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Japan to Start COVID-19 Antibody Testing Next Month

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VOA
 
Japan’s health ministry announced Friday plans to begin conducting 10,000 antibody tests on residents of Tokyo, Osaka and northeastern Miyagi prefecture to better understand how the coronavirus spreads.
In a remote news briefing, Health Minister Kato Katsunobu told reporters the samplings f...

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Japan More Likely To Completely End Virus Emergency Monday

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KYODO NEWS
 
The possibility of Japan's government lifting a state of emergency in Tokyo and nearby prefectures, as well as Hokkaido, altogether next Monday is rising, as the number of new coronavirus cases has been declining, officials said Friday.
After seeing the situation on the weekend and h...

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Tokyo Chief Public Prosecutor Hands In Resignation Over Gambling Scandal

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Hiromu Kurokawa, superintending prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office submitted his resignation Thursday, following a report in a weekly magazine that he was playing mahjong for money during the state of emergency.
Kurokawa has basically admitted to the scandal i...

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Japan To Ease State Of Emergency In Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo Prefectures

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JAPAN TODAY
 
 
TOKYO - The Japanese government decided Thursday to lift a state of emergency declared over the novel coronavirus in the western prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo, as experts judged that the number of new cases is on a clear downtrend.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to ...

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Japanese Self-Pleasuring Aid Tenga Releases Series Of Video Chat Backgrounds

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SORA NEWS
 
Now you can hide your home while broadcasting your love of Japan’s most popular self-love device.
With online conferences becoming an increasingly common part of the work-from-home workday, more and more people are using video chat backgrounds. And why not? Dropping in a backdrop from...

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Japan Will Launch Its Last HTV Cargo Ship To The Space Station Today

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SPACE.COM
 
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch the last of its robotic cargo ship fleet today (May 20) to resupply the International Space Station and you can watch it live online. 
JAXA's final H-II Transfer Vehicle, called HTV-9, will launch more than 4 tons (3.6 metric t...

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Japan Launches Space Unit Under ASDF

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Space Operations Squadron, the first space unit of the Self-Defense Forces, was launched Monday.
The unit, which has been set up at the Air Self-Defense Force’s Fuchu base in Fuchu, Tokyo, is tasked mainly with monitoring satellites of other countries and space debris that co...

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Mt Fuji To Be Closed To All Climbers In Summer Due To Pandemic

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - Japan's beloved Mount Fuji will be closed during this year's summer climbing season to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, officials said Monday.
Shizuoka Prefecture, home to the country's tallest mountain, announced it was closing three of the four major routes to th...

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Japan Hotels Admonished For Denying Room To Gay Couple

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KYODO NEWS
 
Two hotels in a western Japanese city have been reprimanded after refusing to rent a room to a gay couple despite a law that bans turning away guests because of sexual orientation or gender identity, a city official said Monday.
The official said the couple was rejected by two so-cal...

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Japan Faces Question Of When And How To Reopen Borders

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Neighboring countries such as China and South Korea are calling for an easing of entry restrictions
Japan is facing the difficult question of when and how to ease its coronavirus-induced entry restrictions for foreign visitors, in order to kick-start an economy dependent on trade an...

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