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Japan To Explore 'Simplified' Games: Tokyo Governor

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JAKARTA POST
 
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Thursday it may be necessary to a stage a "simplified" Olympics next year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and that organisers were already discussing possible changes.
Koike's comments come after the Yomiuri newspaper reported that var...

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Japan Governors Call For Balancing Economic Recovery, Virus Control

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan's prefectural governors on Thursday came up with joint proposals for how to revive the country's economy while preventing a second wave of infections amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Measures proposed during the online meeting of the National Governors' Association included...

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Tokyo Issues Coronavirus Alert After 34 New Daily Cases Reported

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Surge marks first time since May 14 that more than 30 cases have been reported in a single day
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government re-sounded the alarm for the capital after 34 new coronavirus infections were confirmed in the city Tuesday, a day after it eased business closure request...

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University Of Tokyo Finds Simple Coronavirus Antibody Test Gives Many False Positives

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Roughly 90% of the people who received positive results with simple coronavirus antibody test kits tested negative when a more detailed test utilizing large equipment was administered, says a team led by the University of Tokyo’s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technolog...

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Japan Starts Coronavirus Antibody Tests On 10,000 People

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KYODO NEWS
 
The Japanese health ministry began testing around 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies Monday in a bid to better grasp the scale of infection, as the country braces for a possible resurgence following the lifting of a state of emergency last week.
The tests, which look for specif...

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‘New Era’ for China-Japan Ties Dissipates Over Trump-Xi Fight

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BLOOMBERG
 
What was meant to be a landmark year for Japan-China relations has turned sour, as the U.S. standoff with Beijing leaves Prime Minister Shinzo Abe caught up in a fight between his country’s biggest trading partner and its sole military ally.
If all had gone according to plan, Presiden...

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Japanese Bathhouses Awash With Post-Lockdown Customers

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JAPAN TODAY
 
YOKOHAMA - Masazumi Kato sighed deeply as he lowered himself into a tub at a public bathhouse in Yokohama, enjoying a return to a Japanese tradition largely off-limits during the city's coronavirus lockdown.
With the lifting of a nationwide state of emergency over the virus, Japan's...

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Tokyo Moves To Step 2 In Virus Recovery Plan

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NHK WORLD
 
The Tokyo metropolitan government has further eased restrictions on businesses as the daily number of new coronavirus cases has fallen from its peak.
Tokyo initiated step 2 in its coronavirus recovery road map on Monday. That allows cram schools, theaters, gyms and retail shops -- inc...

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74 New Coronavirus Cases, 6 More Deaths Recorded In Japan On May 29

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THE MAINICHI
 
TOKYO -- A total of 74 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Japan on May 29, bringing the total number in the country to 17,504 including some 700 cruise ship passengers and crew members who were infected.
The number of deaths from the virus increased by six on the ...

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80% Of Japan Mayors Oppose, Wary Of Shift To Sept. Start Of School Yr

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KYODO NEWS
 
Around 80 percent of mayors across Japan disagree with or are wary of a proposed shift in the start of the academic year to September from April, according to a recent survey conducted amid the closure of schools due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The heads of municipalities nati...

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