minister, Taro Kono, said on Monday that the pace of coronavirus inoculation in the country would accelerate in May, but that the Tokyo Olympics, set to start in July, were not factoring into the schedule.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged to have enough dose...

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Japan, Indonesia Defense Chiefs Opposed To Assertive Moves By China

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KYODO NEWS
 
The defense ministers of Japan and Indonesia on Sunday agreed to send messages to the rest of the world that the two countries will strongly oppose any action by China that could escalate tensions in regional waters.
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi also told reporters after holding talk...

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Japan's Health Ministry Publishes Translated Covid-19 Vaccination Form

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The health ministry has released a draft COVID-19 vaccination form and letters of notice translated into 12 languages on its website for foreign residents who have difficulty understanding Japanese.
The ministry released basic information on the vaccination, including who can be ino...

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Illuminated Sakura Brighten Up Kyoto Nights

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
KYOTO — Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto serves as the backdrop to illuminated sakura cherry trees over the weekend.
After a lighting test was conducted Friday, the special nighttime viewing event started Saturday and will run through April 4.
About 1,000 Somei-Yoshino sakura and yam...

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Mori Makes Another Offensive Remark Toward Women

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Former Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, who resigned last month amid backlash over derogatory remarks toward women, may come under renewed criticism after saying Friday a female political staffer was "too old to call a woman."
Mori, 83, directed the comment toward a staff ...

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Suga, Biden To Affirm Senkakus Fall Under Japan-US Security Pact

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JAKARTA POST
 
Japan and the United States plan to affirm the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea fall under the scope of their security treaty in a joint statement to be issued by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and President Joe Biden at their summit next month, a government source said Friday....

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Shadowed by Pandemic, Olympic Torch Relay Begins in Japan

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NEWS YORK TIMES
 
The ceremony kicked off in Fukushima Prefecture, a heavily symbolic choice a decade after the tsunami and nuclear disaster there.
When Bruna Noguchi signed up to be a torchbearer for the Tokyo Olympics a year and a half ago — before the coronavirus pandemic, before the resignati...

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