Abe, BOJ gov. Kuroda talk COVID-19 economic impact

Abe, BOJ gov. Kuroda talk COVID-19 economic impact

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda hold talks about the impact of the novel coronaviru...

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Abe on WHO's coronavirus "pandemic" designation

Abe on WHO's coronavirus "pandemic" designation

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his government will fight the spread of the new coronavirus more than ever in co...

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Stocks in Japan tumble over coronavirus fears

Stocks in Japan tumble over coronavirus fears

Traders in Japan begin the week offloading stocks across the board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Growing concerns over th...

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Japan tightens quarantine controls on China, South Korea

Japan tightens quarantine controls on China, South Korea

Japan further tightens quarantine controls on visitors arriving from China and South Korea, including two weeks of medic...

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Senior IOC member says Tokyo Olympics moving ahead

Senior IOC member says Tokyo Olympics moving ahead

Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee, says the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be...

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Coronavirus prompts scaling back Olympic torch relay events

Coronavirus prompts scaling back Olympic torch relay events

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics plan to scale back events related to the torch relay amid the spread of the novel coron...

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CORONAVIRUS: Japanese airlines to cut domestic flights

CORONAVIRUS: Japanese airlines to cut domestic flights

The novel coronavirus epidemic forces major Japanese airlines to reduce domestic flights amid the rising number of infec...

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Coronavirus cases in Japan reach 1,000

Coronavirus cases in Japan reach 1,000

The number of cases of new coronavirus infection in Japan reaches 1,000, including those from the Diamond Princess cruis...

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2020 Tokyo Olympic preparations moving ahead

2020 Tokyo Olympic preparations moving ahead

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori confirm that prepar...

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Coronavirus info in Japan for English, Chinese, Korean speakers

Coronavirus info in Japan for English, Chinese, Korean speakers

Japan National Tourism Organization has a visitor hotline at 050-3816-2787 that accepts inquiries about coronavirus in E...

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