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The Future Is Here! Coronavirus Prevention Leads To Holographic Touch Screens In Everyday Spaces

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SORA NEWS
 
Soon we won’t have to worry about getting infected by a dirty touch screen!
As the coronavirus pandemic persists, we’re beginning to face a new normal where we all stay two meters (or six feet) apart, avoid touching things, and avoid crowded places.
That means adjustments to modern am...

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Boeing And Mitsubishi Sign Agreement To Support Japan F-15 Upgrades

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DEFENSE NEWS
 
 
American firm Boeing has signed an agreement with Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to support upgrades to Japan’s fleet of F-15 fighter jets.
The agreement, made through the U.S. Direct Commercial Sales process, is part of a larger $4.5 billion modernization program f...

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Japan's Only Prefecture With Zero COVID Cases Reports First Infections

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MAINICHI
 
Japan's northeastern prefecture of Iwate, the only prefecture in the country to have reported zero coronavirus cases, confirmed its first infections on July 29 as the country saw the daily number of cases top 1,000 for the first time.
The Iwate Prefectural Government said two people ha...

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Japan's Daily Coronavirus Infections Exceed 1,100

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NHK
 
Japan's daily number of confirmed coronavirus cases topped 1,100 on Wednesday. It's the highest daily total and the first time the symbolic 1,000 threshold has been crossed.
Officials in the western prefecture of Osaka reported 221 cases on Wednesday. It's the highest ever daily total there...

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Japan Includes Hawaii on List of 12 Possible Safe Travel Destinations

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TRAVEL AND LEISURE
 
Also on the list are Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Macao, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Singapore, and Taiwan.
Hawaii has been included on a list of 12 destinations the Japanese government is considering to approve for safe travel.
The ...

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Bodyguard Of Japan's Defense Chief Infected With Coronavirus

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KYODO NEWS
 
A bodyguard of Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but Kono himself is negative, police and the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
The bodyguard, who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department, developed a fever earlier Tuesday and was co...

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ONLY In JAPAN Series Moves To New Youtube Channel

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - John Daub, creator and producer of the ONLY in JAPAN series on YouTube, one of the top Japan travel channels with an audience of over 1.5 million subscribers, has moved to a new YouTube channel.
Saying good-bye to the old channel was not easy. “I really tried my best to find...

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Yokohama Unveils Plans To Build A Humongous Theme Park

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SORA NEWS
 
The question on everyone’s mind is: what’s the theme, though?
What do you do with an abandoned army base? Turn it into a gigantic theme park, of course. At least, that’s what the City of Yokohama is planning to do with the remains of the American army’s Kamiseya Communication Facility...

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Tokyo Banana And Kitkat Team Up To Offer Limited-Edition Caramel Banana Kitkats

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SORA NEWS
 
The smash hit taste sensation is back! In KitKat form! Again!
Tokyo Banana is one of, if not the most famous souvenir one can buy when visiting Tokyo. While tourists from outside the country may set their sights on various flavors of Pocky, skewers of chewy dango dumplings or red bean...

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Marriage Inequality: Japan's Husbands Happy, Wives Stressed As Kids Stuck Home Amid Pandemic

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JAPAN TIMES
 
About 70 percent of husbands in Japan felt more positive about child-rearing during the coronavirus stay-at-home period requested by the government but 40 percent of wives felt stressed at having to be with their kids and husbands all the time, a private survey shows.
Of the husband...

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