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Japan's prefecture governors want state of emergency to be extended
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 26 (ANI): Japan's prefecture governors want the state of emergency to be extended as serious coronavirus cases remain high and the medical system is feeling the pinch as the government struggles to ramp up a slow start to its vaccination programme.
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Japan opens large COVID-19 vaccination centres in Tokyo, Osaka
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 24 (ANI/Sputnik): A major coronavirus vaccination centre that can provide shots to up to 10,000 people a day has opened in Japan with the support of Self-Defense Forces (SDF), a Sputnik correspondent reports.
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Japanese sportswear firm becomes latest to stop using Xinjiang cotton amid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], May 21 (ANI): Japanese sportswear firm Mizuno Corporation on Friday announced its decision to stop using cotton sourced from China's Xinjiang region, believed to reflect concern amid allegations of human rights abuses by Beijing against the Uyghur Muslims.
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Japan: Gifu govt, Osaka TV station among targets of suspected Chinese mili
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 20 (ANI): The headquarters of the government of Japanese city's Gifu and a television station in Osaka Prefecture were among the targets of a major series of cyberattacks in 2016 and 2017 in which the Chinese military is believed to have been involved, local media reported
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COVID-19: Naomi Osaka 'not really sure' if it is appropriate to stage Toky
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] May 11 (ANI): Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka wants to play in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics but she isn't "sure" whether the quadrennial event would go ahead as planned.
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Japan expands COVID-19 Emergency to 2 more prefectures, extending till May
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in the prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo until May 31 and introduced the measure in two more prefectures, national media reported on Friday.
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Laureus Awards: Nadal named Sportsman of the Year, Naomi takes home Sports
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Seville [Spain], May 7 (ANI): Tennis legend Rafael Nadal has won the Sportsman of the Year award at the 2021 Laureus World Sports Awards that were unveiled at a digital awards ceremony from Seville, Spain. The Sportswoman of the Year award went to Naomi Osaka.
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Japan to extend virus emergency to end of month, expand coverage
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan will extend the COVID-19 state of emergency currently in effect in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures until the end of the month, the minister in charge of the government's coronavirus response said Friday.
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Japan declares 3rd state of emergency in four prefectures over COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): A nearly three-week state of emergency, the third one since the outbreak of the pandemic, enters into force in Japan's prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo on Sunday amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Scientists develop e-health patches to monitor pulse, blood pressure
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 23 (ANI): Scientists at Osaka University, in cooperation with JOANNEUM RESEARCH (Weiz, Austria), introduced wireless health monitoring patches that use embedded piezoelectric nanogenerators to power themselves with harvested biomechanical energy.
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Japanese panel of experts approve plan to declare emergency due to surge i
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 23 (ANI): The Japanese panel of experts on Friday approved a plan to bring Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures under state of emergency due to rise in COVID-19 infections.
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Japan reports 2,471 new COVID-19 cases, 485,775 in total
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 2,471 to reach 485,775 as of Sunday evening, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities.
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