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5,800 students left school in Japan in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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Suga expresses concern over China's assertiveness in East and South China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 20 (ANI): Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday has expressed concern about China's unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China seas in G7 talks, reported NHK World.
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Japan to vaccinate 40,000 healthcare workers in first phase of COVID-19 va
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 18 (ANI): Japan will vaccinate 40,000 healthcare workers in the first phase of the COVID-19 inoculation drive, reported NHK World.
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China, Russia pull out from UNHRC resolution on Myanmar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 13 (ANI): China and Russia on Friday pulled out from a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on the situation in Myanmar following the military coup on February 1, reported NHK World.
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Myanmar coup: Police, military personnel raid NLD party office in Yangon
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], February 10 (ANI): Police and military personnel on Tuesday night raided the headquarters of National League for Democracy (NLD) in Yangon, reported NHK World.
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Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture to introduce alert mode over UK Covid variant
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The Shizuoka prefecture in Japan is to declare a high alert mode over the spread of the UK strain of the coronavirus, which was recently found in people with no record of traveling to the United Kingdom, the NHK public broadcaster reported on Tuesday
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Japan culled record 5.8 million chickens since November 2020
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has culled record 5.8 million chickens since November due to bird flu, the NHK broadcaster reported Sunday.
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Tokyo to ask central government to declare state of emergency
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 2 (ANI): The Tokyo metropolitan government is expected to ask the central government to declare a state of emergency on Saturday as coronavirus cases soar, NHK broadcaster reported.
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Tokyo sets new daily record with 949 Covid-19 cases amid holidays
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese capital city of Tokyo on Saturday reported a record 949 coronavirus cases amid a surge in infections during the New Year holidays, the NHK broadcaster reported, citing the metropolitan government.
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Japanese companies develop contactless elevators to reduce risk of COVID s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Two Japanese developers, Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric, separately developed contactless elevators that do no require users to press any buttons to select floor, the NHK broadcaster reported on Sunday.
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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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Another avian flu outbreak detected in Japan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik); Japan's southern Kagawa prefecture detected another avian flu outbreak in the Mitoyo city on Saturday and is set to cull 77,000 chickens, the NHK broadcaster reported.
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