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Japan sees record 2,684 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan recorded 2,684 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase since the pandemic started, taking the country's total count to 146,214, the NHK broadcaster reported on Saturday.
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Japan to lift ban on overseas travel to 12 countries by next month
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 9 (ANI): Japan is planning to remove the ban on overseas travel to 12 countries, which was imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by next month, Xinhua reported citing Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.
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Japan's Olympic minister vows to hold Tokyo Games "at any cost"
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 8 (Xinhua/ANI): Japan's Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto said on Tuesday that the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games should be held "at any cost," trying to clear all doubts amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and worries of policy change from a new government.
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Japan, China hope to lift coronavirus travel ban soon
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Wednesday talked about outlooks for easing travel curbs imposed due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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COVID-19: Tokyo raises alert level to warn citizens of surge in infection
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The Tokyo authorities have decided to put the highest level COVID-19 alert in the city in light of an increasing infection rate and a double rise in the number of untraceable coronavirus cases, Governor Koike Yuriko said on Wednesday.
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Two US Marine bases in Okinawa on lockdown after 61 COVID-19 cases reporte
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Okinawa [Japan], July 11 (ANI): Two US Marine bases in Okinawa have been put on lockdown after 61 cases of coronavirus were reported this week.
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Indo-Pacific partnership will be more important in coming days: EAM after
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): After holding a conversation with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that Indo-Pacific partnership of both the countries will be even more important in coming days.
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Japan records 13,192 positive cases of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan has reached 13,192, including 712 infected passengers of Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was quarantined off the coast of Yokohama in February, according to the data compiled by NHK public broadcaster.
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Japan to roll out $1 trillion emergency package as Abe announces state of
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 7 (ANI): Japan has committed to roll out an emergency economic package worth 108 trillion yen or $1 trillion to protect its economy from the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 : Foreign Secy Shringla discusses issues with representatives of
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Friday participated in a telephonic conference with senior representatives from the US, Australia, South Korea, Vietnam, New Zealand, and Japan and discussed ways to synergize efforts to counter the spread of corona
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Japan's Cabinet approves bill enabling Abe to declare state of emergency a
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Mar 10 (Xinhua/ANI): The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a special bill to enable better provisions to be made to combat the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, outbreak and empowering Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare a state of emergency if necessary as the in
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33 new coronavirus cases reported in Japan
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Mar 08 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of coronavirus infections in Japan rose by 33 over the past 24 hours and the 14th person died from the virus-related complications, media said Sunday.
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