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New Coronavirus Cases In Tokyo Fall To 618; Nationwide Tally 2,723

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 618 new cases of the coronavirus, down 368 from Sunday. It was the lowest number since the capital reported 481 cases on Dec 28.
The number (326 men and 292 women) is the result of 7,161 tests conducted on Jan 22.
By age group, th...

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Tokyo 2020 Concerns Continue As COVID-19 Vaccinations Yet To Get Underway In Japan

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INSIDE THE GAMES
 
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics faces further uncertainty due to the Japanese Government's COVID-19 vaccination plans, with its roll out not expected until late February.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga suggested in a speech last week that vaccines are a "clincher" and promised ...

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Japan Likely To Hit COVID-19 Herd Immunity In October, Months After Olympics

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan is likely to achieve herd immunity to COVID-19 through mass inoculations only months after the planned Tokyo Olympics, even though it has locked in the biggest quantity of vaccines in Asia, according to a London-based forecaster.
That would be a blow to Prime Minister Yoshihid...

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Japan's Telework Rate Low Amid Virus State Of Emergency

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Companies in Japan have not promoted teleworking much, despite a call by the government to reduce the number of workers in offices by 70% during the second coronavirus state of emergency, a survey by the Japan Productivity Center has shown.
The proportion of teleworkers fell to 22.0...

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Japan Mulls Countermeasures Over ROK Court Ruling

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
 
 
The government plans to continue urging South Korea to correct the violation of international law over a South Korean court ruling ordering Japan to pay damages to 12 former “comfort women.”
If South Korea does not provide an effective solution, the Japanese government will c...

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Japan Dismisses 'Categorically Untrue' Stories That Tokyo Olympics Are Doomed

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THE GUARDIAN
 
The Japanese government has vehemently denied a story that it has privately concluded that this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo are doomed, calling them “categorically untrue”.
Sources at the International Olympic Committee have also told the Guardian that they are s...

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Pandemic Raises Japan Suicide Rate After Decade Of Decline

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JAKARTA POST
 
The number of people taking their own lives in Japan rose for the first time in over a decade last year, as the pandemic reversed years of progress combatting a stubbornly high suicide rate. Japan's health and welfare ministry said Friday that 20,919 people died by suicide in 2020 ...

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New limited-edition Sailor Moon masks New Limited-Edition Sailor Moon Masks On Sale At The Sailor Moon Storeon sale at the Sailor Moon Store

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SORA NEWS
 
Wear your love for Sailor Moon front and center!
As the pandemic surges on, the need for masks that are not just functional but also fashionable has spread around the world. Of course, the best kind of fashion in our eyes is anime gear, and what better way to express your love of anim...

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Here’s The Tentative Timeline Of Japan’s Covid-19 Vaccination Programme

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TIME OUT
 
When we can expect the coronavirus vaccines to be approved and how they’ll be distributed
Now that a handful of countries have begun administering the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines, the Japanese government is working to follow suit with sights set on the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Her...

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How To Decarbonize Japan

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged that his country will become carbon neutral by 2050. “Responding to climate change is no longer a constraint on economic growth,” he said in October, “I declare we will aim to realize a decarbonized society.”
While this promise is b...

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