CORONAVIRUS: Japan reports first coronavirus death

CORONAVIRUS: Japan reports first coronavirus death

Japan reports the first death in the country of a patient infected with the new coronavirus.

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CORONAVIRUS: Japan to expand entry ban on foreigners

CORONAVIRUS: Japan to expand entry ban on foreigners

The Japanese government decides to expand its entry ban on foreigners from China to include those who have stayed in Zhe...

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CORONAVIRUS: 10 people on cruise ship infected

CORONAVIRUS: 10 people on cruise ship infected

Ten out of the approximately 3,700 people quarantined on a cruise ship off Yokohama are found to be infected with the ne...

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CORONAVIRUS: Japan moves up prevention ordinance

CORONAVIRUS: Japan moves up prevention ordinance

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says a government ordinance with binding power to contain the new coronavirus, including refus...

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CORONAVIRUS: Japan's 3rd charter flight arrives at Haneda

CORONAVIRUS: Japan's 3rd charter flight arrives at Haneda

The Japanese government's third charter flight from Wuhan, China, arrives at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.

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Japanese evacuees from virus-hit Wuhan arrive in Tokyo

Japanese evacuees from virus-hit Wuhan arrive in Tokyo

A Japanese government-chartered plane with 206 evacuees from Wuhan, China, arrives in Tokyo after hundreds of Japanese n...

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Japan confirms 1st domestic infection of new coronavirus

Japan confirms 1st domestic infection of new coronavirus

Japan confirms the first case of new coronavirus infection in a Japanese national who has not visited China.

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Japan to add new coronavirus to list of designated infectious diseases

Japan to add new coronavirus to list of designated infectious diseases

Japan plans to add the new coronavirus to its list of designated infectious diseases, allowing the government to take co...

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New coronavirus infection in Tokyo

New coronavirus infection in Tokyo

A Chinese traveler from Wuhan is hospitalized in Tokyo due to infection with the new coronavirus that has caused an outb...

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Japan to step up measures against new coronavirus

Japan to step up measures against new coronavirus

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asks Cabinet ministers to strengthen countermeasures against a new coronavirus.

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