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Japan may offer free COVID-19 vaccine to all its citizens: Report
The Japanese government may offer free Covid-19 vaccinationse to all residents so that the numbe…
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Japan expands COVID-19 emergency in Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Osaka prefectures
Both will be effective from August 2-31. The emergency declaration is currently in place fo…
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Experts report challenges with COVID-19 in Japan
The limited number of advanced and critical emergency centers are overburdened with the surging pat…
PTI
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Japan, US agree to cooperate in COVID-19 fight
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters the leaders exchanged views on the CO…
PTI
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Bank of Japan boosts its coronavirus stimulus plan to more than $1 trillion amid 'extremely severe' economic crash
"Japan's economy has been in an extremely severe situation due to the impact of the novel coronavir…
Saloni Sardana
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COVID-19: Shrine in Japan offers solace to those at home
Shinto is Japan's indigenous religion that dates back centuries and it literary means "the way of k…
PTI
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Japan passes 10,000 domestic cases of COVID-19
Japan has finally started setting up additional testing centers in Tokyo and elsewhere, allowing p…
PTI
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Japan set to extend state of emergency in surge of COVID-19
The final decision on whether to extend the current state of emergency in 11 of the country's 47…
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The Olympics are already being ravaged by COVID-19 - and some athletes are pulling out of the games
The Tokyo Olympics face the possibility of losing big-name athletes if they test positive for COVID…
Scott Davis
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Protesters marched toward the Olympic opening ceremony chanting: 'Go to hell, IOC'
A majority of Japanese citizens disapprove of the Tokyo Olympics being held amid a state of emergen…
Scott Davis
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Japan declares state of emergency in Tokyo due to COVID-19 resurgence
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday declared a state of emergency in the Tokyo metro…
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COVID-19: Tulips razed in Japan to prevent crowds from gathering
The flowers were the centerpiece of a popular annual festival in Sakura city, east of Tokyo, that w…
PTI
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Glenmark Pharma gets DCGI nod for clinical trials of Favipiravir tablets on COVID-19 patients
Having internally developed the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and the formulations for t…
PTI
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Tokyo cancels Olympic live-viewing events and will turn some venues into vaccination sites
Olympics and Paralympics organizers are scheduled to meet Monday to determine the number of spectat…
Connor Perrett
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How Japan, which has the world's oldest population, has so far managed to keep its nursing homes safe during the pandemic
Experts say Japan's success comes down to a culture that respects the elderly, as well as taking th…
James Pasley
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Tokyo has barred spectators at the Olympics
Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto announced the ban on spectators for the Olympics following con…
Kelly McLaughlin,Scott Davis
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EU says the plant that produced 1.63 million Moderna doses Japan halted the use of because of possible contamination can keep producing vaccines
Japan stopped the use of 1.63 million Moderna doses after its health ministry reported foreign subs…
Natalie Musumeci
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Japan is set to place a quarter of its population under a state of emergency just 3 months before the Olympics are scheduled to start
Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyogo are under a state of emergency in a bid to control a surge in COVID-…