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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Lingering coronavirus affects everyday people

Lingering coronavirus affects everyday people

The coronavirus pandemic has had various kinds of impact on people, including those who have lost their job and home and...

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Telecommuting leads to more residential fires in Tokyo

Telecommuting leads to more residential fires in Tokyo

The Tokyo Fire Department reports an increase in the number of residential fires in 2020 when many people telecommuted f...

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Japanese automakers reducing production amid difficulty in procuring semiconductors

Japanese automakers reducing production amid difficulty in procuring semiconductors

Japanese automakers are reducing production amid the difficulty in procuring semiconductors as demand for the material h...

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Japan's coronavirus emergency area could expand further

Japan's coronavirus emergency area could expand further

Government officials say that the regions covered under Japan's second state of emergency over the coronavirus could exp...

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Japan expands state of emergency

Japan expands state of emergency

The Japanese government expands its state of emergency over the coronavirus to seven prefectures such as Osaka and Kyoto...

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