Japan set to expand COVID-19 curbs as surges strain hospitals
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan was set on Thursday to expand emergency restrictions to eight more prefectures to fight a surge in
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Japan's daily COVID-19 cases exceed 10,000 for first time – Nippon TV
People wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way at a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan,
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Japan to lift virus emergency one month before Olympics
Japan plans to lift Tokyo’s virus emergency on June 20, a month before the Olympics, the government announced Thursday as
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Japan approves more COVID-19 vaccines and expands state of emergency
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan expanded a state of emergency to cover the southern island of Okinawa on Friday, just as it
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Japan says working to isolate, analyse new virus variant
Japan is working to isolate and analyse a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four people who arrived from
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Leading Covid-19 vaccine trial resumes in Japan but not US
Trials on the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University have resumed in Japan but not the United States,
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Even light alcohol consumption linked to higher cancer risk in Japan
In a study conducted in Japan, even light to moderate alcohol consumption was associated with elevated cancer risks. In the
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Japan okays research using human cells in animals
Japan has given the green light to a controversial research process involving implanting animals with human stem cells that could
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