THE JAPAN NEWS
 
CHIBA — Mikio Toki works on Edo Kakudako kites, lucky charms for the New Year, at Tako Kobo Toki in Chosei, Chiba Prefecture. Production of the kites is at its peak, with this year’s creations featuring the ox, the zodiac animal for 2021.
Edo Kakudako kites have a curve at their ...

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SORA NEWS
 
Let’s hope this doesn’t turn into another buying frenzy.
Who doesn’t love tea? What with its bland taste and… okay, I for one don’t love tea.
But I may just change my ways thanks to a new study from Nara Medical University that found a cup of tea a day may help keep the corona away.
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NHK WORLD
 
Tokyo's daily tally of coronavirus infections reached an all-time high of 570 cases on Friday. The previous record was 539, reported last Saturday.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says the newly confirmed cases involve people aged under 10 to over 100.
Officials say the daily figure...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. said Friday it has started selling an automated coronavirus test device priced much lower than similar products sold by other companies.
The company expects that the 2.09 million yen ($20,100) price tag will make the new AutoAmp polym...

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AP NEWS
 
A Japanese spacecraft is nearing Earth after a yearlong journey home from a distant asteroid with soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system, a space agency official said Friday.
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million k...

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NHK
 
The Japanese government has scaled back a popular domestic tourism campaign due to the coronavirus, which is now spreading rapidly nationwide.
Economic Revitalization Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi said, "Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and ministers concerned have decided to temporarily halt s...

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AL JAZEERA
 
Japan and China have agreed to cooperate on trade and the pandemic while leaving the territorial dispute off unresolved.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is meeting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday, marking Beijing’s first high-level contact with Japan’s new leader...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
UN says former executive should be compensated for ‘arbitrary’ detention, though it made no judgment on allegations against him
The former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn’s multiple arrests and detentions in Japan before he dramatically fled the country last year were “arbitrary”, UN exp...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government will exclude the popular tourist destinations of Sapporo and Osaka from its domestic travel subsidy campaign for three weeks following a recent resurgence in coronavirus cases in the two cities, senior government officials said Tuesday.
Yasutoshi Nishimura, m...

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SORA NEWS
 
Menbaka Ichidai serves up its fiery ramen abroad for the first time ever.
Any guidebook to Kyoto will suggest you visit the city’s historic temples and beautiful shrines, but when it comes to eating food you can’t have anywhere else, a trip to the ancient capital just isn’t complete w...

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