Coronavirus shuts down more and more businesses in Japan

Coronavirus shuts down more and more businesses in Japan

An increasing number of businesses across Japan permanently close their doors amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.

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Japan finds UK COVID variant in people with no travel history

Japan finds UK COVID variant in people with no travel history

Japan finds the UK variant of COVID-19 in three people who have no travel history to the country.

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Whiteout causes massive car pileup in northeastern Japan

Whiteout causes massive car pileup in northeastern Japan

A whiteout is likely to have caused a massive car pileup in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Japan vows to roll out COVID vaccines by late February

Japan vows to roll out COVID vaccines by late February

Regulatory Reform Minister Taro Kono says he will strive to deliver the COVID vaccination to the public as soon as possi...

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Suga pledges to bring coronavirus under control in policy speech

Suga pledges to bring coronavirus under control in policy speech

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide pledges to bring the coronavirus epidemic under control in his policy speech at p...

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Japan to vaccinate medical workers at national hospitals first

Japan to vaccinate medical workers at national hospitals first

The Japanese government plans to inoculate 10,000 medical workers at designated hospitals including state-run ones first...

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Husband-throwing ritual in central Japan

Husband-throwing ritual in central Japan

A winter ritual in which locals throw a married man who then rolls down the snow to his wife takes place in central Jap...

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Job offers to university students drop amid coronavirus

Job offers to university students drop amid coronavirus

The rate of employment offers to university students in Japan seeking jobs after graduation has dropped amid the coronav...

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Coronavirus in Japan - one year on

Coronavirus in Japan - one year on

One year has passed since Japan confirmed the first coronavirus patient in the country, but new cases of infection are o...

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Japanese beer to go on sale with wrong spelling

Japanese beer to go on sale with wrong spelling

Japanese beer maker Sapporo Breweries once cancels its plan to release a new product over a misspelled word on the can b...

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