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Japan records rise in suicide rate for first time since 2009
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan recorded an increase in the number of suicides in 2020 for the first time since 2009, with the country's Health Ministry saying that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic affected this tendency, media reported on Friday, citing the National Pol
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Japan mulls harsher punishments for violators of COVID-19 restriction meas
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Friday held a meeting to discuss introducing harsher punishments for violators of coronavirus rules as the country sees a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, media reported.
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Japan reports 4,539 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan on Tuesday confirmed 4,539 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nation's cumulative total to 298,172 infections, not including those related to a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama last year.
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Japan reports 7,109 new COVID-19 cases, 281,992 in total
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 09 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 7,109 to reach 281,992 as of Saturday evening, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities.
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Japan reports first case of new coronavirus strain that emerged in South
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The first case of the new coronavirus variant found in South Africa has been confirmed in Japan, the Japan Times reports.
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Japan halts entry of foreigners to 'protect' citizens amid fear of new vir
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan imposed new COVID-19 response measures that include a ban on entrance for non-resident foreigners from most countries until the end of January to "protect" citizens amid the spread of a new and more transmissible coronavirus variant, Japanese P
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Japan bans entry for foreigners starting Monday amid mutant Covid scare
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan will suspend entry for foreigners starting Monday to contain the spread of a new strain of COVID-19 first discovered in the UK, the Kyodo news agency reported.
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Japan registers record 3,881 new daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of COVID-19 cases in Japan has increased by a record 3,881 infections over the past 24 hours, with the overall number surpassing 200,000, the Health Ministry reported on Saturday.
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Japan conducts genetic analysis of Covid-19 on two persons who arrived fro
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The National Institute of Infectious Diseases of Japan is conducting a genetic analysis of the COVID-19 on two Japanese citizens, who arrived from the United Kingdom, the media reported.
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Japan to adopt new economic stimulus package worth more than USD 707 billi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan will adopt new stimulus measures on Tuesday including a package worth 73.6 trillion yen (over USD 707 billion) aimed at supporting the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said.
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Japan ready to deploy military nurses to coronavirus-hit regions, says Chi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese authorities are prepared to send medical staff from the national Armed Forces to the country's regions where the epidemiological situation is particularly difficult, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters on Monday
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Japanese parliament passes Bill to guarantee free COVID-19 vaccination for
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to make vaccination against the coronavirus free for residents, obligating the government to cover all costs.
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