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Tokyo logs 8,777 new cases, up 150% from last week
Tokyo logged 8,777 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Friday, a 150% increase from the 3,54...
July 8, 2022
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Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force chief of staff contracts COVID-19
Ground Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Yoshihide Yoshida has tested positive for novel coronavirus...
July 8, 2022
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Tokyo logs 8,529 new cases
Tokyo logged 8,529 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Wednesday, up 4,908 from the same day la...
July 7, 2022
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Japan firm KM Biologics to seek vaccine approval in September
KM Biologics Co. plans to file an application with the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry for appro...
July 7, 2022
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Star wish
Visitors look at illuminated goldfish bowls at an event to mark the Tanabata star festival in Ginza,...
July 7, 2022
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Night-lights
Myriad candles form a “starry” path in the grounds of Zojoji temple in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Wednes...
July 7, 2022
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4 years on, victims of rain disaster mourned
OKAYAMA / HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press) — Ceremonies were held in western Japan on Wednesday to mourn the v...
July 7, 2022
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Tokyo logs 8,341 new cases
Tokyo logged 8,341 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Wednesday, up 4,538 from the same day la...
July 6, 2022
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Cities and businesses support Ukraine however they can
Local governments and merchants are providing their own assistance to Ukraine, which has been invad...
July 5, 2022
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Preparing for victory celebrations
With the national election less than a week away, workers inside a greenhouse in Saitama prepare fes...
July 5, 2022
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Gion festival float to debut new flamboyant look
The Niwatori Hoko — one of the dozens of decorative Yamahoko floats that are paraded in the Kyoto Gi...
July 5, 2022
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Japanese WWII sword connects Japan, U.S. 7 decades later
MIYAZAKI — A Japanese sword belonging to a soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army was handed over to ...
July 5, 2022
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Colorful lilies bloom in Uonuma park in Niigata Pref.
UONUMA, Niigata — Lilies have been in full bloom at Tsukioka Park in Uonuma City, which boasts the l...
July 4, 2022
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Victims of torrential rains in Japan’s Kyushu region remembered, 2 years after tragedy
KUMAMOTO — Monday marked the second anniversary of the torrential rains in the Kyushu region that k...
July 4, 2022
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Deer delights: Music attracts deer to Nara Park, delighting tourists
NARA — An official of the Nara Deer Preservation Foundation plays a melody from Beethoven’s Symphony...
July 4, 2022
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