Golfer Matsuyama receives Prime Minister's Award

Golfer Matsuyama receives Prime Minister's Award

Golfer Matsuyama Hideki, who won the Masters tournament earlier in April, receives the Prime Minister’s Award from Japan...

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Tokyo Games organizers to decide on limiting number of spectators in June

Tokyo Games organizers to decide on limiting number of spectators in June

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics agree to decide on the upper limits of domestic spectators to Games eve...

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Peeping filmer spotted in women's restroom in Diet building

Peeping filmer spotted in women's restroom in Diet building

A female Japanese lawmaker spots a peeping filmer in a women’s restroom inside a parliamentary building.

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Family of outing victim calls for laws to protect sexual minorities

Family of outing victim calls for laws to protect sexual minorities

The family of a gay outing victim who committed suicide in 2015 calls for legislation in Japan to protect sexual minorit...

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Japan extends crowd restrictions until end of June

Japan extends crowd restrictions until end of June

The Japanese government decides to extend crowd restrictions at large-scale events throughout the country for two months...

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COVID-testing centers in Olympic Village to operate around the clock

COVID-testing centers in Olympic Village to operate around the clock

COVID-testing centers in the Olympic Village will operate around the clock.

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Japan's Self Defense Forces to inoculate the elderly

Japan's Self Defense Forces to inoculate the elderly

Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide orders Japan's Self-Defense Forces to start inoculating roughly 9 million people starting ...

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21 cases of double mutant coronavirus variant from India confirmed in Japan

21 cases of double mutant coronavirus variant from India confirmed in Japan

Twenty-one cases of infection with the double mutant coronavirus variant from India have been confirmed in Japan.

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Japan to set up large-scale coronavirus vaccination facilities in Tokyo and Osaka

Japan to set up large-scale coronavirus vaccination facilities in Tokyo and Osaka

Japan to set up large-scale coronavirus vaccination facilities in Tokyo and Osaka

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Suga reacts to LDP election losses

Suga reacts to LDP election losses

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide reacts to his ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s losses in all three elections for...

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