Tokyo begins its reopening on Tuesday, easing restrictions on some businesses
Tokyo is set to slowly reopen on Tuesday, with museums, libraries, pools and other facilities see restrictions eased.
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The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee is demanding a logo combining the Tokyo summer games and COVID-19 virus be withdr...
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The Japanese government plans to decide on Thursday whether to lift the state of emergency declaration in 8 prefectures....
read moreJapan's 1st antigen test kit for novel coronavirus
The health ministry approves Japan's first antigen test kit for checking whether someone is infected with the novel coro...
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Japan's landscape and flow of people slowly beginning to shift as state of emergency is expanded to the entire country.
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Automaker Honda has started providing specially modified cars for transporting patients with mild symptoms of COVID-19 t...
read morePM Abe mulls cash handouts of 100,000 yen per person
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is considering cash handouts of 100,000 yen per person in response to a demand by the ruling c...
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A government panel of experts on the novel coronavirus estimates that Japan could have as many as 850,000 COVID-19 patie...
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