
Osaka speeds up vaccinations by going to residents
Cities in Osaka Prefecture in western Japan are ramping up coronavirus vaccinations by dispatching a vaccine car and usi...
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Whale washes up in eastern Japan
The body of a whale measuring about 15 meters long washes up on the shores of eastern Japan.
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Afghan family arrives in Japan
A local staffer at the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s office in Afghanistan and family members arrive at Narit...
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20 percent of teen COVID-19 inpatients have taste or smell abnormalities
A survey on child coronavirus patients who were hospitalized between January 2020 and February this year shows that 20 p...
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Nissan and Docomo to test self-driving taxi
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor and telecommunications firm NTT Docomo will conduct an experiment with self-driving taxi...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Govt urges continued vigilance over coronavirus
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government urges residents and businesses to continue vigilance over the coronavirus as the natio...
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Tokyo river embankment reinforced to prevent flooding
Workers reinforce an embankment for Arakawa River in Tokyo to prevent flooding.
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Patrol plane veers off runway in central Japan
A patrol plane veers off a runway at the Air Self-Defense Force's Gifu base in central Japan.
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Security camera captures man visiting home of elderly to scam her
A security camera captures footage of a man visiting the home of an elderly woman to scam her.
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Maker to stop making celebrity lookalike masks
A Japanese manufacturer of rubber masks that look like celebrities will stop making the product due to drop in demand.
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