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Coronavirus
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New coronavirus cases nationwide top 150,000
Japan logged more than 150,000 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Wednesday, exceeding the ...
July 20, 2022
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Tokyo logs 20,401 new cases
Tokyo logged 20,401 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Wednesday, 1.2 times more compared to t...
July 20, 2022
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Osaka forecasts 22,000 new coronavirus cases
OSAKA — A record approximately 22,000 new cases of people testing positive for the novel coronaviru...
July 20, 2022
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Tokyo confirms 11,018 new COVID-19 cases
Tokyo logged 11,018 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Tuesday, the Tokyo metropolitan gove...
July 19, 2022
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Nearly 330,000 COVID-19 patients recuperating at home in Japan
The number of a housebound COVID-19 patients reached 329,538 nationwide as of July 13, growing twof...
July 18, 2022
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Vaccination certificates to be issued at convenience stores
The government plans to make it possible for individuals to apply for and receive COVID-19 vaccinati...
July 16, 2022
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Japan logs all-time high COVID-19 cases
The number of people in Japan infected with the novel coronavirus had hit an all-time high of over 1...
July 16, 2022
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Kishida holds back on activity restrictions — for now
The government will not call for restrictions on social activities despite the recent surge in coron...
July 15, 2022
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Tokyo logs 19,059 new cases
Tokyo logged 19,059 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Friday, 2.2 times more than the same...
July 15, 2022
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Govt to focus on social, economic activity amid pandemic resurgence
The government will focus on maintaining social and economic activity under its latest pandemic resp...
July 15, 2022
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Japan logs more than 10 million cases of COVID-19 — 80% since January
About 10.02 million people in Japan have been infected with the novel coronavirus since the country’...
July 15, 2022
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Tokyo logs 16,662 COVID-19 cases
Tokyo logged 16,662 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Thursday, almost double the figure f...
July 14, 2022
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Govt to increase free test sites, delay raising cap on overseas visitors
The government, looking to take action against the novel coronavirus heading into the summer holid...
July 14, 2022
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Japan’s daily coronavirus infection cases top 90,000 for 1st time in 5 months
Daily cases of coronavirus infection exceeded 90,000 nationwide for the first time in about five mo...
July 14, 2022
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Tokyo raised COVID alert level to ‘most severe’
The Tokyo metropolitan government has raised its coronavirus alert level on Thursday to the most sev...
July 14, 2022
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