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‘Lion Dance’ Shows In Japan Seek End To Coronavirus

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AA.COM
 
 Performers mimic lion's movements in stylized costumes to ward off evil, bring good luck
People in Japan held on Sunday “lion dance” shows to seek an end to the novel coronavirus pandemic, local media reported.
Residents of Chinatowns in Yokohama province, south of the capital Tokyo, an...

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Japan's Strike Options Assume New Urgency

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JAPAN TIMES
 
After last week’s decision to suspend deployment of Aegis Ashore missile defense systems — which is looking more like cancellation each day — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that Japan needs to discuss ways to strengthen its deterrence.
What he means — or more precisely, what he want...

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Vote In Japan To Change Status Of Disputed Islands Threatens To Raise Tensions With China

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CNN
 
A bill that changes the status of an island chain claimed by both Japan and China was approved by a city council in Okinawa on Monday, generating a strong protest from Beijing, which said it had dispatched coast guard ships to the area.
The Ishigaki City Council in Japan's Okinawa prefectur...

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After Three-Month Virus Delay, Japan Opens Its Shortened Baseball Season

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ESPN
 
TOKYO -- Japanese baseball managed to do what American baseball has not -- play ball.
After a three-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the world's second-most famous baseball competition opened a season Friday that will be shortened from its regular 143 games to 120. That, of ...

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Japanese Start Traveling En Masse On 1st Advisory-Free Weekend

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - People started traveling en masse again in Japan on Saturday, a day after the government lifted its last-remaining advisories recommending against inter-prefecture travel due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The government, however, still faces a difficult task to keep the sprea...

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Japan Firms Testing AI Tech To Recruit Talent

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KYODO NEWS
 
Many Japanese companies have already shifted to online interviews and seminars for recruiting new employees due to the coronavirus pandemic, but some have gone a step further by testing artificial intelligence to efficiently hire talent.
But while companies see the benefits of AI suc...

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Japan Rolls Out Microsoft-Developed COVID-19 Contact Tracing App

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THE VERGE
 
Japan’s government today released its coronavirus contact tracing app for iOS and Android. The apps rely on Apple and Google’s co-developed exposure notification platform, using Bluetooth to help determine whether users have come into close contact with others who have tested positive...

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Mukai Taichi to Release Live Album, Live Video, and Tour Book

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ARAMA JAPAN
 
On January 1, Mukai Taichi laid out his schedule for the first half of 2020. It included a tour of China and Taiwan in the spring, a new digital EP in May, and release parties for the EP in Tokyo and Osaka in June. However, like all 2020 plans, Taichi’s didn’t happen due to COVID-19...

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Over Half Japanese Autopsy Institutions Cannot Accept Coronavirus-Infected Bodies

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
More than 50%, or 40 of the 73 institutions that conduct forensic autopsies, said they “cannot accept” corpses infected with the coronavirus, according to a May survey conducted by the Japanese Society of Legal Medicine and the Japanese Society of Forensic Pathology. Many institu...

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Balloon-Like UFO Spotted In Skies Above Northeastern Japan

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KYODO NEWS
 
An unidentified white balloon-like object was observed by residents in northeastern Japan on Wednesday morning, with many directing enquiries to the national meteorological agency's local branch and taking to Twitter to voice their excitement.
An official from the Japan Meteorologica...

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