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COVID-19: Japan asks China to stop anal swab tests on its citizens
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 2 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the coronavirus testing methods, Japan has requested China not to subject Japanese citizens to anal COVID-19 tests after receiving complaints of "psychological distress" from some of them.
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US slams China's assertive moves near Senkaku Islands, backs Japan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 26 (ANI): Extending support to Japan, the US Defense Department on Tuesday slammed Beijing's assertive moves near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea which are controlled by the Japanese but claimed by the Chinese.
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Japan could fire at foreign official vessels aiming to enter waters near D
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 26 (ANI): The Japan Coast Guard could directly fire a weapon against foreign official vessels aiming to land on the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, local media reported citing ruling party members on Thursday.
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Japan mulls halting new assistance projects to Myanmar following military
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 25 (ANI): The Japanese government is considering halting new assistance projects to Myanmar, where a military coup d'etat has taken place, Sputnik reported citing sources.
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Japanese WHO expert voices skepticism on China's theory 'virus intruded' i
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 25 (ANI): A Japanese expert from the World Health Organization (WHO), who visited Wuhan as part of the investigative team to look into the origins of COVID-19, has voiced skepticism on China's stance that the virus had originally entered the country from abroad throug
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Japan's Unicharm shift its strategic focus to India, Africa from China
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 24 (ANI): Japanese personal care group Unicharm has announced its decision to shift its strategy in developing countries by moving production facilities from China to India and South Africa, where a steady growth in domestic consumption is expected.
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12 Japanese companies to cease business deals involving Uyghur forced labo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing human rights abuse on Uyghurs by China, 12 major Japanese companies have announced their decision to cease their business deals with the Chinese companies found to be benefiting from the forced labour of the minority ethnic community in Xinj
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5,800 students left school in Japan in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 21 (ANI): The Japanese government on Sunday has found that at least 5,800 college students either left school or took time off because of the spread of the coronavirus between April and December of last year, reported NHK World.
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Japanese Encephalitis controlled in UP, says Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 21 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh government and the state health department together have successfully controlled Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) in the state, said Yogi Adityanath on Sunday.
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Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady, wins 2nd Aus Open title
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 20 (ANI): Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka on Saturday won her second Australian Open title and as a result her fourth Grand Slam.
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Japan lodges protest over Chinese ships' entry into Japanese coastal water
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 20 (ANI): Japan has lodged a protest with China after two Chinese ships intruded into Japanese coastal waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, local media reported.
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AstraZeneca to produce coronavirus vaccine doses in Japan for 40 million p
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The AstraZeneca company is going to produce in Japan doses of the coronavirus vaccine enough for 40 million people, the executive director of the Japanese department of the firm said.
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